In this video I show you how I made this stand-up pontoon fishing boat. It is made up of six 55 gallon drum barrels and a plastic pallet. This design is made a carry a ton of weight.
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Time stamp:
0:00 Intro
1:43 Pontoon Build
3:52 Frame Build
4:46 Accessories
6:19 On The Water
8:13 Outro
8:44 400 lb. weight test
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I drew up a boat on Sketchup using a plastic pallet about a week ago and am delighted to find this build. Love your hack for the larger barrels.
I am planning to use the smaller 26 inch barrels for pontoons so will check out your other builds now.
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It looks great The pontoons look like they come in a lot in the water like they lean in they don't look like they're going to fall apart I guess like you said if they came in some it would take care of that but awesome
You ever though of using the barrel as your mold ,and filling it with foam for your pontoons
Best design Iv'e seen so far, stable, fast looks comfortable for fishing .
Wonder how a hexagonal shape would work.. similar to those donut shaped boats?
It looks good. I would just add a cooler somewhere, so that I could bring a lunch and drink some coca cola.
I like the evolution of your builds. Just a thought here; consider the effects of leveraging extremes. For example, if your flotation components were extended out twice the distance from center of the size of the deck AND to the corners of an imaginary square, the stability overall should be fantastic. With such wide spacing of the flotation components the center of gravity/balance would shift very little as you move about the deck. Think how drones are built: 4 or more spread out motors, not right in close to the body but extended out like an X. Rather than reinvent the wheel, build on the knowledge of established designs. Going this route might require less flotation components. Also, if the frame (different material?) was below water such that the flotation components held the frame at a lower center of gravity, with a dry frame above water, this too should help stabilize the boat. A simple canopy (Harbor Freight?) for the larger deck and your usual accessories. The entire build be "snapped" together and carried in a pickup, assembled by one person.
very nice, i like it, and now , i subscribe to you now , thanks for a great video
As a lot have said, you can use 4 whole barrels as pontoons. That would add to the length and stability of the boat. Also you can make a sort of square shade on top have solar panels there but that would be expensive. And yeah battery housing in the deck rather than on it.
Looks like you answered my question on the last video and expanded on the idea 😁
The barrels seem to be spreading/bowing towards the outside. Need to maybe make a strap type device to put around/ towards the bottom of barrels to keep them from spreading out.
I like it! I'm gonna try to make one over the next few weeks. Let you know how it turns out. Thanks for the ideas, keep em coming.
Always nice to see your inventions evolving. Try having the barrels sideways and not cutting them. You'll only be using 4 barrels instead of 6. With 6 barrels sideways, it would be more stable and can install 2 revolving chairs with ample space left. You could also extend the handle/steering wheel of the motor so you don't have to stoop while operating it. Or maybe have a control panel attached to the side of the chair would be nice.
Why not have the barrels “whole” and on their sides? Seems like it would be less drag.
That thing really moves and quietly. Those batteries are awesome. What if one spread the buckets out so there were about 2' between each one, each side were pre-assembled so you'd have side 1, side 2, a 8' square deck, the chairs, motor, and batteries. This would be a great swimming raft. I would need a ladder to get out of the water.
I think this is your best so far. I especially like that you can stand-up. Sometimes during a long day fishing we NEED to stretch our legs, not to mention making casting easier. Like that you installed the trolling motor up front where it's easier to control. The video skipped over how the drums went from the foam visible (and maybe not so sealed) to closed. Is it important to have the blue drums in the middle, lol. What is the total weight of the unit minus batteries and motor? Curious to know how easy it is to manhandle into the water. Great build/video, again!
