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BayouBuster
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Location: Genoa AR
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 Cat walks Wanting to put 4" cat walks on my 1754 extreme. I've only personally seen one boat with catwalks and didn't pay too much attention to them. What I'm wondering is roughly how far apart are yall putting the relief cuts? I understand that the more curve the boat has that they will need to be closer together or a wider cut. Just trying to save some time on trial and error. Thanks in advance.
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Gigafowl
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Location: Trinity Bay - Texas
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Re: Cat walks You can get 6" to 8" catwalk and not give up any floor space
just have them mimic your inside floor and use the space that
the side flare occupies at the beam....
Did mine that way and wider catwalks are nice to sit on when
hunting or fishing too....
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BayouBuster
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Re: Cat walks If I use 4" angle the catwalk will be 6" total with the gunnel cap, that was my intentions.
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fowllife08
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Re: Cat walks Make sure you bevel before you weld them. I didnt and it crached the whole length of the boat over the build process. And stitxh it underneath.
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OwenDickeson
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Re: Cat walks Are you planning on trying to walk on them, or adding for strength?
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mizzippi jb
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Re: Cat walks
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dfou
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BayouBuster
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Re: Cat walks Just adding them for strength, my fat ass don't need to be walking down the side of a boat lol
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OwenDickeson
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Re: Cat walks I have 3" on mine, plus the gunnel cap, and I like the size of them.
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baron von
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Re: Cat walks what are you guys calling "cat walks" please post a pic for us un-educated folks up here - please
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OwenDickeson
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baron von
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Re: Cat walks
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nasty
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BayouBuster
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50fps
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Re: Cat walks Why do the relief cut method? Just get material wide enough so you can cut the curve in.
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North LA Hunter
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nasty
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OwenDickeson
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Re: Cat walks That's not what he is talking about doing.
But its too much waste IMO.
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OwenDickeson
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nasty
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BayouBuster
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Re: Cat walks Running the angle angle the too of the boat even with the gunnel. I want it to match the curve of the boat because it just looks goofy to me to be straight. I ordered the material yesterday, 4x2 angle, so when I get it finished I'll let y'all know how it turned out.
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50fps
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nasty
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BayouBuster
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Re: Cat walks Well got the catwalks finished up today. Not a bad job, went a lot easier than I thought just a ton of grinding!
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missile
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Re: Cat walks Looks good
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Bigrich
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Re: Cat walks Looks good justin!!!! You weld them on at a car wash??? 
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BayouBuster
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Re: Cat walks You know it!
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OwenDickeson
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Re: Cat walks Did you grind down all the welds for the relief cuts?
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BayouBuster
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Re: Cat walks Yes.
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OwenDickeson
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Re: Cat walks Wonder how they will crack being ground down. Brother barely hits his with the grinder to smooth down the top a little.
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Joe Guide
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Re: Cat walks I got 14" cat walks on my 2011 "19.9 x 69" D 3 Marsh Master boat".
I certain do use them when walking up from the rear to the front of the boat.
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BayouBuster
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Re: Cat walks Welded 100%, shouldn't crack. Took it down some rough as roads and hit plenty of stuff on the lake today with no problems.
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Bigrich
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cb5331
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Cat walks Mine are ground down and haven't had any issues either.
Pretty sure phillip's boat is ground down too. I don't remember seeing a weld every so often on his.
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OwenDickeson
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Re: Cat walks Meant to say I wonder if they will crack... I have seen some cracked that were ground down, but maybe he didn't weld it correctly.
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Bigrich
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dfou
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BayouBuster
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Re: Cat walks This was the first set I've done and I think they went well. Definitely not as bad as I thought it would be. I'm undecided if I want to build a little console to relocate my switch panel.
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nasty
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