I bought a small Jon boat today. It has a 3" long crack on the nose. I thought I might stop drill it and use Muggy Weld on it or take it to a welder and have it welded. I want to save money but dont want a repair that will come back to bite me. It appears some one already  JB welded it unsuccessfully . Hopefully it will grind off clean.

Take it from someone who knows, take it to a good aluminum welder to git it fixed all that other repair junk on the market is garbage don't waste your money or time MCOPELAND1

I agree with mcopeland1 having it welded is the best way to go. The other fixes my work for awhile but will come loose and youwill have to keep applying it every few months. Weld it man.

Thanks Guys
The reason I was not jumping to take it to a welder is around here about the 50th to 100th time you return to pick it up and be told well get right on it 1st thing tomorrow I have been known to just give up. But this I think I will clean it up and get it ready to weld myself and try to get them to weld it while I wait.

Here is a couple pictures of my $100 Jon boat 14' long but only 54" in the widest part. About 40" at the floor The trailer needs a lot of work.

sidmabb I wouldn't trust that trailor to tow it across the street. That crack should be easy to fix for a good welder and then you'll have a pretty good boat for $100. But serious If I were you I would think about replacing that trailor. Small boat trailors are fairly reasonable and nothing is worse than having a trailor break down while on the road I have been there and believe me it sucks.

Harry Trophy Life Member Washington State

I would take it to a good welder--did the same thing a number of years back, found it to be unexpensive and it worked like new. I would junk the trailer maybe keep the tires if they are OK for spares. You can buy a new trailer rather cheaply and if you look around for a while you might just find a good used trailer with no problems, but the one the boat is sitting on in the picture has ruined fishing trip wrote all over it and a pretty good chance of welding the boat together again if possible. Good luck & good fishing. Uncle Tom

Thanks guys. The trailer is actual better then it looks. The axle is nearly new For some reason some one cobbled the tongue. I will cut it off and weld a new brace back further. I will make a new tongue out of square tubing and maybe ad a set of fenders. I'm going to remove the boat today and get a better look.

Tore out the rotted floor today and found a pretty nice boat under it all. Got the crack cleaned and pretty much ready for welding.
Oh boy the trailer is going to be a start from scratch thing but I have more time then money so I think I will rebuild it. I got out my never used 2 year old Milwaukee Sawzall and cut that cobbled tongue off. I knew I bought it for something. I got a pretty good chuckle when I saw how the guide was attached. He had just made the carpet on the runners a little longer and wrapped it around the guides. I have no clue how he got it tight enough to hold them upright.

I'm thinkin it looks like the boat will be easier to fix than the trailer !

Good luck on the projects.

Looks like the boat is not going to get repaired by me. Here in Iowa its near impossible to get paperwork for a boat once its lost. The last guy to register it has been deceased for many years and last registered it in 1993.
And if thats not bad enough It would have to be inspected. The serial # plate is long gone. If I were to jump all those hurtles it would then have to be a bonded title and I would have to put up 1 1/2 times the value the inspector values it at.

So I would have to fix it up 1st and then maybe still not be able to register it.

Looks like the boat is not going to get repaired by me. Here in Iowa its near impossible to get paperwork for a boat once its lost. The last guy to register it has been deceased for many years and last registered it in 1993.
And if thats not bad enough It would have to be inspected. The serial # plate is long gone. If I were to jump all those hurtles it would then have to be a bonded title and I would have to put up 1 1/2 times the value the inspector values it at.

So I would have to fix it up 1st and then maybe still not be able to register it.

Well it looks like your making progress. If you have a way to get the trailor sandblasted, put a good coat of primer and paint new bunks you should be good to go. Good luck