How long of screws for Hot Foot?

[PowerFish]

2000 Ranger 520vx, 3/4", 1" what say BBC guys?

Right now I just have the hot foot, no slide plate, not sure if I'm going to do the slider. Anyway, best practices on Screw Length?

[paulrodbender]

Measure the thickness of the plate and see what you need. I heard of a guy that used long screws and then couldn’t launch his boat because it was screwed to the bunk boards on the trailer.

[Rip Bass]

The right side floor under the console is the hull of the boat. You should get a slide as the screw holes are on the left side where there is a double floor,then 3/4” screws,max.

[06 SB]

Not this long...

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[bcreek]

Those look like TapCons. Everybody knows you don't use TapCons on boats.

[bill.s]

Remove the cover on the center floor drain and measure the thicknees of the FG floor and add that to the thickness of the Hot Foot. You can also drill a small hole for one of the Hot Foot screws and stick a piece of straight wire in the hole to see how far you are from the inner hull. I used hefty diameter SS screws with Phillips head and drilled pilot holes for each one.

[PowerFish]

Remove the cover on the center floor drain and measure the thicknees of the FG floor and add that to the thickness of the Hot Foot. You can also drill a small hole for one of the Hot Foot screws and stick a piece of straight wire in the hole to see how far you are from the inner hull. I used hefty diameter SS screws with Phillips head and drilled pilot holes for each one.

Thank you, that is good advice...