DOES AnY ONE HAVE PLANS on TO how BUILD A JACK PLATE

[GFPRACING]

DOES AMYONE HAVE PLANS TO BUILD A JACK PLATE
or
can tell me how to build a jack plate

i have a 18 ft crestliner
with a 100 johnson
i am change the transom
make it taller
so i wanted to install a jack plate
so i can restall the moto in the right spot
some one cut the transom down
i am going to repair it
but i want to use this boat for fishing
so i wantto be able
to get all the way up to the transom
when fishing
with a jack plate i could do this & not have the big area to tilt the motor
just raise it to tilt it
the dip i my transom is over a ft
i would like to make the dip a little as possable
can some one please hell me
i hope everyone can read this ok
i have dislexia
so i do not speel to well

also
i am disabled
on a low income
so building a jack plate my self
would be my best way out
but i have never seen one

so i dont know what they look like
or
how big they need to be
thakes
george

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: DOES AnY ONE HAVE PLANS on TO how BUILD A JACK PLATE

I would look at the ones for sale and copy one of them. A 100 HP motor is allot of weight and the slightest error will let it break away from the boat.

I would not recommend it unless you have a machine shop worth of tooling. a welder and a good source of new aluminum.

Why does the hull need the jack plate?

 

[metriccrescentwrench]

Re: DOES AnY ONE HAVE PLANS on TO how BUILD A JACK PLATE

IMHO you'd be better off buying a used manual jackplate rather than going through all the fuss trying to make one. A failure there is going to be catastrophic.

 

[1979checkmate]

Re: DOES AnY ONE HAVE PLANS on TO how BUILD A JACK PLATE

i say buy one, you can get them pretty cheap. not worth losing a motor over.

 

[superbenk]

Re: DOES AnY ONE HAVE PLANS on TO how BUILD A JACK PLATE

Does the OP's post bother anyone else? The weird mix of caps & lower-case or the fact that there's a new line every 2-3 words? Maybe it's just me, but that's really annoying.

 

[oops!]

Re: DOES AnY ONE HAVE PLANS on TO how BUILD A JACK PLATE

superbank ...you have a pm coming

 

[mercury713]

Re: DOES AnY ONE HAVE PLANS on TO how BUILD A JACK PLATE

superbenk The word Annoying is much worse in my Opinion. ( Person Place or Thing)

 

[64osby]

Re: DOES AnY ONE HAVE PLANS on TO how BUILD A JACK PLATE

If you read the whole post

gfpracing stated

i hope everyone can read this ok i have dislexia so i do not speel to well also
i am disabled

Give'm a break and try to help him out. I would but he probably knows more about jack plates than I do.

Welcome to iboats

 

[Snake334]

Re: DOES AnY ONE HAVE PLANS on TO how BUILD A JACK PLATE

I actually built a jack plate for my pontoon. Works great, but it was cheaper for me because I already had most of the stuff to build it. You would need some 6061 T6 aluminum angle at a minimum of 3/8" thick, but probably go with 1/2". The angle is expensive. Then you would need a good saw and blade to cut it and a drill press to drill it, or access to them. And last, you would have to mount it with all stainless hardware. That can cost too. If you would have to purchase all of these items, and pay to have them cut and drilled, your looking at close to the price it would cost to just buy one. These are just some things to take into consideration.