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duck_watcher12
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Joined: Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:18 pm Posts: 196
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 Hunt deck
Does anybody know someone that can build a custom hunt deck on to a boat around Southwest Arkansas?
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Fri Dec 25, 2015 4:17 pm |
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flint87
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:21 pm Posts: 3214
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 Re: Hunt deck
You won't want to build it ONTO the boat you'll want to build it INTO the boat.
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Fri Dec 25, 2015 4:43 pm |
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duck_watcher12
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:18 pm Posts: 196
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 Re: Hunt deck
I know this and it needs to be braced well to hold the weight of a 35 sd
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Fri Dec 25, 2015 8:22 pm |
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toddh
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:00 pm Posts: 428 Location: Hammond, LA
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 Re: Hunt deck
What boat are you adding this too?
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Sat Dec 26, 2015 7:30 am |
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duck_watcher12
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Joined: Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:18 pm Posts: 196
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 Re: Hunt deck
Weldbilt
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Sat Dec 26, 2015 9:33 am |
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flint87
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:21 pm Posts: 3214
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 Re: Hunt deck
What gauge aluminum is it? If it ain't .125 Just sell it and buy what you want.
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Sat Dec 26, 2015 5:53 pm |
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jakehawk9
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:06 pm Posts: 1447 Location: South central, ks
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 Re: Hunt deck
Weldbilt only goes up to .100 I'm pretty sure. Could be wrong
It's simple. get a mud motor. shoot ducks in the face.
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Sat Dec 26, 2015 6:40 pm |
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flint87
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:21 pm Posts: 3214
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Sat Dec 26, 2015 7:27 pm |
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jakehawk9
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:06 pm Posts: 1447 Location: South central, ks
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Sat Dec 26, 2015 8:20 pm |
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Hernaja1
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:29 am Posts: 2465 Location: Sulphur , La
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 Re: Hunt deck
If you beef up the transom the boat will be fine. If your just using it for a marsh rig to get to a blind it will do ok , not great but ok. The hull will get hooks but if your just looking to get to a blind or shallow area to fish and not beating the hell out of the rest of the boat it will do ok. It will get hooks though but will be fine if your not looking to set any speed records.
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Sat Dec 26, 2015 8:27 pm |
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duck_watcher12
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Joined: Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:18 pm Posts: 196
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 Re: Hunt deck
It's .100 thickness. I can't afford to sell it and get a $7000 mud boat. Besides if I have a hunt deck added it will still be cheaper than buying a mud hull. Also I like the way it handles, the smooth mud hulls slide too much to run the rivers or timber around here.
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Sat Dec 26, 2015 11:49 pm |
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Hernaja1
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:29 am Posts: 2465 Location: Sulphur , La
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 Re: Hunt deck
May I ask why your wanting a hunt deck ?
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Sun Dec 27, 2015 12:08 am |
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duck_watcher12
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Joined: Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:18 pm Posts: 196
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 Re: Hunt deck
The transom is sitting too low in the water
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Sun Dec 27, 2015 1:05 am |
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DENNYEDWARDS
MMT Addict
Joined: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:50 pm Posts: 574 Location: Muscatine, Iowa
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 Re: Hunt deck
Have you tried moving weight around in boat? I have a rivited Alumacraft 1648 .072 gauge rig I've run for 6 Yrs now. We moved rear seat forward 16" and built in a 12 gallon tank in bow and reinforced transom. Theres no hooks in hull and it will run mid thirties. Have modded MB BD 4500 2013 motor on it. Running a Hammer Prop. Heres a couple pictures.
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Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:19 am |
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duck_watcher12
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Joined: Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:18 pm Posts: 196
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 Re: Hunt deck
We the thing I'd I can't move the battery or gas tank with cutting holes in the walls or front deck. I found out it will run 700 to add a hunt deck. The same guy can take my drop deck and make a door, then he can make an aluminum fuel cell to go under the deck which move weight up front. And Denny I've had trouble with front end being too light so I added sand bags in the front and I'm going to take it out this afternoon to see how it runs.
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Sun Dec 27, 2015 10:06 am |
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cb5331
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Joined: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:10 pm Posts: 16915 Location: Rowlett, TX
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Sounds like a fantastic setup. You should definitely keep dumping money into it.
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Sun Dec 27, 2015 1:10 pm |
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JD145
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Joined: Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:01 pm Posts: 1289 Location: SWGA
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Sun Dec 27, 2015 1:15 pm |
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Hernaja1
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:29 am Posts: 2465 Location: Sulphur , La
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 Re: Hunt deck
Why not stick with what you have till you can afford a better hull. Wasting your money on that boat. Lol like putting 3k worth of speakers and rims on a piece of shit car . Niggering it up !
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Sun Dec 27, 2015 1:38 pm |
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DENNYEDWARDS
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Joined: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:50 pm Posts: 574 Location: Muscatine, Iowa
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Sun Dec 27, 2015 5:15 pm |
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jakehawk9
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:06 pm Posts: 1447 Location: South central, ks
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 Re: Hunt deck
I cut open my front deck and put a 12 gallon tank under it
It's simple. get a mud motor. shoot ducks in the face.
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Sun Dec 27, 2015 5:16 pm |
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duck_watcher12
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Joined: Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:18 pm Posts: 196
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 Re: Hunt deck
Hey this hull is way better than what I had. It's also what I could afford.
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Sun Dec 27, 2015 7:19 pm |
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Hernaja1
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:29 am Posts: 2465 Location: Sulphur , La
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Sun Dec 27, 2015 7:32 pm |
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duck_watcher12
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Joined: Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:18 pm Posts: 196
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 Re: Hunt deck
The sand bags made a huge difference on the way it squats. I still would like to move my fuel tank up front to help move weight around tho
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Sun Dec 27, 2015 9:11 pm |
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flint87
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Joined: Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:21 pm Posts: 3214
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 Re: Hunt deck
A hunt deck ain't gona change the way it squats. The boat will be the same length if its built in to the boat. Or longer if it's built off the back but the motor is still hanging off the back. Pods would lift the back bc they put floatation behind the weight of the motor.
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Mon Dec 28, 2015 10:04 am |
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Andy
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Joined: Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:44 pm Posts: 278 Location: Coral Springs, FL
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 Re: Hunt deck
Building a huntdeck into a hull is going to take some time and some coin to do it the right way. I would hold off for now, change your load plan up so you have more weight to the bow, save some money and get a hulll with hunt deck.
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Mon Dec 28, 2015 10:37 am |
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cb5331
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:10 pm Posts: 16915 Location: Rowlett, TX
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 Re: Hunt deck
It is a hull, not a haul.
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Mon Dec 28, 2015 12:16 pm |
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North LA Hunter
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Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:39 pm Posts: 6976 Location: West Monroe, LA
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Mon Dec 28, 2015 12:20 pm |
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Andy
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Joined: Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:44 pm Posts: 278 Location: Coral Springs, FL
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Mon Dec 28, 2015 12:29 pm |
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duck_watcher12
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:18 pm Posts: 196
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 Re: Hunt deck
I'm gonna end up moving my gas tank up front and possibly my battery. My wife took pictures of it in the water with me in it yesterday and I like the way it is right now
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Mon Dec 28, 2015 2:10 pm |
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