I must say that I was somewhat concerned about that shakey old tub but you really came through with some solid mods. Now I can’t wait until you bring it home from the powdercoaters! 😎
Dude so sick. You might as well grab a couple more sheets for the sides & transom and just use the old boat as a template/ stencil for a new sled. I love projects like this. Been wanting to pull my bench seats and put a thick floor and strengthened sides & transom in my Smokercraft 1750 Jet 🔥
I've been thinking of putting a tunnel in my boat, JT-17 . Thanks for posting very good pics, dimension and reasoning on the tunnel design. Take your time. Please continue to post on this. Appreciate it !
Thanks for the comment, glad this was helpful to you! Might be a couple weeks, but I'll post another video when I get around to finishing up the build.
@@UtmostOutdoors you know it! The waters nice n low, there’s an old board walk under water we could go diving at. Townsite of Arrowhead!!!!! Make a cool ghost town video.
You are looking at brand new 16ft Lunde aluminum out board jet and trailer, 40 horse out board , $15 k 4 years ago that's what my gold mining partner and mine cost. partner passed away just sold for 10k . By the look of the boat you got it real cheap . if you can rebuild for under 10 k you are a winner . Looks real good so far
That's a great job you did. Just to let you know a lot of tig welding machine have a finger tip starter in place of foot pedal. I used to build heavy duty hang on treestands that were all tig welded and i thought that was a lot, nothing compared to what your doing there though. A mig gun is the way to go for sure. UHMW would have made boat a little lighter but here in PA on the rock strewn rivers some are opting for 1/4 plate thinking it's better it just won't slide over things as easy but adds more strength.
Look at a bottom coating for your boat called “wetlander”. I have used it on a couple drift boats and it’s slides AMAZINGLY well over rocks. It also protects the boat hull.
Save on aluminum, use light weight and put plastic bottom liner on. Drift boat special. Slides right over boulders. Who cares if you have a deep gouge in plastic,boat hull isn't touched
The boat was definitely well used. I think the foam was just a strange type. It's still water logged just sitting in my backyard, like the water got pulled in between all the little pellets of foam and is just sitting there...
I'm not 100% sure how thin they can go... I imagine in the right hands they could do 1/8 no problem. Maybe thinner? But obviously tig has the potential to do much thinner. If I ever get my hands on one for the next big project I'll find out!
@@UtmostOutdoors So instead of a 6 minute repair job , you went 6 days and still not finished Not saying you done wrong , but I know what I would have done - but I be doing 6 minute repair jobs every day and you won't ever have to repair again in your lifetime
Wow, that was some sketchy shi* !! Lol. Yup, I'd like to see you spend another 45min video showing you finish it up. And also your thoughts on how you are going to disperse the weight of the gear to minimize water depth .
I thought that might be the case when I took on this project, but having build 2 wood boats and one aluminum boat prior to this one, It was actually a pretty nice shortcut compared to doing a full build. I'm sure the pre-cut kits would be good as well, but overall this worked out to being easier and cheaper than a full build.
You are 100% Bad ass! I didn't want it to end. lol, What a great video. Thank you. ✌👍
I must say that I was somewhat concerned about that shakey old tub but you really came through with some solid mods. Now I can’t wait until you bring it home from the powdercoaters! 😎
Nice! Waiting for the next episode...
Dude so sick. You might as well grab a couple more sheets for the sides & transom and just use the old boat as a template/ stencil for a new sled. I love projects like this. Been wanting to pull my bench seats and put a thick floor and strengthened sides & transom in my Smokercraft 1750 Jet 🔥
Can’t wait to see it in action.
I just picked u a jon boat almost identical to yours and now want to plan to do the same rhing to it. Looks great so far! Cheers
Awesome!
Very descriptive video 👍, nice job, cool project.
1/4" - wow, that should last a lifetime!
I've been thinking of putting a tunnel in my boat, JT-17 . Thanks for posting very good pics, dimension and reasoning on the tunnel design. Take your time. Please continue to post on this. Appreciate it !
Thanks for the comment, glad this was helpful to you! Might be a couple weeks, but I'll post another video when I get around to finishing up the build.
this is just awesome build. subbed
Thanks man! I appreciate it! I'll definitely get some more work done on it this year and take it to some new places that really put it to the test!
Wow! To see it now lol really good job!
Yeah, it's come a long way... let's definitely take her for a rip this spring and find some 1oz nuggets!
@@UtmostOutdoors you know it! The waters nice n low, there’s an old board walk under water we could go diving at. Townsite of Arrowhead!!!!! Make a cool ghost town video.
Looks good dude, that’s a lot of work for a Jon boat ha ha
Great work man. Let me know when I can send you mine! Lol 😂
You are looking at brand new 16ft Lunde aluminum out board jet and trailer, 40 horse out board , $15 k 4 years ago that's what my gold mining partner and mine cost. partner passed away just sold for 10k . By the look of the boat you got it real cheap . if you can rebuild for under 10 k you are a winner . Looks real good so far
That's a great job you did. Just to let you know a lot of tig welding machine have a finger tip starter in place of foot pedal. I used to build heavy duty hang on treestands that were all tig welded and i thought that was a lot, nothing compared to what your doing there though. A mig gun is the way to go for sure. UHMW would have made boat a little lighter but here in PA on the rock strewn rivers some are opting for 1/4 plate thinking it's better it just won't slide over things as easy but adds more strength.
Look at a bottom coating for your boat called “wetlander”. I have used it on a couple drift boats and it’s slides AMAZINGLY well over rocks. It also protects the boat hull.
Yeah, I'll have to look into something like that!
watched because of the Sith lord look in the thumbnail, good stuff tho!
Bahaha! Thats awesome! I'm not smart enough to make good thumbnails yet... :)
Save on aluminum, use light weight and put plastic bottom liner on. Drift boat special. Slides right over boulders. Who cares if you have a deep gouge in plastic,boat hull isn't touched
Your videos are great! I'm surprised Justin Trudeau allows people to do these kinds of projects.
You need to get going on the boat and get to the river man
I'm back at it! Got the boat out for a quick test yesterday. I'm blown away with how well it works now. Video update soon hopefully...
You look kinda like Daryl Dixon from the Walking Dead. Lol.
That's unreal all that water in the foam. Looks like whoever owned the boat didn't take care of it.
The boat was definitely well used. I think the foam was just a strange type. It's still water logged just sitting in my backyard, like the water got pulled in between all the little pellets of foam and is just sitting there...
I didn’t think a spool gun would weld any thinner that 3/16’s?
I'm not 100% sure how thin they can go... I imagine in the right hands they could do 1/8 no problem. Maybe thinner? But obviously tig has the potential to do much thinner. If I ever get my hands on one for the next big project I'll find out!
Is this rebuild AFTER you used it a number of times - or have you posted this tape belatedly ?
This was after I used it a few times. The boat just needed a few small patches to keep the water out and was otherwise fine.
@@UtmostOutdoors So instead of a 6 minute repair job , you went 6 days and still not finished
Not saying you done wrong , but I know what I would have done - but I be doing 6 minute repair jobs every day and you won't ever have to repair again in your lifetime
Wow, that was some sketchy shi* !! Lol. Yup, I'd like to see you spend another 45min video showing you finish it up. And also your thoughts on how you are going to disperse the weight of the gear to minimize water depth .
Where bouts do you live if you don't mind me asking
Calgary Alberta in Canada.
Nice work but you could have just built a boat.
I thought that might be the case when I took on this project, but having build 2 wood boats and one aluminum boat prior to this one, It was actually a pretty nice shortcut compared to doing a full build. I'm sure the pre-cut kits would be good as well, but overall this worked out to being easier and cheaper than a full build.