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Hey guy...this boat look familiar? #5376855 10/24/14 04:05 AM
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FInally got the turf down and painted....cut tongue and put swing away bracket on...hung motor...ready to spill blood

btw, this is how a fused switch panel should look...hope those guys got you taken care of











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Re: Hey guy...this boat look familiar? [Re: Homey da Clown] #5376900 10/24/14 05:21 AM
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Nice. I have a pic of it from roughly 6 weeks ago I will have to find and post.

What happened to going hybrid?


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Originally Posted By: Fooshman
Nice. I have a pic of it from roughly 6 weeks ago I will have to find and post.

What happened to going hybrid?


You lose 6" of floor space between the edge of Ext deck and center bench with the way the Hybrid is designed with a center bench and Ext deck. Tooo much. My clients' feet would be tangling with the decoys and can't have that. Would of had to go 18' and 18 ' boat will not git in garage. I can barely get my 17 in with a swing away tongue. Also, decided that a flat rake is really best where I run 90% of the time.



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Re: Hey guy...this boat look familiar? [Re: Homey da Clown] #5377085 10/24/14 12:29 PM
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Hey what you trying to copy me or something!?! Lol. I guess you know what you like getting the same rig. Like me every time I eat Mexican food I get the same dish. I really like that layout. up

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Hey what you trying to copy me or something!?! Lol. I guess you know what you like getting the same rig. Like me every time I eat Mexican food I get the same dish. I really like that layout. up


This layout works best when for me and clients. If I woulda got a Hybrid it would have been layed out the exact same way.

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Re: Hey guy...this boat look familiar? [Re: Homey da Clown] #5377226 10/24/14 01:39 PM
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Yeah if I could change anything with the layout it would be nothing. Where can I get a longer throttle lever? That stock one is for the birds. If your hand is on the grip, you can only pull it with your pinky finger. To pull it with all fingers half your hand is off the grip. They need to change that.

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Paint job looks nice! What is the material on the deck and benches? It looks like rubber.

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Nice

Can u paint some mo leaves?


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That's great Homey, Once again we are running the exact same boat other than the interior box layout, glad to see you chose that rig again.
I have to say I am a little surprised with all the new stuff on the market with everyone running hundecks, catwalks, and hybrids hulls, thought you would be getting the next big thing. I do not think those things would work well with my application but seems like that's what a bunch of guys are going to, everyone always wants the next big thing.

What happened to the old school camo?

IF Guy removes the Team Quack from his boat you will both look exactly the same.

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Originally Posted By: mohunter
IF Guy removes the Team Quack from his boat you will both look exactly the same.

It's gone, I'm not a sticker kind of Guy. grin

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Also it was Team Green, Team Quack is my youtub handle.

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Well, I got it wrong again, ya'll running the same rig then, hope I do not run up on Rick by accident thinking it's you, good thing he spends most of his time a little further south. Funny.

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Originally Posted By: Homey da Clown
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Nice. I have a pic of it from roughly 6 weeks ago I will have to find and post.

What happened to going hybrid?


You lose 6" of floor space between the edge of Ext deck and center bench with the way the Hybrid is designed with a center bench and Ext deck. Tooo much. My clients' feet would be tangling with the decoys and can't have that. Would of had to go 18' and 18 ' boat will not git in garage. I can barely get my 17 in with a swing away tongue. Also, decided that a flat rake is really best where I run 90% of the time.


Gotcha.
I feel ya on the garage thing too. Can you get it on one side or are you diagonaling it?
Boat looks good though.


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Originally Posted By: Guy
Where can I get a longer throttle lever? That stock one is for the birds. If your hand is on the grip, you can only pull it with your pinky finger. To pull it with all fingers half your hand is off the grip. They need to change that.


That's my complaint with the Gator-Tail as well.


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Nice boat

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The throttle takes some getting used to, thought about putting a BPS one on mine as well but do not think it would be more comfortable.
Just a little trick that may help, I know it has helped me but loosen the mount a little and twist the throttle down towards the bottom of the boat and it will be a lot more comfortable to drive, and use more than just a pinky, come on be a man. Wrap your hand around it and run full throttle.

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Originally Posted By: Guy
Yeah if I could change anything with the layout it would be nothing. Where can I get a longer throttle lever? That stock one is for the birds. If your hand is on the grip, you can only pull it with your pinky finger. To pull it with all fingers half your hand is off the grip. They need to change that.


I have a custom BPS throttle lever like mine on my 7 in stock. Includes cable. $50 shipped to you door.



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Nice. I have a pic of it from roughly 6 weeks ago I will have to find and post.

What happened to going hybrid?


You lose 6" of floor space between the edge of Ext deck and center bench with the way the Hybrid is designed with a center bench and Ext deck. Tooo much. My clients' feet would be tangling with the decoys and can't have that. Would of had to go 18' and 18 ' boat will not git in garage. I can barely get my 17 in with a swing away tongue. Also, decided that a flat rake is really best where I run 90% of the time.


Gotcha.
I feel ya on the garage thing too. Can you get it on one side or are you diagonaling it?
Boat looks good though.


boat goes straight in to my 3rd car bay but with only a 1/4" to spare...seriouisly..a 1/4" after I close the door



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Nice. I have a pic of it from roughly 6 weeks ago I will have to find and post.

What happened to going hybrid?


You lose 6" of floor space between the edge of Ext deck and center bench with the way the Hybrid is designed with a center bench and Ext deck. Tooo much. My clients' feet would be tangling with the decoys and can't have that. Would of had to go 18' and 18 ' boat will not git in garage. I can barely get my 17 in with a swing away tongue. Also, decided that a flat rake is really best where I run 90% of the time.


Gotcha.
I feel ya on the garage thing too. Can you get it on one side or are you diagonaling it?
Boat looks good though.


boat goes straight in to my 3rd car bay but with only a 1/4" to spare...seriouisly..a 1/4" after I close the door




How big is your garage?

Luckily I have a boat shed for mine (though I had to move a lot of stuff).

But may be moving and they don't seem to make garages very big anymore.


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Originally Posted By: Homey da Clown


boat goes straight in to my 3rd car bay but with only a 1/4" to spare...seriouisly..a 1/4" after I close the door


My boat was like that. I had an 18.5 boat with a breakaway tongue. There was a small closet (normal sized door) in the center of the back of the garage. The motor went in the closet. I nailed a 2x4 into the floor at the right distance and would back it up until the trailer wheels hit it. Right at 1/4 clearance on the garage door laugh Without that closet the boat would have had to go in on a diagonal.

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How big is your garage?

Luckily I have a boat shed for mine (though I had to move a lot of stuff).

But may be moving and they don't seem to make garages very big anymore.


21' 8"

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Paint job looks nice! What is the material on the deck and benches? It looks like rubber.


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Originally Posted By: mohunter
That's great Homey, Once again we are running the exact same boat other than the interior box layout, glad to see you chose that rig again.
I have to say I am a little surprised with all the new stuff on the market with everyone running hundecks, catwalks, and hybrids hulls, thought you would be getting the next big thing. I do not think those things would work well with my application but seems like that's what a bunch of guys are going to, everyone always wants the next big thing.

What happened to the old school camo?

IF Guy removes the Team Quack from his boat you will both look exactly the same.


I'm old skool..dont' want/need a huntdeck, stepdeck, quackdeck or whatever lol

I don't like catwalks on jon boats and I can't stand all the int multi-colored LED strip lights guys and doing now....You going hunting or to da club? I can understand the interior light need but it's getting silly these days.

as far as the camo paint, I saw a few info vids of Kent( G Trax) in his Old School camo rig on a river and it stuck out like a turd in a punchbowl. I really like the pattern but too yellow where I roam 95% of the time. So once again, go with what blends best.

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I like the switch box. up

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