2013 R20 surf bag to hard tank connection

[13R20]

I have a 2013 R20 with the base 900lbs hard tanks. We ordered the additional surf bags directly from Tige and I am in the process of installing them. My bags have 4 holes, 2 in the top and 2 in the bottom. The 2 in the top are fairly easy, they t off of the fill and the vent. It is my understanding that the 2 bottom holes connect to the hard tanks below the floor.

The question that I have is how and where do these connect? I was hoping that I didn't have to remove the floor above those hard tanks, but maybe someone can help explain how I would do that too, it I need to to get access.

Thanks,

[Bobert]

I have a 2013 R20 with the base 900lbs hard tanks. We ordered the additional surf bags directly from Tige and I am in the process of installing them. My bags have 4 holes, 2 in the top and 2 in the bottom. The 2 in the top are fairly easy, they t off of the fill and the vent. It is my understanding that the 2 bottom holes connect to the hard tanks below the floor.

The question that I have is how and where do these connect? I was hoping that I didn't have to remove the floor above those hard tanks, but maybe someone can help explain how I would do that too, it I need to to get access.

Thanks,

Do not remove your floor, part of the floor folds up. All you should have to do is remove about 4 screws on each side. I'll load a few pics once I get back to my phone in about 20 minutes.

[Bobert]

Do not remove your floor, part of the floor folds up. All you should have to do is remove about 4 screws on each side. I'll load a few pics once I get back to my phone in about 20 minutes.

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Take the quick release door off where you can see the battery and steering pump on each side. Then you take the top 3 screws out of the box where your battery (port side) and steering pump (starboard) are located.. then you cab simply lift up the floor which is hinged about 5-6 inches from the sides of the boat. Lifting the hinged part gives you access to the hard tank which has 2 plugged ports on each tank. You'll want to use a hole saw after you get the lines ran to bring the hoses through the floor to the added ballast bags. If you feel it's complicated, then you are over thinking it

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[chpthril]

Just note, those sacs are not plug-n-play on a boat built with base level ballast. Theres no plumbing for it.

[13R20]

I appreciate all the help on this. I won't get back to it until this weekend, but I promise to post some additional thoughts after its done

Thanks

[13R20]

Just to recap my experience over the weekend: Bobert is accurate in steps that needed to be done to find those two plugged ports in the hard tanks. I had to take out my second battery because I have the switch and EIDB. I just moved it off to the side and then unscrewed the battery base. Once this was out of the way I could flip that piece of the floor up. The other thing people should know if they tackle this is that my hard tank was at a slight angle and the back plug was inaccessible. I tried to slide the tanks towards the motor, but that wasn't happening. what I ended up doing was teeing the two ports in my soft bag together and drained them into the single hard tank port that I could get an 90 deg elbow onto. I have filled and drained a couple of times now and everything appears to function correctly. And yes, with only a couple people in the boat it makes a huge difference. Thanks again for the help.

[Bobert]

Just to recap my experience over the weekend: Bobert is accurate in steps that needed to be done to find those two plugged ports in the hard tanks. I had to take out my second battery because I have the switch and EIDB. I just moved it off to the side and then unscrewed the battery base. Once this was out of the way I could flip that piece of the floor up. The other thing people should know if they tackle this is that my hard tank was at a slight angle and the back plug was inaccessible. I tried to slide the tanks towards the motor, but that wasn't happening. what I ended up doing was teeing the two ports in my soft bag together and drained them into the single hard tank port that I could get an 90 deg elbow onto. I have filled and drained a couple of times now and everything appears to function correctly. And yes, with only a couple people in the boat it makes a huge difference. Thanks again for the help.

I got the goofy side done and installed, you beat me or I could have told you this...

On the hard tanks in the rear, I could pull them upwards about 3inches... just enough to get the elbow and new port in on the rear side of the tank... Basically I placed my hand under the tank in between the two factory plugs and was able to pull upwards on the tank. This allowed me to get the plug and elbow installed and then set the tank down. When I pryed the tank upwards I used an old adjustable wrench and wedged it between the tank and the side of the boat to keep the tank up so I could screw it in.

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[nickbommer]

Is there any way you can include everything you had to buy for this project and how much it all cost? Maybe a finished pic. I was thinking of doing this but was told it was not possible. Great Job!!