Recent content by jmcaswell

thanks. Go Vols! tough one sat.

Ok, I bought three seats last year for my mod. they were cheap. It was not in the budget at the time to buy nice seats. while they have held up fine I want to replace the drivers seats with something better, maybe with arm rests. and RECS out there on the highest quality swivel seats that wont...

I made a a lot of custom hatch openings and this mount for the TM. by constructing wood products (spar urethane'd them before) then bending sheet metal around them and smoothing the edges, that way I could paint them to match the boat and they will last a long time.

Final Product. Never Posted pics. This boat has been a TON of fun.

heres my latest- its full of supplier links that have great materials for all things MOD related https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=27844

yeah the model I bought RAM-111U has a plate that can fit alot of diffrent sonars. and they sell many more that work. I was super impressed with the quality of the ram mount. its heavy stainless steal and adjusting it is super easy with the ball mounts, and when you tighten it, it locks in...

So i was kicking around how and where to mount my Lowrance sonar. I got a RAM mount and it is awesome. Its heavy duty quality at $40 and as you can see and can position it anyway I want. by facing it fwd the front seated passenger can control it easy. I got it from...

Finally coming along. I am figured- if you want to build something like this how you want it- there is no way to lay out the steering and control cables perfectly. The steering has some decent bends in it as you can see but the wheels turning. I wonder if its too tight and I will have to...

great thank you! that is awesome but.. At $280 bucks, I might run the two transducer cables to the mounting points and just manually hook them up -- !!

Ole Blue! suppossed to be navy and actually is in the right light...

can I split one transducer cable line ( trans mounted to the trolling motor) to have two outputs for multiple head unit mounting locations in my boat? Bc i mount the Fishfinder in the back on the steering console sometimes and on the front deck while fishing. I only need one transducer up...

After MUCH research and bugging other members (thank you Russ) I just bought the new Lowrance ELITE 7 DSI. Why? - Its $700 vs $1500 for the Touch. Its got the 7 inch screen. and it has GPS/SONOR and DOWNSCAN. the new HDSs and Touch ones have "Structure Scan" which is Downscan and Side Scan-...

Finally getting some work done!! Prepped, stripped, sanded, primed and spray painted with Rusto Marine Paint. She sure is blue! (navy) I spent alot of time wet sanding the prime coat layers and it paid off. the final coat(s) layed down awesome and looks great. Getting all the wiring done...

I am litterally in the same boat as you --- debating on what Unit to buy? and what i will really enjoy and NEED- Russ has weighed in below and that tells me to lean towards to new add-on LSS units-- Anymore new IMO's? out there Also Battery wise- concering my over mod- will one little 12volter...

Ok, wow the world of Fishfinders is quite vast these days! I would love the 2 cents of my Tin Boat Mentors! So, I got a regular old fishfinder a mark5 I think. I am going to upgrade to a real one. Concerning Lowrance- theres the "downscan" feature on the none "hd gen2" and then theres the...