Bench Seats

zach103

zach103

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How are your bench seats set up? how are they held up i mean. i want to have the bench seat to be sturdy because thats how we board but i want to put a cooler in the middle of it underneath. Whats a good way to go about this and keep some structural integrity.
 
heyyou325

heyyou325

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Re: Bench Seats

I had an old wooden boat in the early 80's. As I recall it was like 8 ft wide. I used a 1X10 piece of redwood with 4 inches of foam rubber for a cushion. Forget what I wrapped it with to keep the water out, then used some outdoor carpeting. On bottom I had 1X2's screwed front and back the 2" down. I had a 2X2 bracket on the sides you could lock it in, or lift it out and have the whole deck open. It didn't sag at all in the 4 years I had the boat, even spanning the about 8 feet. Boat's a whole nother story .
 
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oldfordcrap

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Re: Bench Seats

use marine plywood and put a support in the center and on each outside then you can slide a cooler on either side underneath use at least 3/4 inch glue and screwcover with foam and marine vinyl.
 
produceguy

produceguy

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Re: Bench Seats

zach103 said:
How are your bench seats set up? how are they held up i mean. i want to have the bench seat to be sturdy because thats how we board but i want to put a cooler in the middle of it underneath. Whats a good way to go about this and keep some structural integrity.
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