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Location: Minneapolis, MN | I assume it varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, but how well do companies like Tuffy and Skeeter do when it comes to customizing the layout of a new boat? Is it even possible? It seems that a lot of glass boats come with big 50-60" live wells in the back, which to me is a waste of space. I'd rather have that space for storage and have a good seat base installed, like most aluminum boats have, without having to put in a rear casting deck that then takes up a lot of the cockpit space. |
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| Ranger factory said that it can't be done in any of the Ranger, Stratos or Triton models as the the deck is produced out of a mold as is the hull. They can't make a custom deck for a boat. If the seats do not come as an option Ranger can't do it. One can plug the live wells at the transom to prevent water entering from both the intakes and the overflows. The compartment will still get wet due to the lack of a watertight seal around the cover. In addition, since the decks come out of a mold, there probably is not enough decking material to mount a seat and have the same structural support as those that come standard. The deck will be thinner in areas not designed for seat posts. One may be able to reinforce the deck, but I have doubts about that.
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| tuffy is out of a mold also. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Well that's disappointing to hear. Looks like we'll be sticking with aluminum. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | You can tell Tuffy you want the livewell set up as dry storage. |
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| Can you get Lund, Alumincraft, Crestliner, Lowe, G3, etc to change their layouts to a one-off? I don't think so.
But, Yes, you can get Tuffy to make the livewell dry storage. |
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| Will Tuffy change to lip and add a rubber gasket on the live well to make it a true dry storage compartment? If this is not done, the compartment will be wet storage. Is the live well molded into the deck, or is it dropped into a hole cut out of the deck? |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Shep - 1/29/2015 3:32 PM
Can you get Lund, Alumincraft, Crestliner, Lowe, G3, etc to change their layouts to a one-off? I don't think so.
But, Yes, you can get Tuffy to make the livewell dry storage.
I may not be able to get them to make a one off boat, but the aluminums I've looked at are setup for what my family needs. I don't like how they perform in the wind though, so I wanted to see if customizing the layout of a glass boat was possible. |
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| Which aluminum boats are set up the way you want ? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Abu7000 - 1/29/2015 4:26 PM
Will Tuffy change to lip and add a rubber gasket on the live well to make it a true dry storage compartment? If this is not done, the compartment will be wet storage. Is the live well molded into the deck, or is it dropped into a hole cut out of the deck?
The livewell is laminated and sealed to the liner before it is placed in the hull, so no water gets in...or out unless the lid is open or poorly adjusted. |
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Location: Minnesota | ranger618 - 1/29/2015 10:28 PM
Which aluminum boats are set up the way you want ?
Lake assault boats build them the way you want it there built like a tank |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | ranger618 - 1/29/2015 10:28 PM
Which aluminum boats are set up the way you want ?
Pretty much all of them?
Examples would be the Alumacraft Voyager 175, Lund Impact 1775, or G3 Anger V172C. Like I said before, it’s all about the back of the boat and having that seat for someone to sit down and fish from, especially when we have more than 2 people in the boat and some of them can’t stand for very long. Looking at the MX 1825, it looks like they actually put 2 seat bases on the back deck behind and two the side of the live well, so less room then I think we are used to, but it’s the closest I’ve seen in a glass boat.
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| The Skeeter mx 1825, and wx 1850.
The Stratos 385, 385, and 1760.
And the Ranger 1880, all have the design you are looking for. |
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