Timtactical
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Hey guys, I've been doing some reading on this site and I think I have a plan for my jon build. I got alot of good info here:https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9074
The landau 1456 is a 14' semi v, when planning my casting deck I wanted to place my battery in front of the middle seat under the deck. I drew up a cad drawing for the decking running flush with the middle seat. After reading the above link, I may drop the casting deck down a few inches, but I want enough for some storage. The jon has a Evinrude 9.9, that has been converted to 15hp, more on that later. Lets say I got lucky.
I found a used Minn Kota Power Drive trolling motor on craigslist, and it ended up not working correctly. Turns out it had a bad main board, so hopefully it ends up working out. Picking it up tomorrow.
So far I have been fixing items that obviously the last non competent owner couldn't figure out. Which works out well when negotiating and buying a used boat.
1. These are hard to back up while sitting behind a full size truck. I purchased the boat and the trailer had a serious bent tongue.
I ordered a piece of box tubing 12" long that fit inside the trailer, pulled back the wiring and started cutting.
2.The camo paint was horrible, im sure it would for for duck camo, but I about vomited every time I looked at it. Its easier to feel good about it after some basic paint.
I picked the paint up at homedepot, its flat green color, it ran just a couple of dollars a can.
The winch had a rope on it, so I picked up a replacement strap and hook. On the front of the boat I drilled and bolted up a connection point. I think this is imperative for securing to trailer, attaching an anchor, and getting a tow in case of break down.
Also for the trailer the vertical piece of steel that the winch bolts to was floppy so I welded to tongue and cut off extra material off the top, I hit the edges with a flap disk and smoothed out the welds. Since I welded I hit the trailer with some epoxy spray paint to keep front rusty welds, and areas where I knocked off the galvanizing.
The side bunk boards are not covered and were spit and broken, I had a few pieces of pressure treaded 2x4 left over from another project. I cut them to the correct length, and wrapped with bunk board carpeting.
I do have a few leaky rivets. I ordered a rivet tool for my air hammer and will buck the rivets as soon as my buddy gets back in town. I will remove the motor, stand the boat up against the shop, I will run the hammer on the inside of the boat, and my buddy will be on the outside with a 2lb sledge.
I ordered some of this: https://www.pbsboatstore.com/gluvit-epoxy-water-sealer.htm to seal all of the rivets so I dont have to worry about them leaking in the future. I only found 1 that dripped, but I want to seal them all before I build the deck.
The landau 1456 is a 14' semi v, when planning my casting deck I wanted to place my battery in front of the middle seat under the deck. I drew up a cad drawing for the decking running flush with the middle seat. After reading the above link, I may drop the casting deck down a few inches, but I want enough for some storage. The jon has a Evinrude 9.9, that has been converted to 15hp, more on that later. Lets say I got lucky.
I found a used Minn Kota Power Drive trolling motor on craigslist, and it ended up not working correctly. Turns out it had a bad main board, so hopefully it ends up working out. Picking it up tomorrow.
So far I have been fixing items that obviously the last non competent owner couldn't figure out. Which works out well when negotiating and buying a used boat.
1. These are hard to back up while sitting behind a full size truck. I purchased the boat and the trailer had a serious bent tongue.
I ordered a piece of box tubing 12" long that fit inside the trailer, pulled back the wiring and started cutting.
2.The camo paint was horrible, im sure it would for for duck camo, but I about vomited every time I looked at it. Its easier to feel good about it after some basic paint.
I picked the paint up at homedepot, its flat green color, it ran just a couple of dollars a can.
The winch had a rope on it, so I picked up a replacement strap and hook. On the front of the boat I drilled and bolted up a connection point. I think this is imperative for securing to trailer, attaching an anchor, and getting a tow in case of break down.
Also for the trailer the vertical piece of steel that the winch bolts to was floppy so I welded to tongue and cut off extra material off the top, I hit the edges with a flap disk and smoothed out the welds. Since I welded I hit the trailer with some epoxy spray paint to keep front rusty welds, and areas where I knocked off the galvanizing.
The side bunk boards are not covered and were spit and broken, I had a few pieces of pressure treaded 2x4 left over from another project. I cut them to the correct length, and wrapped with bunk board carpeting.
I do have a few leaky rivets. I ordered a rivet tool for my air hammer and will buck the rivets as soon as my buddy gets back in town. I will remove the motor, stand the boat up against the shop, I will run the hammer on the inside of the boat, and my buddy will be on the outside with a 2lb sledge.
I ordered some of this: https://www.pbsboatstore.com/gluvit-epoxy-water-sealer.htm to seal all of the rivets so I dont have to worry about them leaking in the future. I only found 1 that dripped, but I want to seal them all before I build the deck.