I'm new to the mud boat world and I have a 1448 that has weld on pods on it I was curious if I could add any flotation to them and if so what would ya'll use or have used in them.

I would cut them off of the boat iffin I was gonna mount a sd on it.

It has a 23 mud buddy on it, the guy I got it from had them cut and shaped so you can turn the motor completely.

You want to be able to drain them and if you fill them with some floatation foam, you won't be able to. The pods should be totally water tight, so there isn't much point in adding floatation in the pods. I'd keep those pods on that 1448 because the weight of that motor sinks the transom down quite a bit without the pods. I no longer have my 1448, but pods were a good addition when I had a 25 longtail on it.

Why do you want flotation in them?

My opinion is that they are idiots.

Pods are a joke

Pods rob the motor of water by creating alot of turbulance. By a motor that is best suited for your boat with out having to add stuff to the boat.

If you fill them with foam and it leaks then you got the same problem go-devil has, water logged foam will put more weight on that rear end than you can imagine

Plan A

leave them on. The flotation = L x ((W1+W2)/2)x h x62.4 = # of floatation

Convert everything to feet. The pods add significant uplift behind the transom and Counter act the massive moment arm called a mud motor.

Plan B
Buy a mud boat. That's my next step. Jon boat mods suck. Still a jon boat.

Good luck.