Hard to find decking?

[gpfishingdude]

I need to replace the front section of decking on the old bass buggy but when I looked at Pontoon Stuff they only sell the good plywood four sheets at a time. Any ideas as to where I can go to buy a sheet of CCA treated marine plywood?

 

[MH Hawker]

Gander mountain

 

[gpfishingdude]

Thank you Hawker for your reply. I keep trying to post on here but keep getting denied the ability to post on the forum right now. Gander won't ship to store for free so I might run over to Elkhart and pick up a sheet. Shipping is real high on plywood.

 

[MH Hawker]

Yes it is, when i re decked mine, i had to drive 200 miles to find a place that had it, and i stayed over night just to make it a enjoyable trip.

 

[hondaf12x]

Not sure where you are located but you can get it in Coldwater MI,and Warsaw IN, that may be closer than Elkhart IN , mike

 

[gpfishingdude]

I visited my sister up in Michigan and stopped in Elkhart and bought the last sheet RV an Boat Parts had on hand. Now I have to figure out where to get fasteners to screw it down with. Some of the old screws backed out and some didn't.

 

[gpfishingdude]

I found several ways to remove the old rusty deck screws. The easy ones came out with the screw driver bit in the power drill. Then I took the vice grips under the deck and turned some to loosen them.Then I gouged a channel around the screw heads on the remaining ones and turned them with the vice grips on the screw heads. I am thinking about trying the screws with the Xylan coating because I have heard that a lot of the stainless ones break easily. Anybody got experience with the Xylan screws?

 

[ahicks]

An angle grinder (like this: http://www.harborfreight.com/heavy-d...der-91223.html) will cut through those bolts that don't want to come out on their own in a heart beat. Can be used to cut the head of the bolt off, or the nut. After having had one for a while, this tool has proven itself invaluable around my shop for all sorts of "stuff"!

Stainless is softer, but I doubt seriously you'll break any with a project like you're talking about. They're about the best plan when working on a pontoon boat.