Funds Brave restore thread

[Ms PatriYacht]

Hi John, this is Ian, I know a place that pays .20 a pound for scrap aluminum if that makes you feel any better. Thanks for the Alpha impellor advice.

 

[Ratickle]

Hi John, this is Ian, I know a place that pays .20 a pound for scrap aluminum if that makes you feel any better. Thanks for the Alpha impellor advice.

Ian, coming out of the closet Ms Patriyacht???????

I thought you were Patriyacht........:26:

 

[fund razor]

Sometimes I wonder if we have allowed the hijacking to get away from us.

 

[Ratickle]

Sometimes I wonder if we have allowed the hijacking to get away from us.

Not a chance...

It does bring up a very interesting point though. Someday, taking your restoration as an example, you should be able to eliminate all chatter from the thread and save it as an instructional thread for prosperity.

 

[fund razor]

Wow. These tank fabricators all have the same central website or what?

I requested three quotes online and have gotten two back already.

One is 1180.00 including shipping

One is 1185.00 plus shipping, but done in 5 days.

If the third is 1182.50 I will know that something is fishy.

 

[fund razor]

Now.... where do I get the foam?

Boston Whaler.com?

 

[Geronimo36]

Has the price of Aluminum gone up that much??? then again, that was 10 years ago so I guess it's been a long time. My last one was $850 which included Epoxy coat and 1/2" fittings with 4 baffles.

Don't tell the CG you're foaming it in, they don't allow it anymore... But I wouldn't do it any other way cause crap moves around way too much even if it's bolted in there really good.

Evercoat makes the two part foam called foam-it.... Use is sparingly... dump some in and let it rise before you start dumping more.. Otherwise you're tank will pop out.... Don't laugh, it really does!! We had a guy at the marina who got a little over zealous with the foam and when we got back from lunch the tank was 6 inches out of the hole! lol

Don't put anything rigid under the tank to raise it up. Have the tank company weld 4 tangs on the top of the tank that you can raise it up and put a screw in the stringers.

 

[fund razor]

Has the price of Aluminum gone up that much??? then again, that was 10 years ago so I guess it's been a long time. My last one was $850 which included Epoxy coat and 1/2" fittings with 4 baffles.

Don't tell the CG you're foaming it in, they don't allow it anymore... But I wouldn't do it any other way cause crap moves around way too much even if it's bolted in there really good.

Evercoat makes the two part foam called foam-it.... Use is sparingly... dump some in and let it rise before you start dumping more.. Otherwise you're tank will pop out.... Don't laugh, it really does!! We had a guy at the marina who got a little over zealous with the foam and when we got back from lunch the tank was 6 inches out of the hole! lol

Don't put anything rigid under the tank to raise it up. Have the tank company weld 4 tangs on the top of the tank that you can raise it up and put a screw in the stringers.

Yes. Tangs. Had four. Through bolts in stringers. I am having it made slightly shorter in length, but same width and depth, and will use the same bolt holes for the tangs.

 

[Ratickle]

Now let me get this straight. The entire weight of the tank is supported by side bolting tangs through the stringers???

What am I missing here???

 

[fund razor]

Now let me get this straight. The entire weight of the tank is supported by side bolting tangs through the stringers???

What am I missing here???

I dunno? The foam?

 

[phragle]

tang...the astronauts used to drink that stuff...... I remember when the tv ad for the orange stuff was black and white.

 

[fund razor]

It hangs from the tangs but it sits on the foam, and there is about and inch of foam all the way around it. Below the foam that is under the tank are a couple of pvc tubes. They carry the forward bilge water back under the tank cell.

 

[Bobcat]

"It hangs from the tangs but it sits on the foam"

woulde make an awesome sig line.

or an answer to a hipster
"hows it hangin?"

"from the tangs bro":sifone:

 

[Buoy]

"It hangs from the tangs but it sits on the foam"

woulde make an awesome sig line.

or an answer to a hipster
"hows it hangin?"

"from the tangs bro":sifone:

Thanks bud!
I have to be in a good mood to laugh, and you got me a couple times today.

 

[Geronimo36]

Now let me get this straight. The entire weight of the tank is supported by side bolting tangs through the stringers???

What am I missing here???

The foam holds it in place once it's dry. The tangs/bolts are kinda useless once the foam cures.

I once lifted a whole boat off the cradle with a forklift trying to dislodge a tank for replacement! :26:

On my Scarab we were doing some other glass work so we removed the forward bulkhead. I removed as much foam from the sides then hammered a wedge in under the tank with a huge sledge hammer plus lifting with a forklift and it finally came loose.

 

[Ratickle]

Okay, gotchya. I was thinking (or not) when it said don't put anything rigid under the tank it also meant rigid foam....:dupe:

 

[Geronimo36]

Yes. Tangs. Had four. Through bolts in stringers. I am having it made slightly shorter in length, but same width and depth, and will use the same bolt holes for the tangs.

cool, that's exactly how I did my last one!

 

[Geronimo36]

Okay, gotchya. I was thinking (or not) when it said don't put anything rigid under the tank it also meant rigid foam....:dupe:

Only foam and nothing solid that could have the potential to wear itself thru the bottom of the tank over time. :driving:

 

[fund razor]

The foam holds it in place once it's dry. The tangs/bolts are kinda useless once the foam cures.

I once lifted a whole boat off the cradle with a forklift trying to dislodge a tank for replacement! :26:

On my Scarab we were doing some other glass work so we removed the forward bulkhead. I removed as much foam from the sides then hammered a wedge in under the tank with a huge sledge hammer plus lifting with a forklift and it finally came loose.

I tried to avoid that little issue.

 

[Bobcat]

I was lucky that the boat was on a rack, I used a come-a-long strapped to the rack above and popped it right out.