You ever wonder about some folks....

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One of my buddies just bought this 1436 Weldbilt that the previous owners son had cut all the seats out of it and did not add any bracing back to where the seats were, just floored it with 1/2" plywood...makes me wonder sometimes?...

My buddy bought it for $200 with a trailer. I think he got a real nice deal. My buddy is an older fella that is disabled and he has been fishing out of a 30 inch bottom boat that was his dad's for 20 years or better and he always wanted one a little wider with deep sides and no middle seat...well we are going to try and fix this one up like he wants it.

We will be adding some 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 1/8" tubing for ribs where the seats were and also replacing the front deck that they cut out. Then we will add foam in the bottom and put in an aluminum floor, a trolling motor bracket, and misc. other items.

We got the pieces of the seats that they left on the sides out on Saturday and smoothed the welds down. Then we turned it upside down and welded up some holes in the hull....it looked like the previous owner's son pryed/pulled/snatched on the seats when he was taking them out and busted the hull at the welds in a couple of places. Here's some pics from Saturday.







I welded up this area at the bow..looked like they missed the bow roller and made 2 nice holes in the hull with the bow roller bracket.


Here is the way it looks now, waiting on us to go and pick up the tubing for the ribs.



These pics are from Monday 02/11/2013.
We got the ribs welded in yesterday. We put in 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 1/8" wall 6063 aluminum tubing. The original ribs are 2 1/2" tall.
More pics to come as the project moves on.

["G"]

Your doing a great job

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[majflyboy]

Great job. Another C.C 'er with talent.

[BigRiverMarine]

Lookin good so far. Keep us posted.


Big River Marine
Bill Burnett
870-635-0202

We sell XPRESS, EXCEL, and ALWELD Boats. Yamaha, Suzuki, Evinrude, Mud Buddy, and Tohatsu/Nissan Engines.
Pro Staff, Southern Pro Tackle and Ozark Rods.
Member, Tri-State Crappie Anglers

[wilbur]

Its gonna be a nice boat when you get done.

[Wannabe...]

Dern, and I can't get him to hit a lick at a snake fer me.

Wannabe...

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Dern, and I can't get him to hit a lick at a snake fer me.

Wannabe...

You never did buy me that lunch.....pffft

[Donald@CrappieLogic]

looking good

[MO' MONEY]

Welding aluminum is an art, looks good. Hope the project works out well for ya! got a good start

[Speck]

Looks good!!!