Do not waste your money.

I washed the toons with soap and a pressure washer applied the product and it did a poor job, very splotchy results and had to apply 4 times till I gave up. Going to look for another product to finish this up right.

Ordering this weekend, anyone have actual experience with coverage for Durabak 18 on sanded wood?

With 190SF I am expecting four gallons will provide two coats.

First pontoon Berkshire 23 115 Yamaha ob trailer 2012 w trailer new 37495+ tax. Is Berkshire a good name? Any help would be appreciated

I have a 24ft starcraft with a 115hp mariner it starts fine but it wont shut off tried a new switch but that was not it. any ideas. the only way I can shut it off is by pushing the key in and choking it till it dies.

I am restoring my 1990 Lower pontoon with all new furniture and console. I would like to replace the steering wheel. I see steering wheels for sale online and none say that they are for something specific. Does anyone know If I can simply order a steering wheel for a boat and it would adapt properly?

Thanks,

THC1

So we purchased a new sweetwater in burgundy and my wife would like to spice up the look. We are going to wrap the boat and give it a more hip look. The shop will have it done by next weekend.

The problem is finding something we both like. I really like this torn metal look.

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Hello all, I'm newbie here and am looking for any information I can find to help me restore a 1966 Harris Flotebote. Recently purchased the 24' pontoon boat in fairly good condition. Thank you for any ideas

Ok fellas, here's the question. Took my toon out of storage yesterday. While prepping it for the water, I decided to take the rear plugs(plastic) out of the toons to replace them.

Long story short, when the seal was broken on the plugs, I had a good rush of air from both, indicating (at least to me) that the tunes are well sealed. Even so, each pontoon emitted about a gallon or two of water.

How can that be? If there is vacuum pressure in the pontoons, there can't be a leak can there?

The boat has not been in the water since last fall (October) and has been in indoor, unheated storage.

What gives?

Thank you.

I recently went through this process and thought i would shed some light on actual values. When i started rebuilding my first pontoon, I always in the back of my mind thought "well at least it will be worth a ton just for the aluminum". There is definitely value in the aluminum but not as much as people may or many not think.

When i drove over the scales my total weight with 2 people, my super crew f150, boat and trailer was ~9,000lbs. When i unloaded the boat and came back through the scales with towing just the trailer i was at ~7,400. My boat was a 24' Riviera Cruiser, and still had the 3/4 plywood floors in it, console, carpet, rails and fuel with about 10 gallons of old gas.

Current prices are ~$.40 cents for clean aluminum (bare metal) and ~$.15 cents for dirty (metal mixed in with other materials)

to strip the boat down to clean aluminum you would obviously need to remove the floors, which at ~75 lbs a sheet for 3/4" * 6 sheets is 450lbs alone...and remove the old gas ~7lbs a gallon * 10 = 70lbs and carpet and console and such figure there is a total of ~1,000 lbs of clean aluminum on an average 24' pontoon boat.

So 1,000lbs (if clean) * .40 cents = $400
Or 1,600lbs (dirty) * .15 cents = $240

Maybe values are different in other parts of the country but this was my experience first hand.
Though i would share this with everyone :)

I should be in Engines but could not get a "new red thread" to start one.

Anyway last fall, I came off the lake, loaded up and did a hot oil change on my EFI Merc 90. The engine has not been started to date and I plan to hit the water this weekend.

Should I drain a cup of oil out and put that much in the new oil filter prior to start or am I over analyzing this?

Any constructive comments appreciated

I need some advise on how to get the center tube supported better. As you can see in the picture there is a slight gap. It looks to me that I need to shim the center brackets up a bit. I'm just not happy with how it is sitting. Will this be ok?

We have a Clarion radio in our boat with 4 speakers. I think it has a built in antenna and the reception is poor. Does anyone know a way to boost the antenna? for better reception.

Input needed....I have a 2001 Fisher DLX 220 toon with a custom snap-on mooring/trailer cover. Problem is, it is a pain in the butt to constantly uncover/cover every time out. I am looking at the "drawstring" type mooring cover while the boat is docked, but, the problem I have is....how does these covers work with the Bimini? They obviously do not have cut-outs for the Bimini brackets, so, how do they fit on the boat in this instance? Suggestions are gladly welcomed! And no, leaving it uncovered is not an option....

I found this kiddy slide in the garbage, the ladder part had been eaten by their dog. A little cuttin, sawin, reinforcin, and we have a poor mans slide for our 4 year old 'pirate' and her 7 month old brother. Really can't wait for them to start visiting !!!

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I have a 92 bass buggy 18 with a 40hp Johnson tracker outboard. I bought it new in 91 and its been a fantastic boat! I have a 40lb thrust trolling motor on it but it struggles on a windy day. But I have just acquired a 75lb thrust trolling motor I want to put on it. The new trolling motor is 24VDC and is recommended to use 6 gauge wire with a 50 amp fuseable link. The boat is wired from factory for the trolling motor but I checked the size of wire and fuseable link thinking it maybe to small. I couldn't find any markings on the wire itself (what I could see anyway since most of the wire is inside the main wire loom that leads to the bow) but what I did find is that the markings on the fuseable link is 32V 40A. The wire is a little bigger than the diameter of an ink pen and the bow plug is 3 prong. It is possible the wire maybe 6 gauge but I am thinking it maybe 8 gauge. I have tried to search for info on the wiring system but didn't find much helpful info. Question is, would it support that big of a trolling motor or should I upgrade it?