Recent content by River runner

What tools do I need to use for the solid rivets?

No but it does not have the ribs In it like bigger Jon boats have. I'm able to weld aluminum and have a welder so I can kind build some supports if I do remove it. On the rivets do I have to have a special river gun to do them?

I just bought a ten foot tracker flat bottom. I'd like to remove one of the bench seats. Either the middle or the back one. The bench seat is riveted to the sides and bottom of the boat. How to you go about removing it and filling the holes?

Well it has done it since I got the boat a year ago. I just put the whale tail on a couple weeks ago along with the resharpened impellar and it hops right on plane now but it still is plowing. All the weight is in the back of the boat. Battery, gas tanks, and seats. It doesn't plow as bad when...

Okay so I was told the boat had a 27inch transom. Me being at work the other day when you asked I said 27. Well the top of the transom is actually 25 inches. Then the motor brackets sit up 2 inches higher than that. Here is a few pictures.

I'll try to get out on the river in the next few days and get some pictures or videos of it running.

Okay. Should the front pins be level with the bottom of the boat or can it be a little higher? And I have a aluminum spool gun I could maybe weld the old holes with that.

Okay well as soon as I get time I'll back it in the shop and start working on it. Thanks for all the help!

27 inches.

Do you think it'd be very hard to build one of those? Also would it still work with the power trim pump being mounted where it is?

It looks like you could about make a extension like that.

See I would do that but I'm up all the way. I have no more holes to go. So I don't really know how to raise it up any more.