Post your Ballast Set Up

[barry1me]

2012 Tige RZR
Full front 400lbs plus one passenger
Surf side rear 250 hard tank plus 750lbs fat sac
TAPS 3-5 dependent on side and passengers
10-6-11.0mph

[IDBoating]

This has been documented before, but:

2009 24Ve with "ultra-ballast" setup
Both rear lockers gutted to the hull and transom for maximum ballast volume
Batteries, TAPS pump, etc. repositioned behind engine
Custom Fly High aft fat sacs, each over ten feet long
Fly High horseshoe-shaped front fat sac
1600 GPH pumps for rear, 1200 GPH pumps for front
1200 GPH aft crossover pumps
Y-adapters for rear to reduce effect of fat sac fitting constriction (~20% reduction in fill time)

View of one of the fat sacs partially inflated with air (my then 9YO son provides scale):



We all surf normal side at the moment, so most of our photos are of the port side:

[tigeidaho]

2002 23V, two enzo bags in rear lockers. prob get 800 lbs in stb locker and 1000lbs in port. Running a 350 lbs bag in walkway and will be adding more to the front to dial in wave. We run around 10.5 to 11 mph and about 3 on taps. Any more and it seems to wash. Sorry no pics yet.

[Dan C]

2012 z1

1100lbs rear locker port side
350lbs walkway
400lbs in front (we've try an additionnal 400 on front seat....it was perfect, I'll need an other sac :P)

taps 3
9,4-9,8 mph

[Ewok]

My setup is about 1150 in the rear corner and the 400 U shaped bow sac full up front, speed is 11.8 with taps at 4 with 3 adults in the boat, 1 driver and the other 2 sitting on the surf side, and my 2 kids in the bow on the surf side. If we don't have extra adults I place a 150 sac on top of the surf V-locker and another on the surf bow seat.

[halfwatt]

2006 22ve
1100 each rear compartment (pretty sure I'm only gettin around 900 due to compartment space)
300-ish each side bow though I've yet to use it.
All plumbed

1st pic- 11.5 mph taps @3 just me and the mrs. Surf side 3/4filled
2nd pic 13mph taps @3 driver and 2 passengers surf side. Surf side filled 3/4

[hycosurf]

2013 Z3
wakeboarding
pro ballast 2300 lbs full
700lb sac on top of front cooler
23.2mph
taps at 4-5
80 ft line length
this wake is ridiculous!

[Formulaz]

Waboating and ruger -

Great tips thanks! You're not kidding when you say get in close

I've tried to squeeze another 250 lb sac on top/beside the 540lb in the rear locker. I think a single 750 would work nice but for now I'm pretty happy with this wave.

Now I just need to plumb in this system ImageUploadedByTapatalk1375252976.082068.jpg

[Ruger761]

Looking good. It takes a little bit to get the right ballast combination adn then just pulling into that sweet spot. I did some reweight myself this past weekend and made all the difference in the push. Now i just need to get a few different sacs to make the fit better. And a plumbed in system or partial system is on my list as well.

[skyler0801]

I also have a 21i, ride goofy, I have a two 250 pounds in rear locker side by side on driver side. and a 750 directly behind driver. and one small 50 pound in locker in front of driver. any ideas to make this a even better wave?

[skindog44]

Surf setup,
1100lbs in rear locker, jumbo surf sac
Ultimate surf sac on t rear corner seat, 500
700lb bowsac
Have to manually fill t bow and surf sac
Mounted pump on back of seat in engine compartment, so i can hear it running, (or not burning up),
W runs to both rear compartments, holding t jumbo sacs.
pics coming soon
we surf at 10-10.5 w taps at 4

[MooseX]

05 24V'

2000 lb. Custom fit Rear sacs (Duffy's design)
Nautique 280's (mid ship under consoles)
Nautique 280's up front (probably fill 80%)
2 155 'Oprah' bricks on swim platform
1 155 'Oprah' brick on the floor in rear (moves to surf side)

Close to 3k total. Add 3 or 4 people and fogetta' bout it..

Taps on 5 for this Starboard side wave. 360 ft. deep Lake Tahoe.
Check out the rub rail...but still plenty of freeboard..love the tige

[WorktoLive]

We followed Ragboys suggestions and took weight out of the bow and put more in the back. We now run 900 rear locker and 400 in the coffin, TAP's is 5.5 and speed is 10.5

[Surf406]

2014 rz2 with the vx. Factory pro ballast with 1400lbs on each side in rear corners

[travis11holland]

2000 23V

1100 rear hatch starboard side
300 under seat behind the driver where the cooler was
725 under bow seats busting at the seams

speed right around 11 mph
taps really depends on how many people we have in the boat

Surf wave is really strong... May add some weight this off season to try to get some more length.

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