04 SANTE 210 Bags

[SignitrSideways]

Hi All -

Long time browser, first time poster - finally starting to get more into it. Had a question on a few things.
First off, I've read a lot about how people are weighting their boats. I'm finally going to pull the trigger on some additional ballast, but am not sure how to approach it. I know there are the 'packages' like the W760 from flyhigh. My dealer is asking about 700 big ones for parts alone. I like the automation of it, but I'm wondering if it's worth the money.

Being that I'm not rich and that would kill the majority of my gas money for the summer and prolly part of next, would it be wiser just go ebay hunting for something like the $70/$120 Aerial set of 2 bags for 700/1100lbs and put it over the rear tanks??

Links to ebay sales here & here

If I were to only get the rear two bags, would this be suffucient with the belly ballast full and someone sitting up front, or would this be too butt heavy? Should I go with the 700 or 1100 lbs? So many questions hopefully you all have some opinions that you would like to share.

Thanks for your help

[gride300]

the best thing to do is get a pair of the fly high wedge sacs, the bow sac, and a tsunami pump. it might seem like alot, but you need weight in the bow and these these don't let you down on durability/longevity. sometimes the caps get screwed up after about a year. teflon tape on the threads helps keep things tight. you cannot have wedge sacs w/o bow weight. being lazy the other day my buddy and i tried it and we porpoises the whole time with 250 in lead in the bow already. i would ask on here and look on ebay. i only recommend the giant bow sac because it's cheaper, but the triangle one works well too.
http://www.buywake.com/catalog/detail/FL_HppWd
http://www.buywake.com/catalog/detail/FL_vX2n1
http://www.buywake.com/catalog/detail/FL_ePkUY

[seanxtreme3000]

i just orderd 2x700 aerial bags and 2 flat sacks i think 250lbs each all i am going to do is have my overflow pipe run into the bags and then the overflow pipe from the bags run into the stock outlets all sitting on the tanks in the back . the front im gonna do the same but havent figured out how yet with one overflor for 2 bags, maybe a Y fitting off the overflow

[johnboyy7]

Pull the hard tanks, pipe in the 750s, lay a 250 on the bow cushions, 250 in walkway. I installed auto valves and love them.

[ajmac]

I don't run a ton of weight in my '02 but we get a great wake with the 2 stock tanks in the back, a 600lb bag in the belly and a 400lb bag across the bow. Right now, it's the most economical thing I can do and I'm not sure if I will ever need to upgrade unless I was to use an integrated bow sack for the front. But that's 1500lbs and some buddies and our wake is a lot of fun. Just my .02.

[SignitrSideways]

thanks for the feedback guys... It seems like since I often have a lot of ppl ridin in the boat, the best choice is to integrate the system and just make it automated... I can't justify having a sack taking up the bow.. i want to save that space for the ladies haha

but seriously, with the two rear locker bags running about 200, the front another 200, and the pump another 100, i'm only 100 short of getting all of the parts necessary for the overspill automated system.

looks like it may be worth it.

[gride300]

plumbing in the wedge sacs in the rear lockers is very simple and pretty cheap. you need 4 barbs, 4 connects, 2 over flow plugs, and some hose. take factory overflow line and run it to the sac closer to the rear seat back, and then make a u shaped piece that goes behind the hard tank and attach that to the top of the sac and hook to over flow port on hull. put the plugs in when water starts coming out and the sacs will fill.

[jward]

I did the piggy back thing for a while. Pretty good set up. Ditched that and pulled the hard tanks. Found 2 flyhigh 750's on wake world or ebay (can't remember). Also found an integrated bow sack. Plumbed that in and don't regret it. Pulling the hard tanks was the best thing I ever did. Makes everything easier. Had a pump go out last week. Ordered a new one. Took 5 min to replace. Can't imagine the headache had the hard tanks still been there. Down fall of this set up is that you will want to reprop the boat. Trust me its worth it. Wake is perfect and super fun.