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    I need to figure out weight Capacity and max occupants for a 17' John Boat

    Its 48" wide at the floor, and 68" wide at the widest part of the transom. I don't know if its a 1748 or a 1760 (60" is the width of the boat at middle) or 1768, I have no idea how that works. Its not a small boat and came with a 70 Evinrude. I started on a project three years ago, something...
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    Converting boat to center console.

    Hi all. I am working on my jon boat right now. It is a larger one (18'), and I am putting in a new floor. I wasted my money on the "Hydrilla Gorilla" instructions ($19)that someone on here pointed me to, but really they had no valuable information. So right now I am painting but next I plan...
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    building trailer guides

    I have seen a few good ways to build the PVC style guides. What I need is plans or a how to on building the guides with a bunk on them for each side of the boat. I have seen them online for around $130, Cabela's for $99 for smaller ones, but I think the price seems high. I have seen DIY...
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    My 17' Aluma-weld restoration

    Okay I am starting off with a pretty solid boat. It is a powder blue 17' jon boat. I got the hull and trailer from Craigslist for $300 a little while back and the motor last week off ebay. The motor is a 1975 70 hp Evinrude, I had to drive all the way to Oklahoma to get it, but its a beauty...
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    tubbing from a jon boat

    Okay, I like to tube behind a boat. I have never tried to ski or wakeboard. My boat is a 17' (listed as 18) jon boat with a rebuilt 1975 70 hp motor. I got6 it up to 38(gps) mph the other day. So I know its fast enough. My worries are can the transom support having a heavy tuber? What...
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    getting more charging power/ Alternator?

    I have a 1975 Evinrude 70. I plan on having a two trolling motor, one starting motor set-up on my 17' john boat. I want to mount spot lights for bow-fishing and night and flounder fishing. I also want a stereo and power inverter and live well. So I don't think I have an alternator, I think...
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    Safely removing boat from trailer with no water involved?

    Okay my trailer needs work. First off I need to do $100+ dollars on it so I can register it a homebuilt ( as per crazy LA laws). Secondly, the trailer needs this work anyway. The worst thing is so far, the fact that I have no trailer guides. I have to get out into the water to get the boat...
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    Trailer Rant

    I don't know about were you live, but registering a trailer here is hard.(Louisiana). I have my boat ready to go with new state stickers, when I bought my boat I didn't get a title for the trailer. Now I am being told I can't register my trailer. I have to get a new one. I bought my boat and...
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    tell-tail on 1975 70 'Rude

    I can't find it. I bought my flat boat with a blown evinrude 70, and it had a tell-tail at the back port side of the motor. You can clearly see it. I don't know what year that motor was (197?) and my "new" motor is a 1975 70 that is in great shape, I got it off Ebay and it is clean and...
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