It's Tool Time soon! My floor deck has developed a rotten spot and I am toying with replacing it myself this fall. The boat is a '93 AlumaCraft Lunker LTD 16'8". The floor deck is fastened with rows of large rivets and smaller rivets secure the aluminum sides for the storage compartments to the floor. Anybody done this previously or know how to go about this? I wonder if I can just chisel the floor rivets, drill out the smaller rivets where the compartment sidewalls attach to the floor and slide the new floor/carpeting into place without having to mess with disassembling the storage compartments. I'd secure the floor with stainless steel screws. Anybody had to do this on one of these or would I be better off to send it out to be done? I'd thought about just buying a new 'Pro V' but with a baby on the way that idea was soon squashed. Thanks guys.
We have bought a new boat, which we will be picking up this spring. It is an Alumacraft Competitor 165 sport with a 90 horse Yamaha
motor. I will be buying and installing a trolling motor, wondering if I can get some recommendations on what pound thrust I will
want for this boat? Also, I will be selling my old boat, is there a good way to determine the value on an older boat ( mid-80's with a 75 horse 2-stroke
Mariner motor) I will appreciate any help with these questions.
I went ahead and watched some of the MLF coverage. Wheeler didn’t make the cut but the bigger story was the Poche/Avera fallout.
Kinda funny listening to both sides of the story and putting together the scenario, reading between the lines.
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It's Tool Time soon! My floor deck has developed a rotten spot and I am toying with replacing it myself this fall. The boat is a '93 AlumaCraft Lunker LTD 16'8". The floor deck is fastened with rows of large rivets and smaller rivets secure the aluminum sides for the storage compartments to the floor. Anybody done this previously or know how to go about this? I wonder if I can just chisel the floor rivets, drill out the smaller rivets where the compartment sidewalls attach to the floor and slide the new floor/carpeting into place without having to mess with disassembling the storage compartments. I'd secure the floor with stainless steel screws. Anybody had to do this on one of these or would I be better off to send it out to be done? I'd thought about just buying a new 'Pro V' but with a baby on the way that idea was soon squashed. Thanks guys.
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