Recent content by Skeester

This is a good price. I got quotes of $4-5k to have it installed.

Plan on towing a minimum 4000 pounds. We have a 20ft tritoon and tow it with a GMC Acadia (v6) and it handles it just fine, but anything bigger and we would need something with a V8.

Here are a couple of my thoughts. 1. Check out this thread. I installed seagrass on my 2003 Bennington. If you can find a deal on the vinyl, it can be cost effective. http://club.benningtonmarine.com/threads/carpet-replacement.10002/ 2. An old Bennington is nicer than a new sweetwater. We...

The wave shield is a factor because many of the bolts are just that, bolts. They have a nut on the back that is covered by the wave shield. I had to take off everything bolted to the deck, so edge rail, seats, top rail, lights, etc. It was flat plywood. I put the helm on a piece of...

A couple other pieces of info. I have a Tritoon with under deck wave shield. The wave shield is riveted aluminum so in some spots, rather than remove the shield, I cut the bolts and replaced with screws. Only two spots I needed to do this was the two interiors screws on the console and the six...

I did take off my console. About six bolts. I did not remove the cabling or hydraulics. There was enough slack in the cabling to move the console around. I cut a hole in the sea grass and slice it so that I could slide it around the cabling, then I stapled it to the deck. It’s under the console...

Great, that’s what I was hoping.

Ok, I get terrible fuel economy. What would I want to change? Hole shot is good. Top end is good. All that said, this is my first boat, so I don’t have much else to gauge it to.

I currently have a 10 + year old 3 blade aluminum prop and i would like to replace with stainless. The current prop is sized correctly so I’m not looking to make any drastic changes. If I move to stainless and/or 4 blade, do I keep the same pitch? I am running a Yamaha 150 vmax 2 stroke on a...

I installed a JVC kd-x35mbs and it is awesome. Also installed the remote control for when we are hanging out at the sand bar or paddle boarding.

Someone was mentioning that there is a trailer manufacturer in Holland? Forget the name..

I hope I didn’t scare anyone away. It was a lot of work, but totally worth it. People at our marina are shocked that our boat is a 2003. I’m sure I increased the value more than the $600 I spent on it. Also, we love it.

I picked up this owl, but haven’t installed it yet.

I just replaced the carpet on mine with seagrass vinyl. I purchased the vinyl as a “seconds” on Craigslist for $500. It had a defect which is covered by the seats. New seagrass would have been $1500-2500. The special marine glue to hold it down was $100. So, doing it myself cost about $600...

When I purchased my boat, someone had crashed the corner by the gas filler. I picked up a Replacement piece of sheet metal from restorepontoon.com. They only have a couple colors and black is one of them. Just uncrimp the back of fence and slide the new piece in. If you crack the crimps, use...