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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
Project swamp boat: Lowe rover 16
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<blockquote data-quote="soggybottom" data-source="post: 471742" data-attributes="member: 9451"><p>So last year I bought a lake house! I’m living the dream, I can walk out my back door and go fishing. Only catch is I live on a bay that’s so choked with lily pads/weeds regular boats can’t get through to open water. </p><p></p><p>Here it is before the pads get too bad</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]104198[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>My solution is to build a swamp boat! I bought a Lowe Rover 1640 for $700. Included a trailer, 25 horse motor, and plenty of rotten wood.</p><p></p><p>Here she is after I got her stripped down and evicted all the mice</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]104199[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I traded the motor for a nice John Deere snow blower, and bought a surface drive to replace it</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]104200[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I spent the rest of the season fishing out of it as is</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]104202[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]104201[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]104203[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Plans are to add some decking and make it a little more comfortable to fish out of for this season. Stay tuned!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soggybottom, post: 471742, member: 9451"] So last year I bought a lake house! I’m living the dream, I can walk out my back door and go fishing. Only catch is I live on a bay that’s so choked with lily pads/weeds regular boats can’t get through to open water. Here it is before the pads get too bad [ATTACH type="full" alt="8E18FFC2-891B-4F39-A05C-E4CB86A02874.jpeg"]104198._xfImport[/ATTACH] My solution is to build a swamp boat! I bought a Lowe Rover 1640 for $700. Included a trailer, 25 horse motor, and plenty of rotten wood. Here she is after I got her stripped down and evicted all the mice [ATTACH type="full" alt="1F362947-5E9E-4599-AA35-9DB7E6CA3B57.jpeg"]104199._xfImport[/ATTACH] I traded the motor for a nice John Deere snow blower, and bought a surface drive to replace it [ATTACH type="full" alt="6849715B-C8E4-4246-A696-3433E416C460.jpeg"]104200._xfImport[/ATTACH] I spent the rest of the season fishing out of it as is [ATTACH type="full" alt="96C3BBE4-2F66-47A9-8378-D8A54AC500A2.jpeg"]104202._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="049973B5-C6B9-41AE-99EE-D32F7733AB18.jpeg"]104201._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="DD509369-5BD9-4A19-BA03-A984102F12B0.jpeg"]104203._xfImport[/ATTACH] Plans are to add some decking and make it a little more comfortable to fish out of for this season. Stay tuned! [/QUOTE]
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