Here is a question for the resident experts. And it's something that has been bouncing around in my skull for a little while and things like the 'fiber-toon' bring it back. But not sure it would even work or be worth the effort.
Obviously, Tuckers were built for one purpose- utility. Every part of the design was to make it as functional as possible with minimal attention to creature comforts (which has certainly changed with new models). So, when it came time to work, you made do with what you had. Now that a lot of us are chasing cats for recreation, building our own comforts into our units gets moved to the front so we can enjoy them more / longer without dreading having to climb into the thing for another shift of work. Which brings me back to the pontoons.
The question is this: would it be feasible to fill the steel pontoons with some sort of material to kill the giant reverberation chamber effect?
With all of the metal running around a big steel drum it seems that a LOT of noise could possibly be knocked out by coating or filling the interior with some sort of waterproof foam (since there will undoubtedly be water finding it's way in somehow). Or some other lightweight material.
Thoughts?