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Thread: Aluminum Stringers?

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    79TahitiCBB
    I have a 79 Tahiti with a very mild 454, and engine length stringers. Of course the previous owner let is sit with the drain plug in for a few years and the stringers are shot.
    So I am plannin on replacing them in a couple weeks and was talkin to a buddy and we were wondering about just using aluminum tubing instead of wood.
    I did a search both here and on Barney's sight and didn't come up with much. What do you guys think?

  2. #2
    HBjet
    Why not just use wood again? Never heard of anyone wanting alum. stringers... Good Luck
    HBjet

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    Jungle Boy
    I got them
    Can't imagine why anyone would want wood ones.
    check out jungle's pleasure ride to see aluminum stringers

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    fourspeednup
    Originally posted by Jungle Boy
    I got them
    Can't imagine why anyone would want wood ones.
    haha, we get it

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    HBjet
    Originally posted by Jungle Boy
    I got them
    Can't imagine why anyone would want wood ones.
    you don't count...
    HBjet

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    I may end up having to replace the stringers on my boat as well. My dad told me that the last time he looked at them they looked like they where buckling alittle bit. I assume they are getting rotted. How difficult of a job is this? Should i even try to do it my self or should i pay somebody to do it? How much am i looking at spending to have somebody do it?

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    quiet riot
    yah, mine haven't rotted either. It might be hard to weld them to fiberglass though.
    jd

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    Danhercules
    I am no boat expert by any means, but that s good point. Why not aluminum. Just glass it in. If not aluminum, what about TREX? A manufacured wood product that dose not rot?
    Oldrigger??? Where are you???

  9. #9
    UBFJ #454
    You might consider LEXAN/Composite material sandwich stringers.

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    mud duck
    Why not? Fiberglass will stick to aluminum, right?
    Examples of aluminum hull structure:
    http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...4569_5-med.jpg
    http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...2395_4-med.JPG

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