Anyone have a lead on pontoons?
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Topic: Anyone have a lead on pontoons?
Posted By: mdvalant
Subject: Anyone have a lead on pontoons?
Date Posted: November-30-2011 at 5:44pm
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Hey all,
Our little show team in Bellevue is looking to build our own portable jump ramp. We have an idea of what it needs to be...now we just need a couple floating aluminum pontoons to put a deck and ramp on. Anyone have any leads? Other than the obvious head to our local marina's and ask if they would be getting any junked out ones in, are there any other places I should check out? Who has some they want to get rid of? Anything you guys find let me know...thanks a ton! -Mike http://www.skibellevue.com/ - Ski Bellevue Water Ski Show Team ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5009 - '90 Ski (sold) http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5479 - '00 Sport Mississippi River - Bellevue, IA |
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Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: November-30-2011 at 5:57pm
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keegan99usa - Dix Nautique - builds floaters for show ski teams, I'm sure you've seen his stuff at the tournaments. www.bdt-fab.com is their company ------------- |
Posted By: mdvalant
Date Posted: November-30-2011 at 6:02pm
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I'll check em out HW, thanks! We're not liquid though...thinking some scrap style ones would be more our style but I'll look into it! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5009 - '90 Ski (sold) http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5479 - '00 Sport Mississippi River - Bellevue, IA |
Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: November-30-2011 at 6:15pm
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Our club jump is handmade, wood framework and attached to a hay trailer. Floats on plastic barrels. Been going some 20+ yrs. ------------- |
Posted By: mdvalant
Date Posted: November-30-2011 at 6:16pm
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got any pics? We're open to ideas. We want toons cuz we have to deal with a lot of current and towing it a long ways up stream on occasion.... ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5009 - '90 Ski (sold) http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5479 - '00 Sport Mississippi River - Bellevue, IA |
Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: November-30-2011 at 6:35pm
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I'll get some pics, it might give you some ideas but it's not really tow worthy as-is. I'm not sure the flotation has much to do with it though. Wonder Lake and Twin City tow their ramps back and forth all year, do you guys too with 5 seasons? ------------- |
Posted By: mdvalant
Date Posted: November-30-2011 at 6:36pm
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Yea 5 seasons tows it too...
The bellevue ramp I'm thinking is going to be a portable sized one. Mainly so we can take it on the road. We don't need a regulation sized one...was thinking an 8ft wide puppy. Last year at the last show in bellevue we used 5SST's portable ramp which is a flip up foam floating 8ft wide one. I really like it, but it's heavy and not easy to tow in current. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5009 - '90 Ski (sold) http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5479 - '00 Sport Mississippi River - Bellevue, IA |
Posted By: Dreaming
Date Posted: November-30-2011 at 6:49pm
| Mike - during my years of dreaming about a nautique, I considered buying a salvaged boat and re-building... Crashed toys and some other web sites have toons that are pretty beat up, you might be able to rescue a banged up one and throw out the whole top side of the boat. having the toons banged up wouldn't necessarily affect their floatation, but would be a hard sell for someone wanting a nice tooner for their lake house |
Posted By: mdvalant
Date Posted: November-30-2011 at 6:54pm
Kris, Exactly what I had in mind. We did come across a boat just like this, but we need a new portable dock first so...it's going to that cause! 
My Marina buddy Brian is going to bring over a bunch of barrels to possibly throw under a jump until we find us some junked out toons. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5009 - '90 Ski (sold) http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5479 - '00 Sport Mississippi River - Bellevue, IA |
Dreaming wrote:Posted By: SN206
Date Posted: November-30-2011 at 7:39pm
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Would 8 X 33 be big enough? ------------- ...those who have fallen and those who will. |
Posted By: mdvalant
Date Posted: November-30-2011 at 7:47pm
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What you got in mind Ryan? ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5009 - '90 Ski (sold) http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5479 - '00 Sport Mississippi River - Bellevue, IA |
Posted By: ononewheel
Date Posted: November-30-2011 at 7:47pm
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I will be going north this weekend, I bet my Dad had some. He always wanted to build a floating pontoon which served food, candy, ice cream, and beer, well mostly beer with a few bags of ice. I remember seeing some there so I will check and post when I get there. They were painted chrome, over aluminum. ???
Not until Sat. night when I get there. If they are there, you are welcome to have them. You'd actually be doing me a favor, I'd even drag them to the curb and get them loaded for you. St. Germain WI area. |
Posted By: mdvalant
Date Posted: November-30-2011 at 7:52pm
Wow thanks for the offer, sure check em out. Not promising I'll take them off your hands as I think that is one hell of a drive for me lol worth a shot though! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5009 - '90 Ski (sold) http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5479 - '00 Sport Mississippi River - Bellevue, IA |
Posted By: ononewheel
Date Posted: November-30-2011 at 7:57pm
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Yeah, I'll snap pics. I wouldn't pawn some junk on you, scraping them would net me much more.
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Posted By: harddock
Date Posted: December-03-2011 at 6:29pm
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Don't underestimate the marinas. People are freshening up pontoon boats (buying newer) all the time and there can be some real bargins especially if they have shoddy interiors. Also try craigslist. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=4487" rel="nofollow - 1998 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: 75 Tique
Date Posted: December-03-2011 at 8:26pm
Sorry, momentary thread jack. When I was a kid, a guy on our lake, one of those work hard-play hard types, a construction contractor, took a 10,000 used gasoline underground storage tank, split it down the middle and built a deck/party barge on the two halves. I remember the day he had a big crane come in to set in in the lake. ------------- _____________ “So, how was your weekend?” “Well, let me see…sun burn, stiff neck, screwed up back, assorted aches and pains….yup, my weekend was great, thanks for asking.” |
Posted By: watrski
Date Posted: December-05-2011 at 5:57pm
You can expect to pay about $30K for one of those. There is a guy in columbus Ohio that builds pontoons with 30" tubes. Two of those will float a jump just fine. Tim |
Posted By: ononewheel
Date Posted: December-13-2011 at 10:27pm
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Hey,
I got up to take a look and they are still there. I shot a couple pics on my phone, but I have no idea how I can get them off. They are in excellent shape with no damage I could see, they have been covered with canvas, and under a shed. All the railings are there too, everything except the floor, controls and a motor. Anyway, I can text the pics if you wish.. They measured 22 feet, pointed front, square back. If anyone can post the pics, I'll send them. I just bought a replacement truck, so I could get them as far as Madison. |
Posted By: mdvalant
Date Posted: December-13-2011 at 10:33pm
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Can you email me? I'd love to hear/see more! mdvalant at gmail dot com
-Mike ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5009 - '90 Ski (sold) http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=5479 - '00 Sport Mississippi River - Bellevue, IA |
Posted By: ononewheel
Date Posted: December-13-2011 at 10:47pm
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