new casting platform i built
 

here is the new and improved casting platform for the front of my boat. all PVC and two cutting boards from wal-mart. I would like to that fishinpox for the design idea. here's hoping a few reds meet their demise from that spot.

YOu lost enuff weight for that??? Hehehe

let's hope so

:):)

idk if i'd trust the boards...wait....I WOULD trust them....since im only 75 lbs....but....ya think it'll work?

does it flex to the sides where you have no upright support??

Based on the size of my feet and my weight, the weight distirbution would be less than 3lbs per square inch.

it may be hard to tell from the pics but there are three T's and two 90's on each side of the platform. there is little to no flex because of the joints. the pvc joints are a really hard plastic so they don't have move at all.

you first.lol

i have been jumping up and I mean literally jumping up and down on it for the last two hours it seems to be fine so far. there is a center support that crosses in the middle under the cutting board so the weight is distributed pretty evenly across the top down the legs to the bottom.

well if it doesn't work...you've got one helluva cutting board!

man all these haters dont trust pox engineering!!:shaking: oh well its not my arse fallin in the wawa lookin like a fool:*****::*****::*****::*****:

let the haters hate. if i do fall in the wawa i am ok with that. i am almost certain that if i do fall into the water it is not because that platform broke. it will be because i can't stand up.

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"Hold my beer....watch this!"

:smokin:

coffee table. :smokin:

Can we get a video of that....:D

that would be some serious slow mo moob action. i am pretty sure there are not too many of you that would want to watch me jumping. now, there may end being some good footage of the first time i fall in the water!

you gunna hit a stump and fall in....i want a video of dat, kinda like bill dance :*****:

unfortunately, i think you are right on the money there fool. it is not a matter of if but when. FAT GUY IN A LITTLE BOAT....FAT GUY IN A LITTLE BOAT!:*****::*****::*****::*****::*****:

moobs on da ground,moobs on da ground,jumping up and down with your moobs on da ground.:*****:

Man that is sweet. I priced one on the net and they aint cheap. I am on it. You gonna put a turnbuckle in the middle to hold it down.

i actually laughed out loud. i don't advocate the overuse of the that acronym but that actually got a chuckle out of me.

ist a really good idea, could make it bigger for an aluminum boat with a big deck. That was one thing i wish i had during the summer last year, we spooked so many reds, in clear watter, but we couldn't see em

i am thinking about putting a u-bolt underneath the platform where i will put a ratchet strap through to the lips on the side of my boat. I strapped it down just over the bottom of the platform and it is pretty solid. i think the u-bolt will be more stable and it will act the same way as the turn buckle I think. i also have a rubber shop mat i put down on the boat to keep the platform from slipping.

maybe put some rubber strips on the bottom to keep it from slidding too....That thing is pretty neat good job

= FAT GUY IN THE DRINK :smokin:

:smokin:

thanks adam! it was pretty cheap too! i think all told it was a little under $50. the legs are not glued so it breaks down and stows really nice in my small boat.

it is going to happen there is no doubt.

at least i will float!:help:

you need to patent that

i am adding this post because it is my 1000th yeah I have no life!

might want to add some a non skid surface to that top too.

i have to make sure it doesn't kill me first. i don't want to put my name on a death trap.

Put Pox's. :smokin:

earlier my feet were wet when i was testing it out and the cutting boards seem to have some built in non-slip

good call salty! i knew there was a reason i liked you.:p

i gots in idea for a bigger one.


double up on the boards, and add sum more support underneath...

And buy a bigger bote.

i already got a bigger boat. Or bigger than my old carolina skiff...

i got a slightly bigger one that I built a few weeks ago. it is made from a shelving unit i bought at Lowe's. Fool you are more than welcome to it if you want it. It is taller than this one I built today. I can take some pics of it if you want and put them up here.

Thats alright man, ya keep your bigger one, incase ya get a bigger boat

if it aint strong enough give me a hollar i got plenty of galv. top rail off of fence we can weld together....its fairly light to


we build everything out of this stuff boat blinds, stationary blinds, dog ramps for boats. people tell me to take there old fences down and i save the toprail for my projects i have a ton of it

it seems like it is strong enough....i would like to build a poling platform to go over the motor so i would be willing to take you up on that if there is something i can do for you.

take measurements or bring your boat we'll do it i have the welding machine and everthing just hit me up we'll do it.

let me think about what i can use for the platform part of it and i will shot you a pm. let me know if there is something i can do to pay you or how much you are thinking it will set you back in labor and materials.

you gonna be my laborer so how much you charge materials are free you might just have to go buy you some bolts or something. i have to take the fence down anyway and the customer pays for that....lol don't worry bout that i like to go fishing in different places you can take me to try it out

that sounds like a hellauva plan to me! what would you say the piping weighs? you think the finished product will be less than 100 lbs?

depends on how strong you want it i have some thin wall and some heavy stuff the thin stuff would probly support you and it is real light i think we could get it close to 100 maybe a little less