Sunken pontoon

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Henpecked
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Re: Sunken pontoon

#16 Post by Henpecked » Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:37 pm

That looks like fun.

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Re: Sunken pontoon

#17 Post by riplipper » Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:32 pm

Awesome, now what are you going to do with it??? inquiring minds want to know.
As they say on the "hull truth" that will buff right out..... :lol3
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Re: Sunken pontoon

#18 Post by luckydogs » Fri Apr 26, 2019 6:23 pm

that will buff right out.....LOL :lol3

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Re: Sunken pontoon

#19 Post by bansil » Sat Apr 27, 2019 3:17 am

Holy Carp :shock:

When you said "sunk pontoon" I was like...yeah right, we need pictures :donno

But you weren't kidding, now a little carpet cleaner, vinyl paint and a welder it will be all new :mrgreen:

So how big of a hole/rip is in tube?

Great job with salvage so far :thumbsup
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Re: Sunken pontoon

#20 Post by 90turbodiesel » Wed May 01, 2019 3:27 am

The log took over a year to fill so I imagine the hole is small. My fear when I started this was if I drill a hole in the top will it plummet to the bottom as I would be releasing the last remaining air pocket. This obviously did not happen so the hole must be very small.
A buddy of mine wants it to use as a floating dock. So he will disassemble and reconstruct it.
Here is a photo of how it was when we first spied it and approached the owner about it. It was listing so badly because the bulk of the seats were on that side and were completely saturated plus the motor and 2 batteries.
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Re: Sunken pontoon

#21 Post by Towdaddy » Sun May 05, 2019 4:15 pm

Great work getting the boat back floating on both toons. I would love to see a pic after it is cleaned up.
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