Lemonscraft

triggamike · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Posts: 1392 City: 225

i'd see how much it'd cost to get one sent to you, it might be cheaper than you think....figured 600 for the boat another 300 for delivery...interweb search for cajunoutboards.com

BryceBell · Posted: May 17, 2010 1:21 am Post subject:

Hey guys. can anyone tell me the best way to put a tower on the jon boat? or how you did it. any info would be helpful. thanks.

triggamike · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Posts: 1392 City: 225

drill it.

jesus you kids are thinkin way to hard, get a damn boat, cheapest you can, find a place to put a rope on it, learn how to get up behind a low hp motor (hint its not power but fines it with your weight on your toes) and then learn the lil wake and shred it

thats what a lemonscraft jonboat is, not some super planned well put together after months of research, but some cheap piece that you grow to love and respect after puttin in the work

miller · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 2394 City: Regina

BryceBell, here is a previous post on how someone did it -

I drilled the holes on the original Lemonscraft.

Set your tower in position on the boat and drill the back two holes first.
I drilled into the boat where the aluminum was the thickest, on the top wall where it is at least twice the thickness of the sides.

Once the back two bolts are in, see where the tower front naturally falls then drill those holes in the thickest part as well.

After three summers, the tower hasnt caused any creases, tears or warps near the bolt holes.

Good luck.

P.S. A tower on a jon boat/bateau is the most unnecessary item in the world. The tower is worth more than the boat. What started out as a joke has now become history.

robsmaze · Posted: May 17, 2010 5:49 pm Post subject:

haha - after my latest "lemonscraft" fiasco (didn't realize the river was so shallow and knocked my motor totally off the boat into the water - took me three days to find it!) i've decided i need to increase the chance of disaster and i'm seriously considering putting a wooden 4x4 tower on it. that'd at least be entertaining!!!

W · Posted: May 17, 2010 6:08 pm Post subject:

robsmaze

If you're serious, please post pics/video of self destruction when you test your wooden tower.
WOW this is going to be good.

Congrats on finding your motor though.
For future use in shallow water, I'd recommend this:

Happy trails and I hope you don't win a Darwin award. Pacman

walaka · Posted: May 17, 2010 6:31 pm Post subject:

fastgreens · Kickflip Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 3563 City: baytown

i agree with triggamike... you kids are looking way too into this. just get a boat w/ a motor and go ride.

burn · Posted: May 17, 2010 7:37 pm Post subject:

fastgreens, word.

soy escuala · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 2248

I've seen a wooden tower before.

IMHOFF · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 Nov 2008 Posts: 397 City: Orlando

haha our version of the lemonscraft

cjbecker · Posted: May 18, 2010 7:46 am Post subject:

IMHOFF, that thing looks fun. how fast does it go.

IMHOFF · Frontside 180 Joined: 05 Nov 2008 Posts: 397 City: Orlando

cjbecker, 20 to 21 and the wake not to bad on it too haha

dpc1192 · Ollie Joined: 20 May 2010 Posts: 86 City: Siesta Key

Found a 15 foot flat bottom with a 25hp yamaha w/ a trailer for $1,600.

Seems like a pretty good deal to me! The killer is a tower, but I'm thinking I could make one or give it some time to get some money together.

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

I have a friend with i think it is a 18ft flatbottom with a 35hp merc. She said she would sell it too me, but it is a riveted boat. Is it strong enough for a tower? or not. Its a really nice boat her husband made it and took great care of it, but he died a couple years ago so it just sits at their river house. I got it running last weeknd and it ran great.

ZackFL(BRE) · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 2386 City: Tampa

sandiego4real, Get it you do not need a tower.

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Okay. can i just tie the rope to the two handles in the back,and then put a floaty on the rope so it does not sink? or will those handles break?

triggamike · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Posts: 1392 City: 225

towers are overrated lol your buyin a boat for 1200 and spending 1600 on a tower....

just find a spot to tie a rope put enuff knots in it that it'll stay and shred that thing

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Okay,and I work for a tower shop so the tower would be cheap for me. But for now i will just run it the way it is.

yookyle · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 1002 City: Reno

one word- pylon.