![]() ![]() Now, I can remove the frame with just 4 pins and still have good frame support. I really wanted a quick frame on/off setup so as not to have to mess with 36 sheet metal screws with the factory setup !! I got a 12 inch long drill bit from Menards and carefully drilled 1/4 inch holes thru the pontoon frame support ribs and made up some 1/4 inch diameter aluminum rods and pins. I seem to have misplaced the aluminum caps I was sposed to use to hold the frame to the 6 mounting pads but had a sudden brainstorm. I had to use 1/2 inch as nothing larger would fit where the frame attaches to the slots in the top of the pontoons. I got tired of my almost completely homemade small dredge, constant floatation issues, got rid of my floation setup and sprang for 48 x 9 x9 factory dredge floats from DNK Prospecting in Oregon, but after they got here, I realized I needed a frame to make all the parts go together, as in engine,floats, sluice, etc.DNK had no frame unless custom built so I elected to try to build my own with 1/2 inch square steel tubing and rivets for now.
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