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Location: Slippery Rock, PA | Has anyone made a deck extension for there boat. I'm considering doing it to my lund so dad has more room back there. Weight is a concern though, since we have horsepower restricted lakes and my 16 footer has a 20 horsepower motor. Any recommendations? |
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Location: WI | Here's what I made for my Smokercraft. Works good for me. It's made from 3/4" treated plywood and treated 4x4 posts and them carpeted. It's removeable with 3 screws in the back and a screw in the front 4x4's. Along the back I cut a 2x4 in half on a 45 degree angle and mounted one half of that to the exesting deck and the other half to the deck I made so it's supported along the full length of the back. I have like 5-4x4 under it for support. Total weight is about 100lbs I'm guessing. I can move it in and out but not very easily. Works great for storage under it as well. I also added that white lid you see in the back for extra storage.
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Location: Valpo IN | That extension looks good, also like the pedestal location in the center of it. I started to re-carpet my aluminum boat today what a pita its turning into these tin boats have carpet every were on em. |
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Location: Slippery Rock, PA | Thanks for the photos and suggestions. I was going to extend mine by a max of 15 inches. My boat is only a 16 footer, so there's not much room between the console and back deck. I like what you did though. It looks like you used L brackets to mount it to the sides to keep it from moving. Is that correct? Do you think the 4x4's would be overkill for a width of 15 inches? I'm thinking 2x4's would work. Any opinions on that? Thanks! |
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| 4x4s are huge overkill. a 2x2 would be plenty sufficient for lateral support and bearing weight. if you want you can put a piec of hardwood 1x3, (glued and screwed) under the front edge of the deck befor you add carpet and do away with a center peg all together. This will make the whole edge much more rigid. I hav e done this on my anger and several other boats. A good idea to pre-drill through the 1x3 and screw from the bottom up. that way you don't havewater soaking down around the screws and rotting the wood. Also, pressure treated plywood is not a very good solution at all. Even the big manufacturers won't use it. It just delaminates and weakens after a while. A better way to go is 3/4 cdx ply. I put a few coats of oil based 'porch paint'. on top and all side edges, then scuff a little bit if using carpet adhesive. good luck. tom |
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| sorry about the horrible typing, half asleep now! Ranger boats would not be happy! some boats leave a ledge you can set the sides on. If not, you can rivit on an alum. angle-iron to hold the side edges instead of a bunch of posts. much less weight all around. again, good luck --Tom |
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| I have a 690 and I made my extensions with 2 3/4" pieces of plywood screwed together. No 2x4s those 2 pieces together aren't breaking no matter how much weight u put on then and underneath is open to put anything. Coated it with a waterproof membrane for walls in a shower from home depot then carpeted it works pretty good |
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Location: MN | Dubs, if I understand correctly you went with two layers of the plywood - is the underneath one slightly short on each end allowing you to hang the top layer on the fiberglass "lip" or edge on each side so the deck is level with the existing livells/benches on either side? And this is enough support that you don't need anything else underneath, no brackets or anything? Or did you double up and let the deck sit higher? Thanks |
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| I had Randy Mulder make a deck extension for my 620 Ranger. I would recommend him to anyone. [email protected] |
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Location: MN | I've talked to Randy also and seen his work. He does an awesome job. I'm trying to do my 690 on the cheap though. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | bstein,
Nice work .,you created a lot of good casting space there. |
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Location: 31 | Yeah, that deck looks almost bulletproof! I built casting decks (front and rear) on two of my previous boats. The first boat I did, everything was pretty heavy duty... 3/4" marine plywood etc., I did not use 4x4s. It was solid as a rock but also heavy, especially that treated plywood. Because of the weight, on the second boat I decided to just used 5 ply CDX plywood and cedar or aluminum supports. It was considerably lighter and although you could feel the plywood move a little bit when you stepped on it, it held up no problem for 10 years.
With that being said, you could easily build a casting deck using the 1/2" fir plywood with lighter supports. If you go this route, I would recommend screwing a cedar 1x2" under the front edge of the deck to stiffen the plywood and add more support. I really enjoyed doing these kind of projects, good luck! |
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Location: 31 | Guest - 3/15/2012 4:10 PM
I had Randy Mulder make a deck extension for my 620 Ranger. I would recommend him to anyone. [email protected]
x2 on Randy...he put one of his running rod racks in my new boat last fall because I obviously wanted a place to park the rod between spots, but I also wanted a little wider permanent rear casting deck, and this fit the bill perfectly. Excellent product, service and prices. |
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| Nope both 3/4" pieces are the same size and the 2 pieces together sit pretty flush with the livewells on both sides same in front. No brackets I lay them flat in the boat when trailering |
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| If you want inbox me your # or email and I can send you some pics I have on my phone. The 2 pieces together don't flex at all. Heavy yes but strong
Edited by Dubs350 3/16/2012 2:11 PM
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Here is a deck I made. Shown here before carpeting. Lund 1625 Classic. |
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Location: Slippery Rock, PA | I finished building my deck extension yesterday morning and dad got to try it out yesterday afternoon. Worked well, carpet is gluing as I type. I'll post some pics when I get it back in the boat after the glue is dried. The glue says 72 hours so look for pics Wed morning. Thanks for all the suggestions! |
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Location: Des Moines IA | I made mine out of steel, and 3/4 inch plywood I etexed. Came out pretty well, and works great.
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| That is awesome!!!!!
I may just copy your idea!!!!
Thanks
Landry |
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Location: Slippery Rock, PA | Here's what I came up with. Not sure but I might carpet the legs.
Edited by Cutt'em all Jack 3/20/2012 3:02 PM
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