Same color as mine!

23 hours ago, texasred said:

I found a new $220K MSRP 2023 23LSV for $135K. Looks like the fire sale has begun. Should I take it or wait? No idea what will happen to service in the future.

You mind saying which location this was? Or DM me.  Definitely a way better deal than they showed me, maybe I should counter around that level.  

What caused it to get bent? 

Or, you could upgrade it... on the cheap

On 4/21/2024 at 10:36 PM, cowwboy said:

Did you ever get the platform mounted up?

I've been mulling it over all winter and I actually just started working on this project today. I'll post updates here to log my work. 

Today, I worked on pulling off the existing foot pad with a crowbar. I left a few scratches behind but this will all get covered up when I put a new pad on. This step was a little bit tedious but it wasn't as tough as I thought and the residual adhesive was minimal. With a little bit of Goo Gone and a drywall knife, I was able to clean things up like new. 

The next step is to to build backing material between the existing bracket mount and the edge of the platform since the bracket locations on my hull are wider. I don't have the supplies for this yet so I probably won't post an update for a while. I am thinking I will get marine plywood or HDPE board. I think this will be the trickiest part especially to ensure the platform is "balanced" on the brackets before drilling the holes through the platform. Even with attaching the brackets onto the boat and then resting the platform onto of the brackets, I can see how balancing it properly will be essential because if the weight is not distributed correctly, there is too much friction on the brackets. The implications of this is that although I can probably get it installed I may never be able to remove the platform! Might be more of an art than a science, will post an update when I have one.