Aluminum Boat Floor Supports

My original floor in my lund was slightly larger than a 4 8 sheet when i replace the floor.

Aluminum boat floor supports. I had an aluminum row boat with bench seats just like that. Thank you for your support. Just add enough support to hold up floor as it will need some support or it will bend. Outlasted the boat.

The supporting framing and floor can add stiffness and support to a hull. But that 1 foot broke on an aluminum stringer in the boat s floor. Under the floor there are cross members made of aluminum or galvanized steel that function to bridge the pontoons together plus note that the pontoons are in excess of 6 feet apart on a 2 tube model. 1 8 works well extra support is needed and it depends a bit on the design how close the spacing needs to be.

I have a 14. Upon further inspection it appears that a few of the cross beams or ribs not sure the exact name were broken in the middle. I am planning on replacing the floor on a 1977 16 starcraft aluminum boat. I run an aluminum boat in the hot summer sun but i had the interior painted white with some sand thrown in.

I took 3 4 in. I know i have to remove the old floor but i need to know how to remove the shelves and support on the inner sides. These cross members are intended to provide stiff support to the large floor panel directly above in a pontoon boat. Second that aluminum floor.

The flooring creates a dead air space just above the hull s bottom that can add bouyancy to a boat made from materials with no inherent bouyancy such as fiberglass steel or aluminum. I was rushing to get in through some steep chop last time i was out and this is where it must have happened lesson learned. Boat flooring imparts many benefits to a boat s hull. I can t imagine walking on an aluminum deck in a boat.

Some small boat companies and weld shops do custom work like that. Anyone did anthing special with the flooring in an aluminum boat. Seat to seat and put supports both sides of the center keel stinger. I assume that i drill out the old rivets and remove the inner supports shelves.

I was out in the jon boat the other day and noticed the floor flexing much more than usual.