canvas dog house for walk around

[Rum Buddies]

hey I'm just trying to get a rough idea on what a canvas dog house might cost for a 20 foot walkaround. I'm looking for something just like this:

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p238/kman5428/11144799551.jpg

 

[Dogbreath]

Be careful about the design.

A friend of mine has one and it's great but...there isn't a handhold in sight even when sitting down.

Grab onto the struts of the doghouse and you've bent something bad.

 

[scottyboy]

call bob`s in duncan great guy . he did mine last year double eagle style top $650 top notch job sunbrella fabric. scottyboy

 

[Rum Buddies]

ya I sure would like aluminum tubing and a hard top, but I can't really afford to drop 2-3k on a top at this point. I could see that design getting beaten up pretty bad though.

 

[wolf]

Yes but 2 grand now and its done as the canvas tops do wear out and then your going to have to do it again also good resale value on a hard top so your not really out in the long run.


Wolf

 

[Rum Buddies]

ya I hear you wolf - but this is a florida boat and I have a long shopping list of things I need to throw money at and there's only so much to go around.

That being said, has anybody put a hard top on their walk-around? If so what did it end up costing?

 

[Last Chance]

I built one for my 215 fishing machine, very similar to your rig. It wasn't the best looking, but it was about a grand for materials. Expect to pay 2-3k for something that looks nice. There are probably a lot of storm-wrecked Grady's that you could get one made for your boat for a song shipped up, the factory hard tops that I have seen from Grady are first class in my books.

 

[Rum Buddies]

hey now thats an idea, maybe I'm better off looking for a used one from down south. Thats for the idea Last Chance, I'm gonna look into that.

 

[dohboy]

just look around the beaches for all the wrecked boats on shore, lol, apparently their washing up all over, take a saw with ya and make short work of it[]

 

[bhemi]

Check out the Grady site and post your wish list.

http://www.greatgrady.com/forum/index.php

 

[Rum Buddies]

yup already know about that site and I have found a few marine salvage shops down south with what I want. The price is still around $1000-$1500 (USD) for a hard top and then I have to assume at least $300+ for shipping, so that puts it out of my current budget [V] .

I'm not sure what I'll do, maybe I'll have to wait till next season.