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Deck Over Hulls Hold Up To Rough Terrain?
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blackpowderscout
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I have a 12ft Hamant deckover and I love it!!! I beat the snot out of it just about every time I go out and although the metalworks are finally giving up the ghost, the hull hasn't lost it's integrity. Having a fulldeck does make getting to some places with a rubber mallet tough if you have to fix a small dent now and then but that isn't too big a deal to me.
This is my first deckover. I had a 13'6 Cottonmouth and got tired of patching hole and cracks after every hunting season.
Hope this helped.
Adam
This is my first deckover. I had a 13'6 Cottonmouth and got tired of patching hole and cracks after every hunting season.
Hope this helped.
Adam
KR23
Well-known member
i can't really compare it to anything its all i ever owned, but i can tell you my first one was bought when i was 17 and its still kicking the guy i sold it to loves it. and you can only imagine what a drunk 17 year old kid does to a boat. i own a don davis now and its 20 years old and still runs great.
Mike Thurman
Well-known member
Decking a boat makes it a solid box. The deck helps hold the boat square and true. It reduces any flex the aluminum will have. You are also reinforcing the bottom because of all the framing and braces that connect the bottom and the deck.
goldhunter_2
Well-known member
if you know your going to be rough just use a better (harder) grade alloy an place your T bar stringers closer together , you can also add extra angle and cross braces under the deck to help keep the hull form being able to twist under extreme conditions
Waterthunder
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I see 20,25 and older full decks all the time. I never see any 20 plus year old open boats.
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Anonymous
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No doubt, deckovers are tough.
Someone told me that deckovers evolved from airplane wings that were originally used to make some of the first airboats. Airplane wings are designed to be very strong and light
Someone told me that deckovers evolved from airplane wings that were originally used to make some of the first airboats. Airplane wings are designed to be very strong and light
cowboy
Moderator
Hey Grant,
I ain't never hit a Mack truck yet, but I did hit a mackdaddy cypress stump the other day.
That sucker was buried in the short grass, 18" caliper, and stuck up about a foot above the water. A spot you might least expect one to be at.
We were doing an easy 20 mph or so, and that sucker jacked me up!
The impact spanked me straight up outta the seat like a rocket, and I came straight back down.
Landed on the conduit arm rest, and bent it down some.
Wow!
That put me back in the trails for a while.
Put a pipe marker on it before I left the area.
I've found stumps before, but this one was a dandy!
Did'nt hurt the boat none.
Glad she had plastic on her bottom too.
It don't take much to make a HARD hit out of an obstacle.
My tail was busted good for about half an hour after that one.
I think a differnt type of hull, or material may have been finished for the day right there. Riding anyhow.
I ain't never hit a Mack truck yet, but I did hit a mackdaddy cypress stump the other day.
That sucker was buried in the short grass, 18" caliper, and stuck up about a foot above the water. A spot you might least expect one to be at.
We were doing an easy 20 mph or so, and that sucker jacked me up!
The impact spanked me straight up outta the seat like a rocket, and I came straight back down.
Landed on the conduit arm rest, and bent it down some.
Wow!
That put me back in the trails for a while.
Put a pipe marker on it before I left the area.
I've found stumps before, but this one was a dandy!
Did'nt hurt the boat none.
Glad she had plastic on her bottom too.
It don't take much to make a HARD hit out of an obstacle.
My tail was busted good for about half an hour after that one.
I think a differnt type of hull, or material may have been finished for the day right there. Riding anyhow.
grant
Well-known member
Cowboy,
Glad to hear you and your boat weren't hurt. Them Mack stumps can ruin your day for sure.
One thing I have learned from running southern Louisiana oil field country is always go slow as possible until you have established some trails where you can safe.
After a hurricane there are many hundreds of camps and their furnishings scattered thru the marshes along with the oil field clutter....makes for some pretty interesting riding.
In over 15 years of running out there I only had one person hurt on an airboat, happened about as you described, except it was a sawed off power pole sticking about 18 inches out of the ground, covered with grass. Rider was thrown up out of the seat and when he came down on the guards he broke his thumb.
Again, glad everything turned out OK
Glad to hear you and your boat weren't hurt. Them Mack stumps can ruin your day for sure.
One thing I have learned from running southern Louisiana oil field country is always go slow as possible until you have established some trails where you can safe.
After a hurricane there are many hundreds of camps and their furnishings scattered thru the marshes along with the oil field clutter....makes for some pretty interesting riding.
In over 15 years of running out there I only had one person hurt on an airboat, happened about as you described, except it was a sawed off power pole sticking about 18 inches out of the ground, covered with grass. Rider was thrown up out of the seat and when he came down on the guards he broke his thumb.
Again, glad everything turned out OK