sweet!!!! i got it...its at home waiting!! (pic)

[matt duarte]

sweet! i cant wait to get off of work! my pontube is at my front door!!!!!!!!!

my wife texted me...wife: "how did you pay for that boat"... matt: what boat?
wife: the one at the front door! matt: oh sweet its here! :lol:

[FR0G]

Awesome! I want a toon sooo bad. I hope it works out well for ya. :twisted:

[BakoBassin]

Tell your wife to make herself useful and start puttin' that thing together and inflate the pontoons :lol:

[Ronira]

RIGHT ON MATT, you better do the nasty to that boat when you get home cause your wife sounds like your on the couch. LMFAO. I don't believe you didn't tell her dawg. I'm pissing my pants. When I was talking to my wife about buying mine she said not until I sold one of the horses. So I ordered the boat anyway and I'll be damned if the horse didn't sell the same morning the boat showed up!!! Man that was a fun day.

[Z-TUNAKILLER]

BakoBassin wrote:

Tell your wife to make herself useful and start puttin' that thing together and inflate the pontoons.




YEAH........THAT'SSS IT........ AND TO HAVE DINNER ON THE TABLE EARLY :rofl:


YOU TELL HER matt :twisted:


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[matt duarte]

:lol: no tools needed she should do it :lol:

ya ron I pushed my luck lol but ill have it paid for at the end of the week.... I see it this way if I tell her I want something she will say no. but if I get it before asking all she can say is send it back and that when I say no! lol lol

hey ron TJ also just bought a pontube!! were going to tear it up at the goon! and I will be hittin he salt soon!!!

[Ronira]

Hey Matt, we have to do another Perris Pontubing trip to warm up for the lagoon trip. Tj told me he got a toon and I was LMFAO, he couldn't stand it. I'm looking forward to this dawg.

[vanillagurilla]

lol you crack me up ron. its only funny after meeting you and realizing your age. everyone that reads your posts that hasnt met you probly thinks your in your early 20's and live in east los hahaha.

[tacklejunkie]

Nice, it came early! :lol:
I can't put up any pics :cry:
Just got a pump though. It only takes about 2 mins per bladder now :twisted:

[matt duarte]

hey ron I have a few questions...

how tight should the toons be strapped to the frame?

and where the frame pieces fit together should it have some play after the pins are put in? its not much play

and should the toons be sitting pretty stright? when I tightened the straps the toon kinda turned inward but again not much....maybe I should tighten each strap little by little till its snug...


ya I'm down for a test drive it should be fun. you will proly get a kick out of seeing me try to work this thing

[tacklejunkie]

Let me know when you go out for the maiden voyage. Maybe I'll make it out there with you.

[vanillagurilla]

dose that mean i can use the fish cat TJ?? hahah JK bro!!

[Ronira]

Hey Matt, yes there should be a little bit of play in the frame connections. The straps should not be real tight. Just snug, more importantly they should not be tightened before the pontoon is inflated. This will prevent damaging the D-Ring connection on the pontoon itself. Inflatable boats expand when you inflate them. They also expand when they get hot due to the ambiant air temp inside the "baloon"" if you will. Adjusting your air pressure during hot and or cold air temp changes will make the boat last a lot longer. We need to get together and I can show you the finer points of inflatable boat care. It would be cool to have TJ with us and I can save you guys alot of time off the learning curve. If all else fails, read the instructions.

[Socal Bassman]

What? TJ got a toon too? Hmm...

Noooo... Must resist... Must resist the toon side of the force. LOL

[Ronira]

LMAO SoCal, give in to the toon side, IT'S YOUR DESTINY!!! :P :P :P

[vanillagurilla]

its times like these where im glad im BROKE!! lol i cant even afford to get a tube! haha.

[one_leg]

Fill it with a scuba tank. Psssssssssssssssssssssst

One_Leg

[FishSum]

hhmmm........pontoons for everyone I see.
Its really funny that my Fishcat 4 deluxe blew up this weekend, I wonder about a replacement? hhmmm
I'll have to wait and see what Outcast says when my tube get there.

[ghetto dad]

yayyyy matt!!

[Z-TUNAKILLER]

HEY NOW matt, lets see that BAD BOY ?


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[Ronira]

Cmon Matt, where's the pontoon porn buddy.

[matt duarte]

ok heres the one picture i was able to take.... i had to take it from my cell phone so i hope it comes out good (the wifes camera was dead) but i will take more pictures as the goddies all come together

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/oneUPfabrication/0mattspontube-2.jpg

[matt duarte]

damn i couldnt get it to go any bigger what gives!

[tacklejunkie]

Yeah boy! That thing is sweet! :banana: 8) :hi5:
When we all gonna get the floatilla together?
I think I might go try mine out tomorrow..
I'm guessing assembly time on mine from the car breakdown will be about 25-30 minutes.

[Ronira]

Cool looking ride bud, I think the site is having photo issues while they fix it. Can't wait to see you fish that bad boy. TJ's new ride is bad as well.

[matt duarte]

ya Tj went all out on his ride he went from the streamer to the bently of pontubes! :lol:

im hoping i will get it out this weekend... i still want to get rid of the mesh storage thing and make it solid, and take off the foot rest deeleys and make a flat standing plat form (im almost to short for this damn thing :lol: foot rest are at the smallest setting) and i need to go get a drink caddy and a seat riser deal

[one_leg]

damn i couldnt get it to go any bigger what gives!

ghetto dad will make it bigger for you. Ha Ha.....j/k

From what I hear, he's never been able to make anything bigger.....lol

One_Leg

[Z-TUNAKILLER]

HEY NOW matt, your all tooned in now!


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[Socal Bassman]

That's a sweet looking ride Matt. I was eyeballing that model yesterday on Cabela's website and almost gave in, but the wife stopped me just in time. It's all good though because she said if I was going to spend money on a toon it better be one that she likes. The funny thing is the one that she likes is what has been haunting me in my dreams, but I think it may be overpriced but what do I know about toons.

[matt duarte]

hey you cant go wrong when the wife says to get the better more expencive model! :lol:

[Ronira]

She's useing the force SoCal, go with it. LOL

[Socal Bassman]

She's useing the force SoCal, go with it. LOL
LMAO Ron :rofl:. Yeah, I ran the toons by her at BPS and she actually told me to get a toon, before I bought a float tube.

I didn't want to give in to the toon side of the force just yet, but after looking at the toons here, checking out bass-n-tubes website, and BFT's website, I'm impressed with all the mods that can be done. I was ready to go with the one that Matt got, but as I said she stopped me. Let's just say that she's been impressed with what she's seen and read about the Scadden crafts. Are they really worth the price? They just look like an expensive version of Outcast crafts to me. Given Dave Scadden used to be a designer for Outcast. It's almost like choosing between a Lexus and a Toyota LOL.

[Ronira]

I hear you SoCal, I think if you are planning to fish on wilderness rivers the Scadden boats are a good way to go. For class 2 rivers and lake fishing any of the better toons are probably a better buy because of price. The North Fork Outdoors boats are made a lot like the class 5 whitewater boats I used in the eightys and ninteys. I've taken those boats places that would curl your hair and never had to concern myself with boat failure due to construction. I tore a couple up by way overstressing them on vertical drops but that was mainly pulling D-rings off and tearing holes in the fabric impacting sharp rocks. If you plan on hanging it out there like that buy the NFO boat. But if your going fish from it I would not spend the money on an expedition rated boat. I would rather spend the extra money on more cool gear for your boat.

[Socal Bassman]

Good points there Ron. I don't think I'll be taking it on anything more than a class 2. But I do tend to be rough with my gear LOL. Honestly though, I've been on Perris with 3-4 foot swells. Which craft, if any, would you recommend in those conditions?

[Ronira]

Any of the well made toons would likely be fine SoCal. I like the Creek Co. boats because the three layer system is more tolerant of temp change and have a comfortable amount of rocker in the pontoon design. Your not going to sink any of these boats by subjecting them to waves. It's the amount of stability on the waves that I personally look for. If the pontoon has a lot of excess rocker like a boomerang it will be a little more active fore and aft than a pontoon with some flat in the center of the pontoon and it will be a little more stable. I took my ODC 1018 out on Silverwood for it's first trolling motor run without knowing about the afternoon wind and got a hello of a suprise on the way in. All in all I ended up having more fun going back than I did fishing once I realised the boat was doing just fine. Those waves were BIG but they ended up being a lot of fun.

[Z-TUNAKILLER]

OK .....you's guy's....... WHO's IN ?


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[Ronira]

Sorry guys but I'm allready obligated at BPS for the kids fishing event sat morning. Good luck with a great project.