snagged in outlet 3 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 2 hours ago, BilletHead said: Do you guys have ribs running along the boat bottom? Yep. The whole way down. Except a couple spots that logs or rocks flattened out for me.... Ham, BilletHead, Gavin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I’m thinking SB will get his new boat after Oneshot gets his. Why would a man with a new boat be prowling the ghetto up by chain of rocks? snagged in outlet 3 and ColdWaterFshr 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagged in outlet 3 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 35 minutes ago, Gavin said: I’m thinking SB will get his new boat after Oneshot gets his. Why would a man with a new boat be prowling the ghetto up by chain of rocks? He says he got one. Troutt is closed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmidwest Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 8 hours ago, BilletHead said: Do you guys have ribs running along the boat bottom? I do. By taking a beating, its mostly due to the light weight of the boat. And the oversplash coming back in the boat on a choppy windy day or wakes. As far as handling, its nimble and quick to plane. snagged in outlet 3 and BilletHead 1 1 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 8 hours ago, jdmidwest said: I do. By taking a beating, its mostly due to the light weight of the boat. And the oversplash coming back in the boat on a choppy windy day or wakes. As far as handling, its nimble and quick to plane. My hull is a bit heavier than yours and still a rough ride on choppy water. Like yours up on plane quickly and even with no ribs grabs and turns good. The sides are what is called a triple chined. It will bite in on a turn. Makes up for the rib's you guys have, I guess. Thanks, for your input JD and @snagged in outlet 3 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagged in outlet 3 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 14 minutes ago, BilletHead said: My hull is a bit heavier than yours and still a rough ride on choppy water. Like yours up on plane quickly and even with no ribs grabs and turns good. The sides are what is called a triple chined. It will bite in on a turn. Makes up for the rib's you guys have, I guess. Thanks, for your input JD and @snagged in outlet 3 I have a 1752 with the thinner hull (.08 gauge?). I put the Wetlander coating on the bottom and it works. It’s not even scuffed where I hit a rock with rebar exposed on it. A guy who blasts and coats pipe piles for me did it. I just had to buy the coating. It’s bullet proof. Greasy B, fishinwrench, Daryk Campbell Sr and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagged in outlet 3 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 And that brand new 40 mercury that smoked like my uncle Tony is gone. I've got a 90 rude on it now. That merc smoked more than the 2 stroke Rude does. Smoked the first day I got it. nomolites 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmidwest Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 14 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said: I have a 1752 with the thinner hull (.08 gauge?). I put the Wetlander coating on the bottom and it works. It’s not even scuffed where I hit a rock with rebar exposed on it. A guy who blasts and coats pipe piles for me did it. I just had to buy the coating. It’s bullet proof. Gonna have to try some of that on my current project. Something to seal the rivets. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinwrench Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 4 hours ago, jdmidwest said: Gonna have to try some of that on my current project. Something to seal the rivets. There is some stuff called "Gluvit" that is a great coating for jon boats, but the right way to seal rivets (if you can get to both sides of them) is to just "buck them up" with an anvil (of sorts) and a ball peen hammer. 2 mediocre taps is all it ever takes. And while you're at it....buck up the ones closest to it. A loose rivet is just going to get looser.....and then the one next to it will get loose. Anything you try to "seal it up", or "cover it" with is not going to last. Take my old beat to hell 1648 out for a full day, and at the end of the day I'll give you $1.00 for every beer bottle capful of water that's in the bilge. 👍🙂 snagged in outlet 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagged in outlet 3 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 8 hours ago, jdmidwest said: Gonna have to try some of that on my current project. Something to seal the rivets. I don’t know about the rivets but the guy at Wetlander will answer your questions. My coating guy blasted mine with glass beads. Steel shot will imbed in the aluminum and rust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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