Question about removing bow gas tank on hightide

[FishBlitz]

I have a 1503 hightide with a gas tank up front in the bow. I would like to remove the tank so I can make storage for an anchor. Does anyone know how to remove the tank, do I have to remove the frame on the boat to lift the tank out?

 

[Bondo]

Re: Question about removing bow gas tank on hightide

Ayuh,.... Welcome Aboard,.... Got any pictures,..??

 

[FishBlitz]

Re: Question about removing bow gas tank on hightide

Do I remove all the screws holding my run rail on as well as the screws toward the stern? Will that allow this to just lift up and over?

 

[FishBlitz]

Re: Question about removing bow gas tank on hightide

If I remove all the screws around the rub rail, do I need a crow bar to pop it off?

 

[Bondo]

Re: Question about removing bow gas tank on hightide

If I remove all the screws around the rub rail, do I need a crow bar to pop it off?

Ayuh,... Donno,.... It looks like it'll be a Major destruction to get the cap off,...

If yer gonna turn that area into Storage, ya need access to it,...

Either cut out a hatch in the deck, or probably better yet, cut an access in the back-panel,...

 

[FishBlitz]

Re: Question about removing bow gas tank on hightide

Id have to cut a late enough hole to pull the tank out. And then have a huge storage hatch the size on that tank. Is that how you pull the cap off the boat though?

 

[Bondo]

Re: Question about removing bow gas tank on hightide

Id have to cut a late enough hole to pull the tank out. And then have a huge storage hatch the size on that tank. Is that how you pull the cap off the boat though?

Ayuh,.... Generally speakin',... Yes,...

But I don't know yer hull,...
Some hulls are just screwed or riveted together,...
Others are screwed, riveted, And Glassed together,....

 

[pckeen]

Re: Question about removing bow gas tank on hightide

Looks like major surgery

 

[FishBlitz]

Re: Question about removing bow gas tank on hightide

Well I guess there's not other way to find out unless I start unscrewing the rub rail and just kind of figure it out from there. When it comes time to put it back together, do you use 5200 or a spiciest king of caulk?