i'm still getting familiar with the best way to organize things and set up efficiently and a few things came up yesterday. i have the hitch and the bed extender and have to use hitch pins / clips in 3 sections. 1 on the hitch / 1 1-4" adapter, 1 where the extender connects to it, then one on the T bar at the top. i'm going to get a few locks like these:
can i just use those as pins instead of taking all the pins and clips off and then putting the locks on? the idea here is to not have to take the bar apart all the time when fishing and to just keep it on my car.
another thing we found was that the back boater seat is too high with the standard 11" pedestal pin post and seat. can i just put the seat with the spring mount directly into the base plate? or is the short post on the seat mount not strong enough? will the spring ruin the baseplate?
can i just use those as pins instead of taking all the pins and clips off and then putting the locks on? the idea here is to not have to take the bar apart all the time when fishing and to just keep it on my car.
another thing we found was that the back boater seat is too high with the standard 11" pedestal pin post and seat. can i just put the seat with the spring mount directly into the base plate? or is the short post on the seat mount not strong enough? will the spring ruin the baseplate?
i'm still getting familiar with the best way to organize things and set up efficiently and a few things came up yesterday. i have the hitch and the bed extender and have to use hitch pins / clips in 3 sections. 1 on the hitch / 1 1-4" adapter, 1 where the extender connects to it, then one on the T bar at the top. i'm going to get a few locks like these:
can i just use those as pins instead of taking all the pins and clips off and then putting the locks on? the idea here is to not have to take the bar apart all the time when fishing and to just keep it on my car.
another thing we found was that the back boater seat is too high with the standard 11" pedestal pin post and seat. can i just put the seat with the spring mount directly into the base plate? or is the short post on the seat mount not strong enough? will the spring ruin the baseplate?
Sam I just went on tinboats.net and there was a question from a while back asking the same thing as you
here is the link the guy recommended, they make 6inch seat posts
http://www.attwoodmarine.com/store/product/3/4--Pin-Posts--Fixed-Height
here is the link to the tinboats.net thread with the question in it
http://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20101
http://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20101
I have a few more final touches I need to do before next year. I have to cut up the anti-fatigue mats and glue them to the floors, buy some nav. lights, and will change up the rear seat to make it sit lower in the boat for the guy in the back. It will either go directly into the base plate or I'll buy that shorter pedestal that Neil posted about. I may also seal up any openings in the conduit to be extra safe and same goes for the live well. It's overkill but I might as well.
YOU REPRESENT MAFF WELL SAM (ANOTHER SMOKECITY CREATION HA HA). THE BOAT LOOKS AWESOME DAN DID A NICE JOB WITH THE LIGHTS AND TRUST ME NAV LIGHT ARE GOOD FOR EARLY MORNS AND NIGHT FISHING BRO TOLD YA BEAVER FEVER WOULD TAKE CARE OF YA LIKE THE WAY YOU GUYS DID THE BATTERY BOX ALSO .
ALL I CAN SAY IS WHO'S NEXT?????????
ALL I CAN SAY IS WHO'S NEXT?????????