Mooring cover install
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Mooring cover install
Ordered a cover from pontoon since it did not have one. Has anyone ever installed one that did not already have snaps in place? Tips?
Thanks for the help!
Thanks for the help!
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Re: Mooring cover install
Not hard to do. You can purchase a snap tool with snaps they are not expensive at all. Then just mark where you need the snaps male and female. When installing the male which will have a small screw on the back drill a pilot hole first. Also if you have a way to reinforce the fabric for the female snap I would do that also.
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Re: Mooring cover install
generic cover from pontoonstuff? or a custom cover?bamaegghead wrote:Ordered a cover from pontoon since it did not have one. Has anyone ever installed one that did not already have snaps in place? Tips?
Thanks for the help!
Craig and Paula
"THE FLOATER" rebuild Spring 2013
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94 Party Barge 24' 115 merc
Turning Point hustler 14 x 13 prop
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94 Party Barge 24' 115 merc
Turning Point hustler 14 x 13 prop
22mph gps 3 people
12 F150
Overland Park Ks
Hillsdale Lake, KS
guy48065
Unless ive missed something, Pontoonstuff doesn't sell custom OR mooring covers. Only generic storage covers.curtiscapk wrote:generic cover from pontoonstuff? or a custom cover?bamaegghead wrote:Ordered a cover from pontoon since it did not have one. Has anyone ever installed one that did not already have snaps in place? Tips?
Thanks for the help!
Mark
1996 Sweetwater 180EX + Johnson 40
Rush Lake, Atlanta, MI
1996 Sweetwater 180EX + Johnson 40
Rush Lake, Atlanta, MI
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Re: Mooring cover install
yes your right, but wasn't sure exactly what this meant...
Ordered a cover from pontoon since it did not have one. Has anyone ever installed one that did not already have snaps in place? Tips?
Thanks for the help!
Ordered a cover from pontoon since it did not have one. Has anyone ever installed one that did not already have snaps in place? Tips?
Thanks for the help!
Craig and Paula
"THE FLOATER" rebuild Spring 2013
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15328
94 Party Barge 24' 115 merc
Turning Point hustler 14 x 13 prop
22mph gps 3 people
12 F150
Overland Park Ks
Hillsdale Lake, KS
"THE FLOATER" rebuild Spring 2013
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15328
94 Party Barge 24' 115 merc
Turning Point hustler 14 x 13 prop
22mph gps 3 people
12 F150
Overland Park Ks
Hillsdale Lake, KS
Re: Mooring cover install
Yes, you'll have to install new snaps to correspond with the other half of the snaps on the anodized square tubing.
Installation will work better if you leave the cover out in the sun prior to starting adding the snaps--warm it up.
Then install the snaps one by one .
Installation will work better if you leave the cover out in the sun prior to starting adding the snaps--warm it up.
Then install the snaps one by one .
'12 Bennington 24' SSLX Yamaha 150
Re: Mooring cover install
If it IS a generic storage cover don't bother adding the snaps because they'll just tear out. Those covers don't fit tight like a mooring cover and flapping in the wind will tatter the material at the snap locations. Just use the rope or elastic in the hem & the tie-down loops to secure it.
That's what I'm dealing with on the pontoon I just bought. PO added snaps around the beltline and most of them have torn the cover. I don't have $800+ for a custom mooring cover so I'm looking at my options for next season because I'm not going to deal with this floppy torn cover next year.
I wish someone made generic MOORING covers that would come in several sizes for a "close enough" fit once I add the snaps in the correct locations. Realistically most pontoon playpens are so similar in size & shape that this could work but canvas shops are raking in the $$ making custom covers one-at-a-time and not making patterns to save the next customer money.
That's what I'm dealing with on the pontoon I just bought. PO added snaps around the beltline and most of them have torn the cover. I don't have $800+ for a custom mooring cover so I'm looking at my options for next season because I'm not going to deal with this floppy torn cover next year.
I wish someone made generic MOORING covers that would come in several sizes for a "close enough" fit once I add the snaps in the correct locations. Realistically most pontoon playpens are so similar in size & shape that this could work but canvas shops are raking in the $$ making custom covers one-at-a-time and not making patterns to save the next customer money.
Mark
1996 Sweetwater 180EX + Johnson 40
Rush Lake, Atlanta, MI
1996 Sweetwater 180EX + Johnson 40
Rush Lake, Atlanta, MI
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Re: Mooring cover install
I love my PS cover! I used doubled up snap straps to make my peak higher water flows right off.
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Craig and Paula
"THE FLOATER" rebuild Spring 2013
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15328
94 Party Barge 24' 115 merc
Turning Point hustler 14 x 13 prop
22mph gps 3 people
12 F150
Overland Park Ks
Hillsdale Lake, KS
"THE FLOATER" rebuild Spring 2013
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15328
94 Party Barge 24' 115 merc
Turning Point hustler 14 x 13 prop
22mph gps 3 people
12 F150
Overland Park Ks
Hillsdale Lake, KS
Re: Mooring cover install
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Had to put the snaps on myself; no big deal at all.
Had to put the snaps on myself; no big deal at all.
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Re: Mooring cover install
Here it is a new season & I'm still no closer to finding a mooring cover that will fit my short 15' playpen.
There are several "good enough if you don't really care" covers on eBay but all have large-radius corners, while my 'toon is typical of older models that have the small-radius bends. I think the "pointy-er" small radius will eventually rip through the wider sweep of the newer pattern.
There are several "good enough if you don't really care" covers on eBay but all have large-radius corners, while my 'toon is typical of older models that have the small-radius bends. I think the "pointy-er" small radius will eventually rip through the wider sweep of the newer pattern.
Mark
1996 Sweetwater 180EX + Johnson 40
Rush Lake, Atlanta, MI
1996 Sweetwater 180EX + Johnson 40
Rush Lake, Atlanta, MI