Drew Barrick Loc: Illinois

Thanks so much!!😀

Drew Barrick Loc: Illinois

Thanks very much!!

Drew Barrick Loc: Illinois

40” floor. Thanks!

Drew Barrick Loc: Illinois

Swivel base mounted to bench seats. Thanks

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Drew, you might want to consider the clamp on mounts for your seats. The problem with small boats is balance, from left to right. Unless you put everything with any weight to it, dead center in the boat, it will lean towards the heavier side. With the clamp on mounts you can offset the seats to maintain a level balance. It also changes depending on the size of your passenger, or lack of one. Just something I've learned from experience, when I had my little 12 footer. I have a 14 deep V now and have my seats mounted on slides so I can adjust their locations. Good luck and Tight Lines.

My old 12 footer


The 14 footer I run now.

Drew Barrick Loc: Illinois

Thanks Fredfish! Makes total sense. Appreciate it! Tight lines

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

You're welcome Drew, and I hope your leg heals up quickly.

Passingbye Loc: Reidsville NC

I installed mine flush mounted on transom bench and front stretcher bench dead center on my 12ft flat bottom jon boat 6hp Johnson outboard and 40lb thrust trolling motor. I filled the sides and floor with 1/4 inch plywood and expansion foam. I'm 250lbs and brother is 300lbs handled just fine, bucket filled with catfish, two batteries and 6 gal gas tank.

Redneck bass boat Loc: Smyrna Tennesee

Go on utube guy from tiny boat Nation has tons of ideas lots of jon boat mods on u tube.

BeaverTooth Loc: Branson, MO

My boat came with the clamp on, plastic swivel seats that you see in the photos. I put a flotation cushion in the seat to provide the needed seat padding.

The swivel clamp-on style mount simply clamps on to the John boat bench seat. This type of mount will move and I found it necessary to install a stainless steel “corner bracket” that is used in mounting shelving. The following is the description from amazon.com. Anything like this will work as long as it’s thick enough to handle a little stress and strain. Each bracket required me to drill two holes and then insert a self tapping stainless steel screw. Now the seat is secure and will not move. However, should I desire to remove the seat I can do so by loosening the clamp on seat mount. Since these items came with the boat I decided to continue to use them rather than invest in really nice bass boat seats at this time. At some point I may upgrade but I will probably continue to use the very same clamp on mount because it works great and did not require me to take a saw and cut holes in my bench seat.

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Hope this helps to explain. Once again, in answer to your question, all I had to do to install my seats was drill two holes in my bench seat to secure the corner brackets. That is for drilled holes per seat. I am not a handyman and I’m not particularly good at doing modifications on a boat. What you see in the photos was my finished product, after a lot of thinking on the subject and working very slow at each individual item. If I can do it, anybody can do it. Have a great day and I hope that you heal up quickly! BeaverTooth