Screws or rivets???

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Originally Posted by marshrunner757

Also, after removing the plywood, I noticed the ribs follow the vee shape of the floor instead of being flat. That being said, I think I'm going to have 1 1/2" angle welded to each rib to give me a flat floor.

that's a good idea but keep this in mind, most boats will turn up in the front but not necessarily the ribs will follow so on mine the third rib from the front needed to be raise a full inch and the one to either side a half inch to keep the floor straight and level even though it still tilts to the rear.

putting a good long straight edge across the ribs, you will find things are not as flat and straight as you think they are so adding the angle to the ribs can fix all that for you.

you would think the ribs are all stamped out and they would be the same but its amazing how much variance there is in the boat ribs height sometimes.

also run some tubing in the areas you have room to for running stuff plus one extra unused one as a spare because if you ever need to run or rerun wiring for trolling motor, lights, or even fuel lines for forward fuel tanks, it makes life so much easier. having an unused spare is great because badly shorted wires can often burn or melt the tubing gluing them into place and making pulling and rerunning wires in it not very easy or even impossible.