I had to scoop out weeds from mine one time, didn't even think about it. Pulled up on a sand ar in Fellsmere, Florida got in the water. About 5 minutes into it and 4 gators were closing in. I hopped right back in my boat lol.
I had the back of the floor removed and didn't want to remove all of it. Because I would have had to remove the council and the rod locker both were welded in.
I stand corrected. Used a putty knife with care to get mine out and never got through the cured white paint let alone the aluminum. Sorry. Should not have posted that.
Did you have rivets that you went over with the umhw? How is it holding up going on 3 years of use? I have a tracker pro team 18 jet that I'm thinking about doing this to. My biggest concern is going over the rivets and that causing an issue.
I camp on the Wisconsin River islands south of Castle Rock damn. It's extremely sandy and sandbars change a lot. My buddies and I currently operate a fleet of 4 outboard jons. Sure, we can read the river and find ways around. Except I'd much rather skate across. I'm in love with your Megalodon and eventually would like to build my own. In the mean time, I have a few questions about the Green machine. •How hard is the sand on the prop over time? •Is connecting the Jetski frame to the Jon noat done by fasteners and sealant and/or was any welding needed? •Lastly, how do you get something like that registered? Either way, have yourself a good one and upload some more videos of Megalodon ripping it up. It's convincing my wife to allow one.
Yes I bolted it in with 3m5200. I just get the registration changed to inbord jet no problems. I have it insured without any troubles also. Sand will eat up the plastic liners but stainless hasn't been a problem.
Sad to hear the Eagle passed. But when they pass the rescuing organization donates the carcass to the National feather repository in Colorado who then issues the feathers out to Native Americans who use them in their religious ceremonies.
They've been in New Zealand for years. They were invented there by Hamilton Jet. www.hamiltonjet.com/ They're all over the world, now, in all shapes and forms. Not ideal for all purposes, though. www.shotoverjet.com/our-team-and-boats/jet-boat-features/
Hey brotha….musky fisherman from PA here. Thinking about hauling my jet on the 17 hr trip out to Wisconsin this September. Came out to Phillips area last year for my first trip out ever. Stayed on phillips chain and fished out of a buddies boat. I’ve been looking at fishing the Flambeau all the way north where it comes out of the flowage. Any advice you could give me on running that area at all?
I run it the river is full of rocks. The rapids are pretty easy to go through. I'm assuming you have plastic protection on the bottom you're going to need it. This year there has been almost no rain up there so I've been staying off the river my boat can take it but why best it up if I don't have too. Hopefully we get some rain and get the rivers flowing good again.
@@muskie921cp3 thank you very much for the reply brotha!! Unfortunately I do NOT have UMHW on the bottom. I run a 1768 triton center console with a 75 hp 2 stroke. Boat has a custom tunnel but that’s about it. Fished quite a bit out of river raptors and other inboard like yours. You guys can def run a bit shallower for sure. Not knowing the area at all is always a pain. Am I correct in assuming that the further south towards park falls that you go, the deeper it should be?
@@nunya6874 yes without protection I'm not sure I would go through first rapids unless we get more rain. There is plenty to fish between there and town that is great fishing. The problem is it is all good and the fish can be found in all of it and anywhere.
@@muskie921cp3 right on man. I really appreciate the advise from someone who actually runs it. I may jst look into fishing between each set of rapids I can get to. Half day here, half day there kinda thing. I found the launch all the way up at the damn and the one all the way south (jst north of town). Are there any public launches in between?
@@muskie921cp3 if that’s not something you want to broadcast feel free to shoot me an email. Vfma4413@gmail.com. Thanks again brotha. At this point you’re about my only source of usable information lol
How thick is the aluminum on your boat? I’ve read where guys say if you don’t have a certain thickness then you can’t use UHMW. That doesn’t seem to be the case though
Mine is .100 thick I don't see why it wouldn't work on any thickness as long as it is bolted. If it is just screwed into the aluminum than it has to be thicker or they will just pull out.
