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| Author: | fishon!! [ Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | deckover hull mudboat |
not too long ago i was in florida fishing offshore, saw some boys scooting across the water in a deckover hull, ive never seen any deckovers except on airboats. i got to wondering about taking a deckover and putting a mud motor on it. it would definitly be bad ass in the mud, why? i dunno, just seems like a cool idea maybe. anyone ever seen one? what kinda positives and negatives could you think of about it? |
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| Author: | Gigafowl [ Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
I've driven the GDSD hull and motor from an elevated fishing platform... It gives you a good view being elevated.... I thought it would feel a bit awkward to be up there - but when handle is properly repositioned it was really quite normal feeling to drive from there.... With poling platform to lean on and hold on to felt pretty secure - there is an option to raise the grab bar too but his boat didn't have it.... Not sure I would have wanted to do it without the poling platform though.... Only negative is that come winter you are also totally exposed to the cold / wind / rain..... On the GDSD it is removable - so - I would take it off in winter.... |
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| Author: | brlcla [ Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
fishon!!! give Gator-Tail a call here is their partial deckover Redfish Xtreme Series |
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| Author: | fishon!! [ Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
naw, it aint worth calling nobody, i just had that crazy thought earlier. and the boat i saw was totally flat, like standing on the water, flats type boat. im taking a cad class now, when i get better with it i think ima design one. i have lotsa crazy stuff to design. one of these days a design is gonna be big, and ill be the next coco  i dont imagine it being all that great for duck hunting, but for mudriding and some fishing, itd prolly be pretty cool |
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| Author: | brlcla [ Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
what are you in school for again??? |
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| Author: | fishon!! [ Tue Aug 31, 2010 8:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
mech. engineering and natural resource conservation and management (wildlife management) |
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| Author: | brlcla [ Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
dude that is two totally different curriculum... not many classes will count toward both... you plan on being in college for more that 4 yrs.... that tells me you are in ENGR 101 which is your ACad class.... enjoy it... its been a few years but I have a closet full of old test and papers I am willing to part with if ya want them... |
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| Author: | fishon!! [ Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
all i have needed is books, i dont know if i could really use your papers. if you got any books that i could use let me know. and im on tops for 4 years, so i plan on bein here for 4 1/2 years, maybe 5. ive got two classes for wildlife management now, plant science is one, and NRCM is the other. the NRCM is really interesting, its only one hour a week but every week now weve got people from organizations like LDWF, USFW, NWTF, USDA, etc... even the book is interesting so far, Sand County Almanac, and i hate, i mean HATE, to read. |
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| Author: | brlcla [ Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
hate to read.... man what are you doing in school.... when you get done you will be able to read and write equations and math better than you can English.... you rejecting old test???? man you are crazy.... books help but for me seeing a problem stepped out and worked helped me a lot more than reading equations... good luck... i am right down the street from McNeese if ya ever need something... |
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| Author: | latravcha [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
I think this is what he is talking about. A full deck over. There is no way to swamp it.vp1200628_1_large.jpg |
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| Author: | latravcha [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
vp771550_2_thumb.jpg |
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| Author: | latravcha [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
vp771550_2_thumb.jpg |
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| Author: | fishon!! [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
i pictured a hull like this, those hulls you showed seem like just regular hulls with sheet aluminum over the gunwhales. i pictured the real little sides. i dont really know where im goin with this idea, kinda pointless, like most of my ideas, but this kinda hull with a mudmotor is what i pictured. might be good for a work boat or something. |
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| Author: | BROOKS [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
I just wursh I had one good reason to put the purchace on one of them FanBoats !!!! Them thangs are so cool to look at !!!!! |
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| Author: | fishon!! [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
hell yeah, theyre bad. i grew up in FL where everyone got one, they are great, but it seems like theres a lotta places that wont let you ride em. in FL they make the levees capable of taking airboats. maybe its just SW LA? and better in SE LA? |
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| Author: | latravcha [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
I had air boats we rented out Lots of money lots of maint. But anything with 500 + hp has maint. issues |
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| Author: | Pintail58 [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
| Author: | quack addict [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
| Author: | brlcla [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
| Author: | Shadow [ Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
Yep very very different. Airboat - main source of momentum is air Fanboat - air is used as a trolling motor basically. Usually has a outboard or some other source of main power |
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| Author: | BROOKS [ Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
| Author: | UNCLE-J [ Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
Brooks, I am sure that you have forgot more than them two boys will ever know.... |
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| Author: | Shadow [ Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
| Author: | UNCLE-J [ Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
Shadow. I do not personally know Brooks, but I can only assume that there is a strong chance that he don't give a Fuk about what you say or think. |
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| Author: | Shadow [ Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: deckover hull mudboat |
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