Matt McMillen

I thought mine was fine too until I pulled up the carpet.Once tracker grew so large I feel like they cut corners with material they didnt think was a must. The hull and frame definitely is extremely well made but the interior design and layout is really not well put together. A ton of space is wasted and what not. The good thing is that a tracker can be modified rather easily! That's good your two stroke has lasted you though. Im hoping to trade the 25 up to a 115 this summer so we can really see a performace increase!

The guy that did the carpet is just really great. The way he pieced the carpet together is masterful. Ill upload some detailed pics and explain some more shortly. But the carpet is a tight berber that he was about to find through a friend of his. Really high quality stuff and stain resistant. If I didnt get lucky with this stuff I wouldve ordered the 8x25ft 20oz carpet from marinecarpeting.com.

The framework was greatactually. The welds were all solid. I had a guy cut the side hangers and raise the angle of the sides to provide more floor space. All the hard stuff was done by a guy named Jeremy Stitam! He is really impressive.

Yeah, you would think. Honesty if someone has 15k to spend on an aluminum boat, 17k isn't much more. I paid close to 5K and put that in it without the electronics already. Its a good riding boat and nice hull design, just sad they cram it with cheap materials that don't last!

Thank you, and no its not!! Its 20 oz marine grade carpet with sealed rubber padding. Theres actually no seams in the entire boat now.

Thank you Al!

Thank you! The boat is a 2002 with a 2010 Mercury.

Thank you, a lot I could do such as the breakdown but I really had some awesome help. The quality of the aluminum and ride is good, but design is so poorly thought out! Leaves the owner with more work down the road!

I love the design of Lowe's but the aluminum in both is very similar. No problem at all with the structure of the boat but there were so many small things that could not have been thought out during the original design. And the first owner doing half ass jobs didn't exactly help! lol

It would almost be worth the extra cost up front, it really adds up with materials not even including the labor.

Hey guys, I haven't been on here in awhile due to being hard at work on the tracker! I posted a lot of questions and many helpful people responded with great insight! Just thought I would share the transformation to the final stages of my bass tracker rebuild! Hope you enjoy! Here are some of the pictures of when I first purchased the boat last fall. Originally the boat ran fine, but as time went on the boat began to break dow. First the pedestals came up, then we discovered unsealed exterior grade plywood was rotted with the foam molded underneath that. So, we completely gutted the boat and rebuilt it...the right way! <iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://s1370.photobucket.com/user/MattyMillz12/embed/The%20start/story"></iframe> The actual breakdown was hell. The more we took apart, the more that we found wrong. The wiring was unsafe, no stainless steel was used, and cheap carpet glue didn't pose much of a fight. Completely gutting the boat took about 5 months, but we didn't work everyday. <iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://s1370.photobucket.com/user/MattyMillz12/embed/Tracker%20rebuild/story"></iframe> Now, were finally rounding the homestretch. The carpet is completely installed, wiring is complete, and redesign of hatches is also done. Just adding the small accessories now....but thats the fun part! <iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://s1370.photobucket.com/user/MattyMillz12/embed/The%20finished%20product/story"></iframe>

Yeah it does seem a little pricey but takes out the cost of crimpers/cutters/ and materials to seal the wiring and what not. Plus the terminals are already waterproof and snap together(weatherpack terminals is the brand) and they are shrink sealed also with the tinned copper wire. So the quality is there I believe

Hey, in all fairness it can be hard to see the pictures/attachments on the forum!

Yeah, I'm definitely not in a rush! I want it to be done right and last a long time, so I'm posting in multiple forums to get as many opinions as possible. I did figure out a good diagram (I believe) but the assembled switch panel would take a lot of cost out of buying the supplies and tools to do the right job. Heres a pic of the diagram if you haven't seen it already! Thanks again!

Hey guys, Im rewiring my Tracker txw17. After advice, i ran across a company that has preassembled wiring harnesses and panel wiring. Has anyone had any experience with EZACDC or any opinions on it? Thanks!

Awesome! Thats where I'm planning to put the mounting plate for them!

Were they side by side on the step? Or above the step?

That definitely is another option right now I have the wiring configured for a one battery system but it would be easy to add the other. Ill put a link to my photo bucket because i give up on trying to add pictures so they can be viewed in the original format! haha http://s1370.photobucket.com/user/MattyMillz12/library/Tracker%20rebuild?sort=3&page=1

And by circuit panel i mean fuse block. So actually the system would be from the pos power source to the fuse block then to the individual switches then from the switches to the accessory. Would i need any inline fuses in that case?

You are definitely the most helpful guy on any forum, so thank you for that! And i understand the parallel system now! the navigational lights and anchor lights i assumed would be wired the same way the bilge/aerator was. The negative into the negative bus, the negative bus to the negative on the cranking battery, and the positive from the lights to the circuit panel then to a master switch back tp the positive on the cranking battery. And yes red is + and black is - on my diagram! Thanks, Matt

Hey, at least we know the customer service is good! lol. But yes, I'm definitely going overkill to make up for the previous owner's lack of care and attention to detail in the boat!

Hey guys I'm redoing the wiring in the bass tracker i recently purchased. To start off, i am in no way a skilled electrician but I've gathered information and put together a plan. The picture below shows the wiring. Any tips, advice, or questions are welcomed! Please feel free to rip my plan apart if need be, i want this project to be safe and last! Thanks!

theres plenty of room to run the 31 and two 27s as well as bilge/aerator and battery charger! i removed the back compartment and moved the aerator and bilge directly behind the gas tank and it allowed me to run the 27s side by side and the 31 vertically! all secured in a tray of course

Is there a certain epoxy you recommend for sealing the marine plywood?

Thanks! haha i hope it will!