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flotation pods and how they work and how would they work for my new boat. also any other ideas to stabilize it are welcome
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03/26/15 04:30 AM
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mad_catter1990
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I recently just acquired a 12ft flat bottom jon boat and i am concerned that with the motor, battery, gas can, and me with all my gear and possibly a 2nd person that it will be extremely too much weight. So my brother mentioned float pods...so looked them up and can't seem to find any info on anything other than the benefits of having them and i am curious as to how they work. I searched online for some for sale and the only ones I can find are made by a company called beavertail. Only problem is. Their smallest pair they offer are made for 14' to 16ft' which sucks...so being I have 2 good friends that are welders I figured I would just get the sizes and specs for the ones sold by beavertail and have my buddies fake a custom pair for me with specs for my 12' in proportion to the dimensions set for the small, medium, and large sets sold online. Does anybody have any experience with these float pods and also would anybody have any guess on what the size should be for a 12ft flat bottom. I'm not sure of the bottom width of the boat. But I can get that and post it tomorrow...my main reason for concern is although my motor is only a 6hp outboard is that I will be sitting too low in the water at the stern and being that I fish a very shallow river that I will be more likely to have my motor and bottom of my boat dragging the bottom. I'm also looking into a homemade jackplate for the motor to help with the motor sitting too low...anybody got any tips or any ideas on what I can do to make this boat more stable and ride better? And should I consider using float pods or is it.pointless with the size of my boat?
PB flathead- 72# PB Blue cat- 56# PB Channel- 22#
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Re: flotation pods and how they work and how would they work for my new boat. also any other ideas to stabilize it are welcome
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03/26/15 03:42 PM
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smooth move
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i think that by the time you do all that work, you could get a bigger boat. jmo
es le bon ton roulet
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Re: flotation pods and how they work and how would they work for my new boat. also any other ideas to stabilize it are welcome
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03/26/15 11:38 PM
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mad_catter1990
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i think that by the time you do all that work, you could get a bigger boat. jmo I already have a bigger boat, I want this small one so I can strap it to my roof and take it to places with no ramp
PB flathead- 72# PB Blue cat- 56# PB Channel- 22#
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Re: flotation pods and how they work and how would they work for my new boat. also any other ideas to stabilize it are welcome
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03/27/15 12:21 AM
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smooth move
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figure the clearances and have your buddy weld em up. worst case, just cut em off if performance goes down. i put a set on a 16 carolina skiff and it made it ride better, but hurt the hole shot.
es le bon ton roulet
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