"Wheelbarrow" Fishing Boat

"Wheelbarrow" Fishing Boat AG WORLD 29-5-22 "I cut a 300-gal. oval-shaped spray tank in half to make a one-man fishing boat. I can move it around by myself just like I'd move a wheelbarrow," says Leroy Groening, Lowe Farm, Manitoba. When he's done fishing, Groening simply attaches a wheel next to the trolling motor and rolls the boat up a plank, right into the back of his pickup. The boat measures 4 1/2 ft. wide by 5 ft. long and is fitted with a bucket seat from an old van. A trolling motor locks onto a metal tube mounted horizontally across the front part of the boat. A pair of pipes on front hold fishing rods. Drink holders are welded into both corners on front. After cutting the tank in half, Groening reinforced all the edges with steel tubing. He added more tubing across the center of the tank to support the seat. A small handle on each side of the boat makes it easy for two people to carry it. To move the boat by himself, Groening moves the motor to a horizontal position and then slides the shaft on a single wheel into the tubing. Then he lifts the back of the boat up a bit and wheels it into the water. "Once I get the boat in the water, I just slide the wheel out and throw it behind the seat." "The bucket seats are very comfortable compared to boats that just have a board to sit on. The boat is quite stable, but it sticks out of the water only about 8 in. so I don't go out into big waves. I got the idea from a friend who cut a heating fuel tank in half to build a raft. "If I want, I can easily add another seat. The seats still have their slider brackets on them so I can move them back and forth. They attach with two nuts which makes it easy to take them in and out of the boat." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Leroy Groening, P.O. Box 266, Lowe Farm, Manitoba, Canada R0G 1E0 (ph 204 746-2063; lgi@mts.net; lginnovations@hotmail .com).

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