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Location: New Brighton, MN | I rebuilt the front of my boat recently, and allowed for one of the hatches to be made into a livewell. It is a very irregular shape (10"X32" and sloping to 20" deep)
My question is this: Has anyone built an irregular shaped livewell in their boat? What materials did they use? Rubbermaid buckets? vinyl liners? cut up a cooler and jam it in?
I guess I could just turn it into storage...
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Location: Hayward, WI | I have seen a couple made out of aluminum that were made by someone who does heating and cooling that worked good. You can also check to see if you have anyplace close to you that could make one out of acrylic or plastic. |
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| I welded a 58" out of aluminum and it works great. Then added a pump system (the bigger the better it takes a long time to fill up). Also remember about the water slushing around. Seal it to the top on the deck so water can not spill between the floor and the tank. I used a hatch from cabels, they have a 40" hatch that will fir on the top of the deck. Also remeber if it is going in the middle of the boat to put 2 overflows one on each side. Also, remeber to weld in an additional drain pug to drain it into the bottom of the boat.
I found some old aluminum sheet panels in a metal dumpester and bent to sides and the rest was welded. Talk to some sheet metal guys.
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Custom livewell material?