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Quackerbox · 12-25-2017, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by froghunter

I've used it for years but I normally run aluminum boats..... now I'm a little worried!!!

Dont take my word for it but there was a thread or two. Yes on aluminum no on glass. Several guys replaced bunk boards and put fire hose in place of carpet

Hate to see your hard work rubbed out

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Dry Bones · 12-25-2017, 04:42 PM

New to the party, and looks great. A little Jealous as that boat would do perfect on the lake for some sandbass chasing. In for the following now.

froghunter · 12-25-2017, 07:04 PM

Santa brought me a new fuel tank! Last major purchase I have to make is steering and a battery. I got the bow stop for the trailer moved to its new location and bolted down. Trailer is 99.9% done for now.

Next up is to complete the center console overhaul.

bboswell · 12-25-2017, 10:10 PM

My oldest son would kill for this scooter!

kingranch · 12-26-2017, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by froghunter

I'm done with it until the boat is on there and I can custom mount everything i need.

It cleaned up really well.

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these are nice but I found I did not like mine as they tore into the gelcoat a good bit and be very careful if on a ramp with any bit of agressive incline as your rig will slide right off if you unhook it before its totally in water-

Nice build

froghunter · 12-26-2017, 03:36 PM

Thanks for all the help!!!! Looks like I will be carpeting the bunks.

It's cold and raining outside today so no visiable progress will be made today.....but I did order the last of the needed top coat and my steering system.

gigem95 · 12-26-2017, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by froghunter

Thanks for all the help!!!! Looks like I will be carpeting the bunks.

It's cold and raining outside today so no visiable progress will be made today.....but I did order the last of the needed top coat and my steering system.

If you decide to ditch the pvc, let me know. I'm about to rebuild a Jon boat trailer.

froghunter · 12-26-2017, 07:38 PM

Yes sir. Will do.

froghunter · 01-01-2018, 11:03 AM

Thanks to the tbh brain trust I was able to avoid a costly mistake. The bunks are now carpeted.

And now here she sets.

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Rustyford · 01-01-2018, 12:06 PM

looking good

froghunter · 01-01-2018, 05:11 PM

It was cold today!!! Too cold for paint or glass work so....got the entire topside rough sanded. Now I'm at a stand still until it's warm enough to do patch work.

Rustyford · 01-01-2018, 09:36 PM

Warrior!

froghunter · 01-06-2018, 04:26 PM

Made a very temporary trailer now stop. I needed to secure the boat a little better. The bottom paint is so slick that the boat slides all over the trailer while working on it or dragging it around in the yard. I Also got the first round of topside hole filling done. Up next......more sanding.

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fowlwaters · 01-07-2018, 10:44 AM

Leave the hull like that with nothing on it slap a tiller handle motor on it and a cooler running length ways in the middle and call it good less is more on those little rigs. I have always wanted a little scooter like that kicking around the idea of building me a aluminum one.

froghunter · 01-07-2018, 05:59 PM

^^^^let me know when you do. I can send you tunnel and boat specs if needed.

Only had an hour today but got the last of the topside holes, scrapes and nicks filled in. Next up is the last of the fiberglass ugly spot repairs.

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RockTippedStick · 01-07-2018, 08:43 PM

Derrick if you don't like the carpet or when it starts to tear let me know. I have a couple rolls of fire hose in my shed. Works great. Also good for making bumpers or putting on pilings at the dock to protect your boat. We just stuff a pool noodle in and lag bolt the ends to the piling.

froghunter · 01-07-2018, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by RockTippedStick

Derrick if you don't like the carpet or when it starts to tear let me know. I have a couple rolls of fire hose in my shed. Works great. Also good for making bumpers or putting on pilings at the dock to protect your boat. We just stuff a pool noodle in and lag bolt the ends to the piling.

I will keep that in mind. Thanks!!!!!!!

Tx_Wader · 01-08-2018, 10:04 AM

The slick boards would have been okay. I've had Teflon strips on my last 3 boats with no issues other than they slide off of the trailer really fast

Looks great! You're doing some great work.

froghunter · 01-08-2018, 03:02 PM

Here is the second ugly spot. I took a cutoff wheel and cleaned it up a bit.

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froghunter · 01-08-2018, 03:07 PM

I then took a rag,knife blade and some acetone and cleaned it as best I could. The oval drain hole was a challenge. I took cardboard, rolled it up and stuffed a rag in it in. Then mixed up some "peanut butter". A thick resin mixture that is full of tiny pieces of cut up glass cloth. The mixture was then worked into the break with a Knife blade. 2 boards were wrapped in wax paper to keep them from being glassed to the boat. 2 clamps were applied in hopes of restoring the hull to its proper shape.

Never made a repair like this so maybe it will come out alright!!!!

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froghunter · 01-08-2018, 03:08 PM

This is what the other side looks like, and what I'm aiming for.

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LiftAndShoot · 01-08-2018, 04:22 PM

This brings back some goooood memories for me, so I'm in.

Before he died my dad and I, at my request, took an old rear-steer riverboat and rebuilt it into a flats flyfishing boat. Never got to see it in the water..

froghunter · 01-08-2018, 05:06 PM

^^^ good to hear. Me and my dad had many a project together. All farm and ranch related though. Never a fun boat project, it was work that led to more work!

froghunter · 01-08-2018, 05:08 PM

Knocked out a little on the console too. I'm patching the old speaker holes. Lots of not so fun work....

I got 2 more layers in the inside. I was afraid of a temperature drop so I rednecked a heater with a halogen light and my welding fire blanket.

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froghunter · 01-14-2018, 10:48 AM

Wax paper worked!!!! All the excess that squeezed out of the crack was on top. I hit it with a grinder then a sander. I have a heat lamp on it now. I need to warm the hull up to add the epoxy filler.

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Brazos Hunter · 01-14-2018, 11:04 AM

Looking good! You have made a heck of a lot of progress on it.

froghunter · 01-14-2018, 11:10 AM

I'm able to devote 100% of my very limited free time to this rig. Top coat for the other boat was ordered and a got an email a week later. It was backordered and they added an additional 2 weeks. So that order got canceled and we found another source. Until that order arrives I can only work on one boat.

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Brazos Hunter · 01-14-2018, 03:34 PM

Gotcha...that blows but, the progress looks awesome

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froghunter · 01-15-2018, 03:10 PM

Topside is primed! The back drain hole is complete too. The glass repair is unnoticeable and I had to reshape the oval hole with a quarter round file. I think it came out really well.

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TXHUNT3R · 01-15-2018, 03:31 PM

Wow, looks awesome so far!

froghunter · 01-15-2018, 04:47 PM

Thanks!!!

Look close and you can see a bunch of circles. The primer is thick and designed to fill in ugly spots. The circled area are spots in not happy with and will get additional epoxy filler added. I got another layer of glass on the old speaker holes on the console too. Tomorrow is another Arctic blast and a chance of snow...then I'm headed outa state so this is the last of it for a few weeks.

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Hawkpuppy 1 · 01-15-2018, 06:33 PM

Man I like this thing more and more. Would love to have something like this with either my 25hp Mercury on it or my Johnson 35hp Jet outboard....

froghunter · 01-27-2018, 11:52 AM

I have a day off and it's raining.....go figure. I did get a little done early this am. Made the last patch on the inside of the console. It's in the bottom left of the picture. It was a hole for the control cables to pass through. It's in a tough spot and going to be a real pita to to patch up.

Temps have been a huge issue. I've been using a thermometer and have been very strict about working within the required temp range. The thermometer has allowed me to get more done by using heat lamps as well. Otherwise there would be even less work getting done.

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Brazos Hunter · 01-27-2018, 12:20 PM

Lookin' good!!!

froghunter · 01-28-2018, 01:53 PM

Got the inside of the console sanded, cleaned and primed.

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froghunter · 01-28-2018, 01:54 PM

Last coat of primer on the hull!

Next up is topcoat!

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Mexico · 01-28-2018, 02:03 PM

Gonna be one sweet rig!

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froghunter · 01-28-2018, 02:34 PM

I hope so!!!

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froghunter · 01-28-2018, 02:36 PM

Just made the last glass patch. There is still a ton of work tone done in this one little spot but lord willing this is the last time I have to mix resin!

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Brazos Hunter · 01-31-2018, 11:43 AM

That is looking great!

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Tomkat70 · 01-31-2018, 02:20 PM

Man you do some good looking work, following.

TXHUNT3R · 01-31-2018, 02:28 PM

Loving it!!!!

froghunter · 01-31-2018, 05:24 PM

Blacked out.

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Hawkpuppy 1 · 01-31-2018, 05:58 PM

Looking good!

froghunter · 01-31-2018, 08:06 PM

Thanks guys!!!! If I could get 2 days in a row off work, WITHOUT rain or below 60 temps then I could really put a hurting on the to-do list. Until then it's very slow going.

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Brazos Hunter · 02-16-2018, 09:51 PM

I can see us now brother!

Tomkat70 · 02-17-2018, 06:42 AM

Still following. Any updates?

Brazos Hunter · 02-17-2018, 09:42 AM

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Still following. Any updates?

I know the weather here has been nasty as all get out every weekend for over a month. It may be at a stand still until warmer and drier conditions?

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Agdog · 02-27-2018, 07:29 AM

Following. Awesome build!

Brazos Hunter · 02-27-2018, 11:46 AM

I so wish this nasty weather would lift and our schedules would jive.

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12-25-2017, 04:42 PM	#102
Dry Bones Ten Point Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Navarro County Hunt In: East Texas, Whatever comes available	New to the party, and looks great. A little Jealous as that boat would do perfect on the lake for some sandbass chasing. In for the following now.

12-25-2017, 07:04 PM	#103
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	Santa brought me a new fuel tank! Last major purchase I have to make is steering and a battery. I got the bow stop for the trailer moved to its new location and bolted down. Trailer is 99.9% done for now. Next up is to complete the center console overhaul.

12-25-2017, 10:10 PM	#104
bboswell Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Montgomery County Hunt In: Where ever I can	My oldest son would kill for this scooter!

12-26-2017, 03:36 PM	#106
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	Thanks for all the help!!!! Looks like I will be carpeting the bunks. It's cold and raining outside today so no visiable progress will be made today.....but I did order the last of the needed top coat and my steering system.

12-26-2017, 07:38 PM	#108
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	Yes sir. Will do.

01-01-2018, 11:03 AM	#109
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	Thanks to the tbh brain trust I was able to avoid a costly mistake. The bunks are now carpeted. And now here she sets. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01-01-2018, 12:06 PM	#110
Rustyford Eight Point Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Blanco Hunt In: Blanco	looking good

01-01-2018, 05:11 PM	#111
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	It was cold today!!! Too cold for paint or glass work so....got the entire topside rough sanded. Now I'm at a stand still until it's warm enough to do patch work.

01-01-2018, 09:36 PM	#112
Rustyford Eight Point Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Blanco Hunt In: Blanco	Warrior!

01-06-2018, 04:26 PM	#113
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	Made a very temporary trailer now stop. I needed to secure the boat a little better. The bottom paint is so slick that the boat slides all over the trailer while working on it or dragging it around in the yard. I Also got the first round of topside hole filling done. Up next......more sanding. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01-07-2018, 10:44 AM	#114
fowlwaters Ten Point Join Date: Feb 2011	Leave the hull like that with nothing on it slap a tiller handle motor on it and a cooler running length ways in the middle and call it good less is more on those little rigs. I have always wanted a little scooter like that kicking around the idea of building me a aluminum one.

01-07-2018, 05:59 PM	#115
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	^^^^let me know when you do. I can send you tunnel and boat specs if needed. Only had an hour today but got the last of the topside holes, scrapes and nicks filled in. Next up is the last of the fiberglass ugly spot repairs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01-07-2018, 08:43 PM	#116
RockTippedStick Eight Point Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: College Station Hunt In: Liberty, Tyler, Polk and Clay counties	Derrick if you don't like the carpet or when it starts to tear let me know. I have a couple rolls of fire hose in my shed. Works great. Also good for making bumpers or putting on pilings at the dock to protect your boat. We just stuff a pool noodle in and lag bolt the ends to the piling.

01-08-2018, 10:04 AM	#118
Tx_Wader Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: El Campo Hunt In: Jackson County and Utopia	The slick boards would have been okay. I've had Teflon strips on my last 3 boats with no issues other than they slide off of the trailer really fast Looks great! You're doing some great work.

01-08-2018, 03:02 PM	#119
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	Here is the second ugly spot. I took a cutoff wheel and cleaned it up a bit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01-08-2018, 03:07 PM	#120
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	I then took a rag,knife blade and some acetone and cleaned it as best I could. The oval drain hole was a challenge. I took cardboard, rolled it up and stuffed a rag in it in. Then mixed up some "peanut butter". A thick resin mixture that is full of tiny pieces of cut up glass cloth. The mixture was then worked into the break with a Knife blade. 2 boards were wrapped in wax paper to keep them from being glassed to the boat. 2 clamps were applied in hopes of restoring the hull to its proper shape. Never made a repair like this so maybe it will come out alright!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01-08-2018, 03:08 PM	#121
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	This is what the other side looks like, and what I'm aiming for. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01-08-2018, 04:22 PM	#122
LiftAndShoot Eight Point Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Arlington Hunt In: Kaufman County	This brings back some goooood memories for me, so I'm in. Before he died my dad and I, at my request, took an old rear-steer riverboat and rebuilt it into a flats flyfishing boat. Never got to see it in the water..

01-08-2018, 05:06 PM	#123
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	^^^ good to hear. Me and my dad had many a project together. All farm and ranch related though. Never a fun boat project, it was work that led to more work!

01-08-2018, 05:08 PM	#124
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	Knocked out a little on the console too. I'm patching the old speaker holes. Lots of not so fun work.... I got 2 more layers in the inside. I was afraid of a temperature drop so I rednecked a heater with a halogen light and my welding fire blanket. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01-14-2018, 10:48 AM	#125
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	Wax paper worked!!!! All the excess that squeezed out of the crack was on top. I hit it with a grinder then a sander. I have a heat lamp on it now. I need to warm the hull up to add the epoxy filler. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01-14-2018, 11:04 AM	#126
Brazos Hunter Pope & Young Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Brazos County Hunt In: Brazos Co, Leon Co, and with God every time I go out.	Looking good! You have made a heck of a lot of progress on it.

01-14-2018, 11:10 AM	#127
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	I'm able to devote 100% of my very limited free time to this rig. Top coat for the other boat was ordered and a got an email a week later. It was backordered and they added an additional 2 weeks. So that order got canceled and we found another source. Until that order arrives I can only work on one boat. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01-14-2018, 03:34 PM	#128
Brazos Hunter Pope & Young Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Brazos County Hunt In: Brazos Co, Leon Co, and with God every time I go out.	Gotcha...that blows but, the progress looks awesome Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01-15-2018, 03:10 PM	#129
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	Topside is primed! The back drain hole is complete too. The glass repair is unnoticeable and I had to reshape the oval hole with a quarter round file. I think it came out really well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01-15-2018, 03:31 PM	#130
TXHUNT3R Pope & Young Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Hempstead, Tx Hunt In: Hempstead, TX	Wow, looks awesome so far!

01-15-2018, 04:47 PM	#131
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	Thanks!!! Look close and you can see a bunch of circles. The primer is thick and designed to fill in ugly spots. The circled area are spots in not happy with and will get additional epoxy filler added. I got another layer of glass on the old speaker holes on the console too. Tomorrow is another Arctic blast and a chance of snow...then I'm headed outa state so this is the last of it for a few weeks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01-15-2018, 06:33 PM	#132
Hawkpuppy 1 Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Kerrville Hunt In: Texas	Man I like this thing more and more. Would love to have something like this with either my 25hp Mercury on it or my Johnson 35hp Jet outboard....

01-27-2018, 11:52 AM	#133
froghunter Pope & Young Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bryan Hunt In: anywhere	I have a day off and it's raining.....go figure. I did get a little done early this am. Made the last patch on the inside of the console. It's in the bottom left of the picture. It was a hole for the control cables to pass through. It's in a tough spot and going to be a real pita to to patch up. Temps have been a huge issue. I've been using a thermometer and have been very strict about working within the required temp range. The thermometer has allowed me to get more done by using heat lamps as well. Otherwise there would be even less work getting done. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01-27-2018, 12:20 PM	#134
Brazos Hunter Pope & Young Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Brazos County Hunt In: Brazos Co, Leon Co, and with God every time I go out.	Lookin' good!!!