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| Living in Chicagoland area and having a place up north in Vilas County, I deside to build a decent boat I could just leave up there so I dont have to trailer a boat back and forth. After many PM's back and forth with member C.painter,my mind was set on the older Lund Sportsman 315s. Last fall I came across a mint one for $800 and I just couldnt say no. Here it was it looked like the day I bought her..
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| striped the boat of everything, all the seats, carpet etc etc... At this point I wasn't sure how crazy I was going to get with this little boat... Said screw it, if Im gonna do it, Ill do it right. Took the old 25hp outboard sold it for pretty much what I paid for the entire boat. I wasnt really diggin the brown color so I knew that had to go.. After many hours of research on the exact layout of the boat I was ready too pull it off the trailer and put it on some old tires so I could work on the trailer.
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| Now the fun began.. Sanded the entire trailer down, primed and painted... turned out pretty good.. The trailer wasnt in great shape at 1st re-did every nut and bolt in stainless steel, new winch, bunks etc etc... everything was redone on the trailer... Now Its time too paint the boat... That 70s brown as got to go..
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| New rims and tires really brought the old set up back too life. Sanded the entire bottom with 80grit sand paper and painted it a light gray color. Painting it was absolute cake. Had a extra can of rhino-bed liner laying I used as my own keel guard, eh why not... Got in flipped back over and back on the trailer the right way, and within hours it was starting to take form... Thought about carpeting the entire inside but didnt feel like wasting the time on the the edges etc etc so I deside to paint it a color that would match the carpet. Slapped some newer lund decals on the side and here it sits as of 5-12... Cut the front deck the other night and going to finish touching up the inside this week. Once I get a set up for a trolling motor to mount up front it will be good go. The carpet should be in this weekend....
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| Any pointers or advice would be greatly appreciated... So far its coming along great... |
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| There was a post on here last year that some guy put up pics of a boat he redid and it was just awesome, cant remember who it was but if your good with the search function you should be able to find that post... |
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| Yeah Ive been talking to him..thanks |
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Location: Kildeer, IL | Everything looks great so far. It looks like you will have a fair amount of storage in your finished boat. Your trailer looks brand new. I half-assed mine (painted over everything), and kick myself all of the time for not grinding it down first. That's okay, because I'll have to redo it soon anyway! haha
I know how much work goes into these projects. Keep us updated with pictures. These are my favorite posts on the website. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Get yourself a few cans of self expanding foam and distribute the foam to carry the weight of the modifications. look online at the USCG Back yard Boat Builder website for details. That's 1# foam in the cans, and works great. It's worth losing a little storage for safety! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Get yourself a few cans of self expanding foam and distribute the foam to carry the weight of the modifications. look online at the USCG Back yard Boat Builder website for details. That's 1# foam in the cans, and works great. It's worth losing a little storage for safety! Great job on the restoration. |
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| Sworrall, that was my next step, not too much information on the web about that. If I get water in this boat itll sink like a rock. That site you sent me had a tong of information... I couldn't find any links to the foam in a can though.. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | The foam in the cans is one pound density. Example: If the boat calls for 9 cubic feet of foam, distribute about 9 cans where it's needed. |
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| Are you talking about great stuff as in foam in a can?? Thanks!! |
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| Great! one less flatlander hauling a boat and everything but the kitchen sink clogging up the Wi. interstate every fri!!! Just kidding! ......Well kind of. Seriously killer job so far! I love these restoration threads. And with gas prices, very very smart too. I bet you will enjoy your trip to Illinois largest state park, not checking your rear veiw mirrors for problems. Now you will just have to worry about speeding tickets! LOL.
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Location: Madtown, WI | LOOKS GREAT!!!!
Couple things:
How you going to run your wiring up front? I did it two different ways for each one of the lunds I redid. The first one I did pvc type tubing runing along the floor edge and it would go under the side supports. The second boat already had tubing running up along the top trim end.
Secondly, thats a lot of wood up front already...be careful going to much on the plywood...I personally would go little lighter and reinforce the door on the back side myself. Too much wieght up front on these and they tend to be nose heavy and ride low...Of course I fish two up front a lot so that makes a difference :-).
Give me a call if you have any questions as I learned a lot in the two lunds I did!
Keep the pics coming!
Here was the link to the lund rebuild from last year that was referenced earlier...
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=49...
Cory
Edited by C.Painter 5/13/2010 9:17 AM
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Location: Madtown, WI | Oh, on the trailer...spend a little money and get side guides....it is VERY Worth it....trust me. Makes loading these a LOT easier. |
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| I plan on running the pvc pipe under the supports like you said.. Im not going to have a door up front just be able too slide life jackets under. 3/4" treated plywood... I dont plan on ever fishing more than 2 guys out of it. I have a 24v trolling motor so 2 battery's and the gas tank in back in going to weigh a little and so is the bow mount trolling motor.. Its going to get a little heavy so I was going to add some foam under the front deck, still undecided about that set up. Im going to be putting a 15hp yamaha 4 stroke on it too, its not too heavy.. thanks again CORY!!!! |
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I have some closed cell expansion foam left over from my tuffy restore I would be willing to send you. The can's all rusty and collecting dust in my garage but it's unopened.
Send me a pm and we'll talk. |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | Wow...looks very nice. Great job so far!
On the issue of the foam--be very careful not to put so much in that it expands beyond the framing, requiring it to be cut. According to the information I've read, that basically makes it an "open-celled" foam, and it retains water. And being as how you have a bunch of wood in the boat now, retained water would be bad.
Here's a question though (I apologize if it's been said and I simply missed it): why construction-grade lumber, and not treated?
I would only worry about rot after a few years, especially with a bunch of flotation foam with edges that have been trimmed. If you head over to the THT forum:
http://www.thehulltruth.com
...and search for "flotation foam," you'll find lots of information on the subject. Good for a few hours of reading, to say the least.
Strong work on the project thus far though--I especially like the looks of the trailer!
TB
Edited by tcbetka 5/18/2010 9:42 AM
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| If anyone comes across one of these, I am looking for one in that same $800 price range.
Thanks,
Jeff |
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