04-18-2014, 09:46 PM
My seat foam appears to not be crushed. It is 17 3/4"w x 19 3/8"L x 4 3/8"H. Same exact measurement of what Outcast sells ( I contacted them). But, as you indicated the seat box height should be a touch smaller than the seat foam height. My seat box is 1/2" to 5/8" higher than the seat foam. So, you might have shed some light here! I placed a 1"w x 4 3/8"h x 19 1/2"L boogie board shim on each side of the 17 3/4"w seat foam. Finished blowing hte boat up. Those shims were perfect! But there was space in the seat box, above the seat foam. I placed a 1" thick x 17 3/4"wide x 191/2"Length in the seat box, and tried pounding the two foam blocks and 2 shims in. But that was to much hight. So, I filleted the 1" x 17 3/4" x 19 3/8" boogie shim in half. Placed that inside the seat box. Followed by the 2 seat blocks, and 2 side wall boogie shims. That was the ticket. But when I sat on the seat, the entire thing taco-ed. I now know what thickness a shim, be it wood or plastic, is needed to fill the height of the seat box (1/2").
I get that some believe the seat box has stretched. But, that is some heavy material the seat box is made of. There is not sign of stretching. The lady that owned the tube before me was 165lbs. The seat foam was in the correct orientation when I bought it. with not other shims. I asked her if the seat would taco with her in the boat. She said " she did not have that issue". She had no reason to fib, at that point she had been paid, and I was hauling the tube out of her yard.
Anyway, I have made serious progress in filling the seat box space. Using the seat foam blocks, and boogie board shims.
I find it hard to wrap my mind around the fact that larger boys than me. Do not taco the seat. With a plastic outdoor chair modified to sit on the foam seat blocks, with no wood or plastic sheet between the two.
I need to get the tube on the water. To see what the seat will do in water, instead of on land.
But cleaning all day in preparation for Easter guests to arrive. Taking a moment to type a few replies. Before getting right back into scrubbing, sweeping, giving the lawn a hair cut, weekly laundry. A bit deeper cleaning than usual, going on around here! Plus while doing so, I can grind out some new ideas, based on your helpfull suggestion from past experimentation.
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I get that some believe the seat box has stretched. But, that is some heavy material the seat box is made of. There is not sign of stretching. The lady that owned the tube before me was 165lbs. The seat foam was in the correct orientation when I bought it. with not other shims. I asked her if the seat would taco with her in the boat. She said " she did not have that issue". She had no reason to fib, at that point she had been paid, and I was hauling the tube out of her yard.
Anyway, I have made serious progress in filling the seat box space. Using the seat foam blocks, and boogie board shims.
I find it hard to wrap my mind around the fact that larger boys than me. Do not taco the seat. With a plastic outdoor chair modified to sit on the foam seat blocks, with no wood or plastic sheet between the two.
I need to get the tube on the water. To see what the seat will do in water, instead of on land.
But cleaning all day in preparation for Easter guests to arrive. Taking a moment to type a few replies. Before getting right back into scrubbing, sweeping, giving the lawn a hair cut, weekly laundry. A bit deeper cleaning than usual, going on around here! Plus while doing so, I can grind out some new ideas, based on your helpfull suggestion from past experimentation.
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