transum wood rotten on small alumium boat..

[aprowl]

any body know where I can get wood to replace it???or wher I can have it done? THANKS

[Bigeye30"]

Transom Replacements

Check out this post, Valv had these for sale awhile back, looks like a great product

[blarkey]

just go to the lumber yard and get a piece of green treated 2buy that is the size of what is on there.

[Pat K]

Don't use green treat. Most of the treated lumber reacts with aluminum and corrodes it very fast.

[sparcebag]

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[eurolarva]

About 5 years ago they decided they did not want arsenic in green treated lumber anymore. Whatever the new chemical is is nasty to aluminum and also was to galvanized hardware. They had to do a double dip galvanized for anything that came in contact so it would not eat away the fasteners. I doubt Home Depot or Menards has marine grade plywood. You might try Gander Mountain or a marina. Please post back here when you find it. I need to do mine this year as well.

[sparcebag]

euro i can make a suggestion for your transom,

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I wont post about materials here.

[marine_man]

 Originally Posted By: sparcebag

I wont post about materials here.

Why not? This is a forum, where you learn / come across information you are looking for. E-mailing it to others defeats the whole purpose of a forum.

marine_man

[Steve Bakken]

If it's a small boat where the transom is exposed, it's not too difficult to replace it yourself. If it's larger and the back of the boat needs to come apart, we could certainly take a look at it for you. As far as what type of wood to use, we've been using the BC grade plywood for 25 years and it holds up excellent. The key is to treat the wood so that it can't absorb moisture. Otherwise, if you want to go with something completely permanent, Valv has synthetic transom material that will never need replacement.

[mr walleye]

Did one for a guy about 10 years ago with HDPE we got from an Ice Arena (the red cap on the boards) still looks like new

and will never rot out.

[cribbageboy]

Marine_Man,

I second that thought. If you are just going to e-mail the information, then why even answer to the post. The only person benifiting from it is the poster, and not the entire FM body like it should be. Not trying to be mean just a good question that should recieve a straight forward answer.