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LKAwaketowake Newbie
Joined: 18 Jul 2010 Posts: 3 City: gaithersburg
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Posted: Aug 28, 2010 9:47 pm Post subject: diy ballest |
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i have been try to find ways to weight my boat for years and this way has seemed to work best for me i took some laundry bin with tops and filled them with water with my hose and put the boat in the water it works great and is extremly cheap and when your done jst take some tubing and suck on the tube tell the water flow out freely great and cheap way to weight your boat |
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kartman Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 1542 City: meridian, Idaho
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Posted: Aug 29, 2010 5:32 am Post subject: |
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Do you have any pics? You must have a ton of jugs in the boat _________________ trying to find a $5-7K usable saltare if anyone knows of one. |
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McNasty Outlaw
Joined: 02 Jan 2010 Posts: 171
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hawkster0001 Soul Rider
Joined: 21 Jul 2010 Posts: 441 City: GR
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Posted: Aug 29, 2010 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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ive done htat to, filled some coolers and bins with water, then took an tubing iner tube and put it in the bow then filled it. i also leave alittle bit of water in the hull |
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LKAwaketowake Newbie
Joined: 18 Jul 2010 Posts: 3 City: gaithersburg
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Posted: Aug 29, 2010 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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no i only have 5 in my boat they weight filled 250 each 2 in the engine 1 in the ski locker and 2 in the bow works great and if i wanna wakesurf i jst move 3 to the side and 2 in the front |
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kartman Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 1542 City: meridian, Idaho
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Posted: Aug 29, 2010 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Do you have any pics? You must have a ton of jugs in the boat _________________ trying to find a $5-7K usable saltare if anyone knows of one. |
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Dredd Outlaw
Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Posts: 117 City: Wichita
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Posted: Sep 02, 2010 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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Hrm, what's "some laundry bin"? |
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GuitsBoy Soul Rider
Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 397 City: Long Island
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Posted: Sep 03, 2010 7:44 am Post subject: |
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Ive done that too - probably 10 years ago. Four 18-gal rubbermaid storage bins. Spent an hour in the middle of the lake with people watching us bail water INTO the boat. _________________ Long Island, NY & Canada Lake, NY (addirondacks)
'92 MasterCraft ProStar 205, 285 HP, 1500 Lbs. ballast
'06 Obrien Natural & '08 CWB Zeus CT |
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Broccoli B Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 12 Jul 2003 Posts: 2670 City: Grand Rapids
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Posted: Sep 03, 2010 9:48 am Post subject: |
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I keep trying this and I just can't it to work. These are the Bin's I have.
_________________ Brent B
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hawkster0001 Soul Rider
Joined: 21 Jul 2010 Posts: 441 City: GR
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Posted: Sep 03, 2010 10:53 am Post subject: |
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hes probabyl using storage bins like this: |
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GuitsBoy Soul Rider
Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 397 City: Long Island
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Posted: Sep 03, 2010 10:56 am Post subject: |
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Maybe he fills it with water < 32* F ?? _________________ Long Island, NY & Canada Lake, NY (addirondacks)
'92 MasterCraft ProStar 205, 285 HP, 1500 Lbs. ballast
'06 Obrien Natural & '08 CWB Zeus CT |
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hawkster0001 Soul Rider
Joined: 21 Jul 2010 Posts: 441 City: GR
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Posted: Sep 16, 2010 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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another htinkg ive recently done, is take the tube you use for tubing behind boats, (preferably the ones with the large fill plugs) and then i basically used it just like a fat sack, then i was able to squeeze another in the front of the bow, no wake pics yet, maybe tonight but definetly not with me behind the boat, way to nasty out right now |
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neverwinter Criminal
Joined: 12 Aug 2010 Posts: 66
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Posted: Sep 16, 2010 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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GuitsBoy wrote: | Maybe he fills it with water < 32* F ?? |
does it weigh the same?? any science people in the house? |
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hawkster0001 Soul Rider
Joined: 21 Jul 2010 Posts: 441 City: GR
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Posted: Sep 16, 2010 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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actually ice would have less weight per cubic foot, since it expands when frozen |
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