I needed a more solid, permanent mounting solution for my 12 ft Jon Boat. I gave the guy some Ideas I had and told him to run with it. I think he did VERY well.

Each mount assembly is attached to the bench with a piece of Threaded rod that goes through the bench on the bottom of each Vertical"strap.One nut is welded to the rod and the one on the other side is removable,so this whole setup can be removed from the boat,if need be.

Think itll hold up,or will the aluminum tear out once any stress is put on it(hookset/lean)? Im thinking the steel will take up the stress...of course on not an engineer.

Does it just look pretty or will it be totally functional?

Think its a bit overkill?

Just from the looks,I really like it.

Im planning on taking the boat out this week sometime for a test.

It sure beats the heck out of those clamp on seat mounts!!!

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Looks stout enough to me.

If it should start to wear the holes in the seat, you can always enlarge the holes and put a bushing in the hole which will distribute the force over a larger area.

Looks good to me also.Good luck with it.