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Foam requirements and bench seat mod..NEWBIE dont hurt me!
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<blockquote data-quote="woodscavenger" data-source="post: 411778" data-attributes="member: 20978"><p>First post, many days of lurking. I feel like a bottom feeding catfish.</p><p></p><p>I bought my first small boat after having owned several I/O and v-drive ski boats.</p><p></p><p>It appears to be a 1436 Lowe aluminum Jon boat. My two youngest have great plans. I am currently rehabbing a redneck DIY trailer. Taking off rollers and installing bunks and a better bow mount holder.</p><p></p><p>the boat is pretty standard. DIY camo paint, two benches and seems to be in pretty good shape. I am searching for a trolling motor to go with the 1972 25hp Johnson that appears to run. I have yet to take it into the water.</p><p></p><p>Basic plans include flooring with foam underneath. A small deck up front with storage underneath. </p><p></p><p>The benches have me stumped. I know they have flotation foam as a safety precaution. Some of my mods may entail removing much of the foam. My basic question comes down to this.......</p><p></p><p>??In a 1436 boat with a 25hp outboard will the underseat foam actually keep me from scuttling the boat to the bottom or is it only a precaution with a non-motorized version? If the addition of the motor means I will go to the bottom with or without the foam then I will take out the foam and modify the benches.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woodscavenger, post: 411778, member: 20978"] First post, many days of lurking. I feel like a bottom feeding catfish. I bought my first small boat after having owned several I/O and v-drive ski boats. It appears to be a 1436 Lowe aluminum Jon boat. My two youngest have great plans. I am currently rehabbing a redneck DIY trailer. Taking off rollers and installing bunks and a better bow mount holder. the boat is pretty standard. DIY camo paint, two benches and seems to be in pretty good shape. I am searching for a trolling motor to go with the 1972 25hp Johnson that appears to run. I have yet to take it into the water. Basic plans include flooring with foam underneath. A small deck up front with storage underneath. The benches have me stumped. I know they have flotation foam as a safety precaution. Some of my mods may entail removing much of the foam. My basic question comes down to this....... ??In a 1436 boat with a 25hp outboard will the underseat foam actually keep me from scuttling the boat to the bottom or is it only a precaution with a non-motorized version? If the addition of the motor means I will go to the bottom with or without the foam then I will take out the foam and modify the benches. [/QUOTE]
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