Boat Owners WORST Nightmare PT.2 (New Fuel Tank & Installation)

[@randyroth383]

In FL when it's hot out i put the resin in the freezer to chill before you add hardner you get more work time 👍

[@tmc.318]

I'm giving you props for doing it mostly yourself. I was in a similar situation but even bigger. I just completed a 450 hour restoration on my 27' center console I've owned 22 years. Needed transom replacement (converted to Coosa for all repairs), engine bracket rebuild, super fine stress cracking, soft floor refurbishment etc. I could have never sold it with a clean conscience and I've had so many great times on it I just had to bring it back to solid. It did take 4X longer than I expected, but much of that was me learning how to do it, choosing and gathering materials and lots of grinding, glassing and new gel coating (80% of the hull). I just made it done in time for our annual family run to the Keys for mini lobster. Boat looks as nice as the day I bought it and performed excellent. I figure I saved about $30K even after materials, but it was the toughest DIY project I ever took on. Now I could sell it but hey, I'm going for another 20+ years with it.

[@c.ljones1229]

Been with you since the beginning,not to mention the self gratification you get when you do the work yourself,some will never know.

[@gorillahd9247]

Excellent video. Great job on the repairs. My Jeep is 22 years old and my Harley is 25 years old. Keeping them both running because I was taught to appreciate what you have and take care of it. Looks like you learned the same lesson growing up. Well done!

[@jasons9157]

Why not screw a pressure gauge on the take and pump it up to 5 pounds. I know the tank can handle high pressure. I would put 5 psi on it and leave it overnight. It is a lot of work to find out later that you have a small leak.

[@gholdsfishing3144]

Thats what my aluminum guy does

[@mike02ss]

Most likely because he doesnt really do tanks often enough to have one.

[@JBaker-pz7wo]

I feel your pain! I’m a “do it yourself” kinda guy. Everyone wants to go fishing, but never show up to put in the work! Keep chasing your dreams and stand up and be proud.

[@andrewpepsny3716]

Bought my Contender needing fuel tank. And did half myself and paid fiberglass guys to finish. Had tank built by sunshine marine tanks. Did it before i even put boat in water. Had 5 good years with it now.

[@AVMAR]

How much was the glass work?

[@Beachnative42]

Fiberglass Florida is the place I always go but I use the one in Rockledge. Rick is a walking wealth of information and one cool cat. Props to you for fixing it instead of pawning it on off on someone else. Bravo!!!

[@jasonhunt-em3nz]

You’re a go get getter. A problem solver. Extremely resilient. Living your dreams. Not a yuppie. You’re a true fisherman.

[@robertorivero765]

Adam, well said at the end of the vid man! You couldnt have said it better! Thats your work sea horse and you manned up and did what had to be done the best possible way you could. Hats of to you and everyone involved!

[@tombrown7577]

My hat is off to you Adam for even attempting to do the work yourself along with your friends. I was living in Daytona Beach 40 years ago and I was 23 at the time. I found a Mako 17 center console at a ridiculously low price. It needed some cosmetic work. Long story short, I repaired all the nicks and dings then thought I might as well get the hull repainted. Had an entire boys weightlifting team from a local high school come over and we took the boat off the trailer and turned it upside down on some wooden horses so I could sand and paint. When it was finished, they all help me put it back on the trailer. Hauled it down to a marina where I bought a used Mercury 115. Years of enjoyment.

[@jonnysoultunes]

Very cool to see the process of that fuel tank being built I did not know it had walls inside appreciate the content

[@willpace1234]

Love it man, not letting anything stop you. No project too big 💪🏻

[@silasthornton8063]

Great job , I've done lots of boat mold fabrication and race car fabrication you did a great job on the glass work , my son has a couple of Dolphin cruise boat they have to dry dock every off season to replace motors and repair delamination, you name it , you have to spend money and do your work the best you can to make money !

[@ronniesimnicht7551]

Respect, doing it yourself. Blessed you had the time to do it yourself. No one can do it better than you could. Seems like you got great friends to help you through the tough spots

[@rtcpsurveys6753]

You are absolutely doing the right thing. Great job!

[@marcuslarwa9098]

People saying he should have sold the boat is wild. So he should sell the problem to someone else and be labeled a scumbag? Any self respecting man would never do something like that and I’m glad he didn’t. Fishing it was the harder thing to do but the right thing. Boat stand for bring on another thousand for a reason they cost a lot of money to maintain.

[@mikealberti9726]

You’re doing it right Adam. Hard work is always the road to success.

[@davidkelley6986]

Nice work! It's good to see someone work hard for what they love doing. Kept it up!

[@benmac1395]

Solid work. I had to replace my floor and tank in a 24 foot Aquasport. I feel your pain! Now you won’t have to worry about those problems for 10-20 more years. Keep the videos coming.

[@brooksturner2879]

I’ve been waiting on this update! Looking forward to seeing you back on the water.

[@jimmyclemons9497]

I stand with Adam and the entire Moving Weight crew! This is how blue collar does it 💪🏼 God bless you crew! Stay Safe & Tight Lines 🎣

[@bretelwell80]

You just need to live and learn and being born here in the keys/ Marathon Hell yea you want to be a fisherman!!! You are doing good!

[@littlemiamijeff]

Adam you're an inspiration. I'm watching you do the very best to replace your fuel tank and foam, etc. When you screw up, you recognize it and fix it. I'm in the middle of doing a 3 bolt front shock replacement that has turned into a major front end suspension and bearing hub repair. Your patience with your project and yourself is a great example. Thx!

[@ronniesimnicht7551]

Respect brother on doing it yourself. Be blessed that you have time to do it yourself lot of people don't. No one could do it better than you could do a job yourself if you take the time to learn and have great friends like you do to help you through the tough spots keep going brother much respect Love your videos

[@stevenfischer5392]

Looks good Adam. I was woundering how to do glass work for a fuel tank replacement. Glad to see Mr. Johnson! Good luck looking forward to part 3

[@michaelsachs-gp8qh]

I think you did a great job so far its easy for people to think they are an expert when they are not the one doing the work or have never done a fuel tank job on a boat. All boats are money pit just part of the deal and life. Do t let any one drag you down and dream on bro. 😊

[@boatloadOFfun]

Very helpful. About to do the same on my 28' Century I am rebuilding. Watched this video multiple times to get some ideas on how to do it. Thanks

[@craigdoyle2155]

There is no better feeling than doing your on repairs on your boat. Not to mention the labor expense saved. Great job

[@SamMartinez65]

Great job Adam. Hell of a tough job to tackle. Way to show the world how you do Man Stuff.

[@christopherhawthorne5395]

Love this stuff, and done it all unfortunately. Will never do fiberglass work again lol. On another note this kid Adam and the people he fishes with are the best I’ve ever seen. I can’t believe this channel is not in the millions yet.

[@mikerobo5940]

Great video! I have enjoyed all your videos and the boat repair videos have been great as well. Keep up the great work!

[@crimsontide1592]

Literally, this video just popped up in my feed. Big brother must be listening. Me and my son were just lifted a 79 23 ft robalo. We are restoring it and yes I was researching it. I have a 22 ft Cobia CC. The 23 is going to my son. So I am looking forward to watching. And will be a new sub.

[@doug2202]

Great work Capt. you should be proud of yourself for what you’ve accomplished. F all the haters. Easy for people to sell the boat when most never had one. These are the same people that jump on others boats and are nowhere to be found when help is needed. Only critique is why didn’t you seal the 2x4 that you screwed next to the stringers. Maybe you did but didn’t see it. Keep on keeping on Capt.

[@czoubek]

Great job, Bro! One less thing you have to worry about on that rig. Love the work ethic. Keep it up!

[@CaptainSloose]

I give you a ton of credit for fixing that boat, and for doing it yourself. I hope my comments on the last vid didnt get lumped in with the keyboard warriors, you had one way out of that mess: fix the tanks and the floors - you have far too much into that boat making it nice to walk away. You're super lucky those stringers werent a mess- my parker 25 they were f-ing awful in the cockpit and both of my tanks were starting to leak out of the access panels before i sold it. You've turned that thing into a really nice boat. Selling it isnt really an option- youve made that boat into your own, and it's worth far more to YOU than anyone else.

[@ronmckinney4334]

Great freaking job man being a real Man taking responsibility and taking care of business. Now that's a real Man. Don't ever ask anyone's permission to zip your own pants or ask anyone's permission to be successful. Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do

[@CatchingDinosaurs]

glad your getting it done

[@GrayGhostSafaris]

Bravo Adam, you did one hellofa job on taking care of a real problem! None of it was fun and honestly, it was cringe time watching but you did it and I enjoyed watching every minute of video. Wish I did live so far away or I'd be a regular on your boat. Good fishing, and I'm looking for part 3!

[@boatfire-gx7eb]

Like you said there are two ways to install a tank. Foaming a tank in place is still a satisfactory method. I'm currently installing a tank in my 1993 Intrepid. My old one lasted thirty years. I called Intrepid to see how they are doing it now and they still foam the tanks in. Thats good enough for me. I will fiberglass the top of the new tank which will add more years to it i think.

[@rumualdoviales2328]

Well said Adam! Good job bro!

[@tonyrushing555]

I love watching your channel. I found it when I watched you on the Landshark channel. Let me tell you....I have so much respect for how you run your business and I've definitely loved your fuel tank restoration series. I assisted my dad when I was younger to rebuild the stringers in his 18' Glastron boat so I understand the hard work that you've put into this project. I watch BlueGabe and recently he had to have the same exact thing done on his Contender boat, only he paid a company somewhere around $25,000-$30,000 to do it, so look at the money you saved.

[@amputee11]

good words at the end! ive had 2 parkers and a jones bros. 18 21 and 23 they are bad ass boats just patched the top of my 91 18 Parker tank tiny pinholes easy bondo fix, great vids!!

[@Steve-Jody]

Can’t wait for Part 3 . Nice Shears😉 Jody corrected me

[@SteveRivers-j2z]

Nice job homie, great to see ya go after it yourself and gain more knowledge of your dream, excellent

[@LuisHernandez-fn3os]

You are a hard working dude like Andrew Camarata and you will get to his level of success. Best of luck brother !

[@Jerrynov13]

Great Job Adam. I learned a lot as I'm sure you did also. Good luck Fishing> Live the Dream.

[@BenjaminNeal-u3d]

There is no growth in your comfort zone. Love the work ethic cant wait to see future videos

[@LarryBenson-y3f]

I am going to do the same thing to my 231 mako and looking forward to it. Much rather fix my boat than sell it. It's a better boat than anything I could relace it with in the same price range and I know what I've got. Looks like you did a great job.keet up the great work.

[@weekender38]

Been there done that. My wife and I replaced ours. It's work no doubt about it. We foamed ours too. Been about 8 years now and it has been great so far.

[@rolandogamez6038]

Great Job! I picked up some great tips. I have to do some similar work in my boat. Great job. You have a great channel, Thank you. Tight lines😊

[@TheHemiphil81]

I build boats for a living. 25 plus years. A few years back one of our foam guys was foaming his last boat of the day. This was on a friday on a 32 foot boat. After the foam kicked of he scraped out the foam holes but didn't reset the timer of the foam guy and left. The foam tanks part a and part b emptied over the weekend and when we came in Monday their was a gigantic mound of foam as big as 3 30 foot hulls. They had to take all our fork lifts and ram the foam for 7 hours to get all the foam off of the floor.😂 i would have helped you on this fix gladly bro.

[@kevinpaskovich406]

Love to see this transformation sick bro, you kicked ass on that thing the breakdown on money and your reasoning at the end for doing it sealed the deal for the haters XD

[@adrianobezerra825]

I'm from Brazil and I admire your fishing work 

[@CoLLiSioN60]

It's funny to see people comment about what they would have done when it's not their time and money. I think you did a great job with the situation you were in.

[@MarkFraley-uc4vp]

Great job and can’t wait for part 3 and then the Bahamas or wherever your next trip takes you!! Stay after it love your vids!!

[@brianwright874]

Proud of you. Hard work. Gotta love boats.

[@outlaw19able]

Great job, Ive done a couple and it is NOT fun but necessary as you said AND you will always have the "know" in the back of your brain that it was done right. And you did it, Soooo, my two cents.... Great job!

[@keithw7656]

I live vicariously through you you my man I always wanted to do what you're doing I ended up a painter in the mountains sucks

[@jasoncrawford7495]

I done one on a 30ft center console it's a job but save you thousands tar coat is the way to go for alot years with no fuel issues

[@kunundrum420]

Your more Bahamian than you think. As a "Conchy Joe" keep it up!

[@kawiman561]

Awesome job so far bro.thanks for the video.

[@brezzz0077]

Your doing a good job young man.

[@outlawjjsmith]

Good luck on the fuel tankard glass repair.

[@johndang7847]

Wow that a big job bro but you did awesome

[@rta85]

The motors look new now your fuel tank matches seems like you got a good reliable boat for a while.. people are just scared of hard work

[@EmoryullivanS-hv7vv]

Props to you. Hard work is always gratifying…

[@YDvette]

Brotha for the first time you doing that it looks clean af 🙌🏻👍🏻🔥👏🏻 Please take your time on some cable management please 😂

[@kieranboodram3125]

You doing it homie, don't let the haters get ya. Stay up brotha 💯.

[@junniruiter9020]

WELL DONE

[@chamberlainchronicales3147]

It looks great nice job

[@ericbarriga39]

Great job brother keep it up.

[@TimBigBendFishing]

My guy be stacking dimes on that tank boi

[@steveurban3021]

Nice job bud

[@jb243wp]

I might be wrong, but it looks like old mate didn't weld the top sheet of the tank to the top edge/s of the baffles, especially the baffle in the centre.. I though it was a given that the top edge of the baffle plates have a small lip folded over 90deg to minimise the flex in the baffle itself, with slots cut in the top sheet, this also allows it to be strip- plug welded, this ties the top sheet into the baffle/s. But hey mate, nice welds on the tank itself, you must also have some very good UV blocking sunscreen. 😂😅😂 Potentially, the design is floored with future internal flex on the baffles, causing the welds to eventually crack with the movement of the fuel. I've seen ally tanks with the baffles floating around in them, cracked out from being welded only on the bottom and sides.. Just saying, interesting, not how I have see it done and done. But hopefully, it lasts forever, or as long as you have the vessel anyway. Best of luck 👍 🍻

[@KentVeatch]

Great job on the work so far. I would do the same as you and fixed the boat.. You would have lost more if you sold it. What would it cost you to replace it? A lot more than $5k.

[@neukin]

Those weld tubes on the AL tank are sketch to me. I would have welded on some -20an and -10an fittings and used AN line for the fuel.. race car stuff, not costly either. AN fittings were designed for the Army Navy used on jets n crap, we race car guys love them. Last forever.

[@bretelwell80]

If it was easy everyone would be doing what you keep going you have a trip to the Bahamas

[@HighSeasOperationsGroup]

Good job dude

[@michaellong7702]

I can’t believe people actually suggested you try and sell a boat with a rotten fuel tank! I have a 2003 23 contender with an original tank up here in Stuart and I know my dreaded day is eventually coming, I’ll probably reference this video at least for who to ask to hire maybe to do it, I think the job would be beyond my capabilities..

[@robertrickabaugh3304]

looking good

[@Waaaaa2751]

Fuck the haters bro ! KEEP TURNIN UP !! don’t stop posting videos !!!!! Never stop babbyyyyyy

[@katsomething3622]

Boat stands for 'Bring Out Another Thousand'... so then you need to go out and make another thousand with it. I'm a truck driver, trucks are the same!!! I really hate to see your boat breaking down but I do like the videos of you fixing it...... ...I'M VERY CONFLICTED😖

[@razztazzzz8460]

Great job

[@pathua7692]

Hahahaha clapping back hard at the clappers! As long as it’s done properly based on sound advices/experiences, then it’s all good to boast! Otherwise, I hate to see problems coming back down the road, really hope not though❤

[@midlanticfishing5405]

Wonder if you could’ve made the tank an inch or two higher, increase your fuel capacity a bit?

[@randyruney5704]

Great video

[@danbrady8336]

You ain’t no Biologist- 😂😂.

[@adrianobezerra825]

Perfect

[@warren6172]

I’m surprised you went with aluminum, are you able to get “Ethanol Free” gas? It’s wreaking havoc here in California

[@etothelij]

Did you guy pre scuff/block that coosa or put glass right over the factory finish? Had a ton of boats fail over here by a well known boat builder for that reason..

[@MovinWeightFishing]

Scuffed

[@brianpino7274]

Bro u literally could have bought the scissors from harbor freight they cut anything. 😎

[@sethscott4211]

That is insane lol. No way I could do it. But if it's your job. You figure out how to do your own

[@willpace1234]

Wanna see the rest

[@arrandelascasas]

Haters gon’ hate - let em!

[@hnt4fsh]

I spent 3 years stripping a very similar boat to the skin and rebuilding it into a tank. People need to understand you are not building a yellowfin your building a guide boat. Clients beat the snot out of them. They don't always get perfectly washed on day 22 of nonstop charters. Everything I've seen you do is more then acceptable

[@ericcope8216]

Yes, it seems to me to be cost effective. You've already invested a lot into this boat, the boat works for you so it's a logical decision. You sell it and buy another boat only to find problems. Stick with it. You know what your have.

[@fishydubsfishing6516]

If that's what you guys call working fast I hate to see what working slow would be like

[@antsaudio]

All the keyboard warriors chirping while sitting and watching KZbin , giving you advice 😂. Great job man! Don’t let them get you down. Most of them still live with their mom.

[@Jamie.W]

I'm on and off 4yrs of my complete restoration.

[@MTNmyMAG]

All that work and you tacked some raw wood in there?