cheapest way to fill fat-sacs

wakeman101 · Outlaw Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 104 City: ATL

wats the ceheapest way to fill up fat sacs? i was thinking of sticking a hose in the sac and filling it up that way and just empety the sacs in the boat and bilge the water out

any1 ever done that? if so does it work good?

ridinaz · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 257 City: Scottsdale

Go get a pump man. Fill them up when you hit the lake and just reverse the pump when you leave to pump the water out. Dont dump the water into your boat, your bilge pump probably isn't set up to handle thousands of gallons of water. You'll burn it up. You can get a good pump for like $75.

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Jul 05, 2005 4:14 pm Post subject:

wakeman101, I have done that. It works ok, But it take a bit of time.

AirProfile · Addict Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 602 City: Brookfield

actually ridinaz, that's exactly what bilge pumps are meant for to remove the water quickly and efficient from the boat so when it's takeing on water automatically goes on or when tis' sinking.

also be carful wit ya carpets
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ridinaz · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 257 City: Scottsdale

AirProfile, I hear what you are saying. I know what a bilge pump does. Boats are not supposed to take on that much water. In my old boat (Mobius) I had two 800lb sacs. Do you know how much water that is. Why would you not just get a pump and let it do the work. Also you don't have to trailer all that water by not filling up at the house. That not good for your boat.

pointblank12 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 313

lets not even start the trailer discussion thing. I myself dont do it, but the dealership around here said that the weight is so evenly distributed on the trailer, it dont matter.

Mitchell · Posted: Jul 06, 2005 8:08 am Post subject:

But then your boats gunna get really wet.

srh00z · Outlaw Joined: 09 Nov 2003 Posts: 128 City: Birmingham

You don't put thousands of gallons of water in fat sacs, but your bilge pump is still not the best bet for emptying. To answer the pump question, I went to Wal Mart and bought Attwood 750 GPH aerator pumps and some hose and it works great, takes about 10 minutes for me to fill my 50 gallon tanks (per tank). The pumps aren't reversible, but you just switch the pump around to pump the water out. The ones I bought were about 20 dollars apiece.

Junkee · Posted: Jul 06, 2005 8:53 am Post subject:

dude, I bought a 600gph Live Bait well pump for $15 bucks at Sports Authority. then bought 10 feet of hose from Ace hardware for about 10$. add a few clamps 1.99$, and maybe some electrical with and butte end connectors, and your will be all set!

all for under $30.

plus lake water is free. if you fill up at home...your water bill will likey go up. and that is no bueno!

Board2die · Outlaw Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 244 City: Sacramento

Everyone that said you can burn your bilge pump out pumping that much water out is absolutely right. You do not want that pump working that hard for that amount of time. If you do not want to buy a pump, just fill the sacks up before you leave home and pull the drain plug on the boat on the ramp at the end of the day.

intotheflats · Posted: Jul 06, 2005 10:08 am Post subject:

I always just use water, it comes right out of the lake and its free Wink

tequilasun · Newbie Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 40 City: Anywhere

P in it

jbt200 · Posted: Jul 06, 2005 11:25 am Post subject:

definitly jsut buy or make a pump gonna be the cheapest way

rybassett17 · Addict Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 562 City: Cadillac

your seriously thinkng about just letting the water out in the boat..... Smile

hahahahaaha let us all know how that works out for you

AOliver · Posted: Jul 06, 2005 12:10 pm Post subject:

tequilasun, Laughing

Kewlboarder27r · Soul Rider Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 497 City: Mound

i like tequilasun's way but you would half to drink alot of tequilla for that to happen

wkbrdr · Posted: Jul 06, 2005 1:11 pm Post subject:

the cheapest way would be to run a garden hose to them

ridinaz · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 257 City: Scottsdale

Fasha · Newbie Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 3

Thousands of gallons? WTF?

If you have a 2,000 lb ballast system, you are talking about 240 gallons.

At 1.7 cents per cubic foot (here in the city) I believe that is about 53 cents per fill-up.

wkbrdr · Posted: Jul 06, 2005 2:13 pm Post subject:

ridinaz just got flamed by a newbie

Hockeyplayer · Posted: Jul 06, 2005 2:20 pm Post subject:

Fasha · Newbie Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 3

ridinaz · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 257 City: Scottsdale

Enzoborder230 · Posted: Jul 06, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject:

fat sacs are for pussys, get a tarp and cover the interior and just fill up the inside of your boat!
that actually would be kinda cool, if you cold find a way to keep the driver seat, and to hold down the tarp, you could have something to swim in!
who needs a lake

Blake · Posted: Jul 06, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject:

wkbrdr · Posted: Jul 07, 2005 7:41 am Post subject:

Enzoborder230 · Posted: Jul 07, 2005 9:00 am Post subject:

sarcasm* cough cough

wkbrdr · Posted: Jul 07, 2005 9:43 am Post subject:

its hard to read sarcasm on a forum...

ridinaz · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 257 City: Scottsdale

AndyAndy · Addict Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 660 City: cutchogue

The absolute cheapest way would probably pic up about 30 homeless guys on your way to the lake. just throw em on the roof or something. Then when you get there, have them all pee in your ballast tank. At 0$ per homeless guy, each time you fill up it will cost you (0x30)=0$!!!! Plus you can throw a couple of em in the boat and use them as ballast to.

Kampus-slide · Addict Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 527 City: Tucson

jflo452, excelent idea

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timjpharmd · Newbie Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 29 City: Ft Wayne

I bought a pump on e-bay for ~$40.

HOWEVER, the stated 9' wire/cable was 6' - not long enough to reach where it needed.

I bought some similar wire at Radio Shack for (little $, I forget how much).

The seller gave me a partial refund on the pump when I asked for it.

All's well that ends well.

bighitbiker3 · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 386 City: Seattle

EBAY is you friend man dont fu** up your boat just to save 40 bucks and you wont regret getting it.

ballywho · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 1725

Fasha, excellent post. If you think of the weight of water an 800# fat sac is 100 gallons. My bilge pump will do that in 3 min. give or take.
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platinumsubstance · Criminal Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 92 City: Austin

just use your neighbor's hose when they're not looking and your buddy's car to tow your boat. problem solved!