Has anybody seen a smooth bottom weldbilt boat yet?

Yeap, my buddy used to have one.
It would hop light a mother fukker with a light load, or even with someone sitting on the front deck.

Also, the bottom was dented pretty good just after a few weeks, you can see the dents from the trailer bunks.

His insurance replaced it with an alweld, and let him keep the old boat.

Was it the .080 gauge?

They make them in .100. Duckwatcher, if I were you I'd shop around. Maybe call barling boat sales in Fort smith. I got my 1648 .100 weldbilt for $2000. They beat everyone else's prices by almost $1000

It's simple. get a mud motor. shoot ducks in the face.

I'm looking at a weldbilt1748 smooth bottom, with the floor plate, a 60" gun box, with split rear seats, a grab bar, shallow water pods, and trailer. I'm already running a stock gtr35 all I need is a bigger boat to haul more bullsh*t in lol

I'm pretty new to the mud motor world. So why would I not want the pods?

I compiled some threads for you using the "Search" feature

Pods are for outboards and LTs

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=63374&hilit=Pods+surface+drive

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=63892&hilit=Pods+surface+drive

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=62058&p=840244&hilit=Pods+surface+drive#p840244

It was pretty generous of him

Will a 48 in wide bottom on a 17 ft boat be wide enough to keep the back end of the boat from sitting too low in the water without extra floatation on the rear?

What kind of speeds do you get with that setup?

Is that with a modified motor or stock?

Thats not bad at all. The boat I have not had the pods on it when I got it, but I was running a 25 Mercury 4 stroke on it. I switched to the gtr because of all the Sandy rivers around. It felt like it was lacking when I got the mm on it, and the pods would explain why. The best I can get is 25 with just me, and 24 with 2 people.

35

The transom is 15 and 3/4 and the motor is a short transom motor

I did replace the original prop with a mud buddy big blade after I chewed the original one up in the sand

If you still have the pods, I would cut them off!

It should help out with speed.

I'm probably gonna be getting a new boat soon and just selling the one I got now

well then problem solved!

Exactly. Only problem I truly have is the wife won't let me spend any money Lol

Its always easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission!

Most people here saw me propose to my wife in the mud boat! she loves these boat just as much as I do lol

Sometimes it is. With my wife you never know how she's gonna react lol

Does your alweld have a v bottom or flat? And is it smooth bottom or does it have ribs?