Pontoon Boat Repair and Renovation 

Nice repair! I have done a few hundred of those over the years. One thing I do differently is after fixing the crack I will smooth it out and put about a 3"x5"x 1/4" patch over it to spread out the pressure from the deck support. Before I started doing that I had 1 boat come back twice.

Super boat. Kids are lucky to have an old man like you! You're living the DREAM.

Definitely agree with Wood and Metal workshop about the overlay plate. First thing I said to myself when you started, hope he puts a plate over the weld. Remember- A LITTLE BIT OF PAINT COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SIN! Maybe you shouldn't have criticized the other guys weld so bad.

Looks like lot’s of family FUN. Video gets 5 stars

That is a huge stress concentration i can see why it punched thru. It would have been a better design if they had angled that lower end too and welded it on in a patch. It would have spread the load and allowed for some vertical flex in the bracket. Hindsight! You got it better than new anyways.

Glad the boys helped

Nice to see another Dukes of Hazard fan.

Thanks for sharing Jim!

Grate video hope you can enjoy the next trip

Good practical layout - also have it cleaned in 5 minutes!

riveria cruiser, looks like mine. i got a 1963 28'

Looks like fun for the DoRite clan.

Like a captain once said, In-laws always go down with the ship. LOL

I think Clarke might be welding in your area. Lol. Good video.

Aww look at the puppys

Good job boys!

Nice repair I remember your son from Stan's a few years ago...seems to have grown a bit.

good quality work beats pretty all the time !

Nice job you did a better job crawling under the boat on the trailer than "welder "that welded it in a controlled environment.

I think a repad with rounded corners between the toon and the angle would be a good thing. Soread the load out over a larger area.

LOVE the simplicity, whole lot less to be concerned with, did ya inspect the OTHER possible problem weld locations while there??

Did you drill out the crack?? Maybe put a patch over then bracket on top

If you go to your shop and look at the cutting disc`s on your shelf, maybe half will say "iron free" they are MADE for cutting Aluminum, and in a pinch, those made for stone are also iron free, but they do hold up as well as regular cutting disc`s.

I'm suspicious of that chickenfeed weld on the second bracket. The weld you fixed was pretty clean, and as near as I could tell all the other bracket welds looked clean. I think you just did the second leak repair in that pontoon. The first one happened on the next bracket over. (Too bad you haven't qualified Junior on welding aluminum yet. He would have fit under there A LOT easier than you did! :-)

Put soap on the cut off disc so it won't clog up your Disc during the cut off.

Get some lights on that thing dude! I see a cutout on the right rear panel were there was previously a light. Also a registration sticker. We don't want to hear about Jim getting stopped while on the lake for equipment violations by the Florida FWC Wardens.

Ehh .. a little Titanic episode with the Inlaws. 😂

How much PIS air would you put in the pontine to check?

Send it!!!

55 gallons. Wow

How come the pontoons are not filled with foam ?

How do I get rid of the closed captioning? It blocked a lot of the important shots

You did a better job welding aluminum then I could but ya slammed the one weld then you slammed your weld ! Lmao. That’s one bad thing about aluminum, it gets fatigued really easy !

Sorry, but that's a design defect. You'd think they would have fixed it before selling boats to the public.