My Winter Projects

[gwhite94]

It adds a couple of steps but you could take the front set of wheels off the trailer for the turn into the garage. then throw them back on once in.

[JohnnieMo]

Very good thoughts.

By the time I encountered the problem we just pushed through. In future I would try one of these ideas. Hopefully someone else can learn from me!

Of note, once the boat was coming up the ramp the back wheels weren't touching anyways so it would be easy to slip out the dollys.

As a side note, these dollys worked better than I expected. I think they would work on asphalt too. Given that each wheel is only holding about 375lbs, they don't get stuck as easily as you would think. Further if each individual wheel is hitting bumps, the other three wheels can compensate.

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[wired1236]

I can relate as the fit into garage is tight also. No height issue but depth so I have to really angle it and it's only a 20 footer.

[JohnnieMo]

My Wake9 bags arrived today!

Are they supposed to be so drastically different port to starboard? One is longer and the other is taller. Seems odd. How do I know these are the correct Z1 bags? Which is port and which is starboard?



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[chpthril]

Since I sell similar plug n play sacs, I can tell you that the sac on the left, the short one, would be the starboard side and the sac on the right, the longer one, is the port side. FYI, you may need, which we typically supply.

[JohnnieMo]

I verified the sizes and they look to be correct. They were each folded up differently and gave the appearance of being quite different but they weren't.

But now the next issue. When is a Wally Plug, not a Wally Plug?





The one on the left is from an old fatsac I had laying around. The one on the right is the new one sent to me from Seca Marine. Notice the difference? My old one threads in fine, the new ones don't. Interestingly enough, they BOTH work on the old fatsac.

[chpthril]

A little silicone lube on the threads will reduce the friction.

[JohnnieMo]

They won't even start.... I think the threads are too fat. It's hard to tell in the picture but the new plugs have a 'dull' thread which won't even start. The other one works fine.

I'll just need to source some new ones.

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[chpthril]

So the supplied plugs, nor your old plug, will work in any of the new sacs' threaded ports? Ive seen some wake-9 sac pics with what looks to be either a garden hose thread fitting or a NPT fittings. I do not know who actually makes the sacs for Wake-9, but if its Fly High, then those fittings should work as they ARE Fly High sac plugs. A male pipe thread plug should thread into a female straight thread fittings, but neither a NTP or SMT will thread into a female garden hose fitting. Did the 3rd party supply any hose connection fittings? how are they fitting?

[JohnnieMo]

The old plug works in the old sac.
The old plug works in the new sac.
The new plug works in the old sac.
The new plug does not work in the new sac.

Clear as mud, right?

The new plugs are labelled fatsac right on the top, so I know who makes them. The threaded ports in the wake9 bag look identical to the ports in the old fatsac, but they must be slightly different.

The quick connects (W743 1-1/8" Quick Connect), work with both sacs. I think this just comes down to a manufacturing problem with that run of plugs, or that run of ports. Not sure which.

[JohnnieMo]

Seca Marine has confirmed none of their last shipment of wally plugs work in any of the bags they have in stock. I think this is a bad manufacturing run.....

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[Dandy]

The Fly High fittings should all fit in the Wake9 bags. I used the Wake9 bags and sourced the Fly High fittings through Chpthril without any threading issue. I would guess you are correct that that run of the plugs is a bad run.

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[JohnnieMo]

This is the type of thing that only happens to JohnnieMo.

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[SBM1234]

It appears in the photo above that the new plugs have a thicker thread profile versus your old one. Run them in and our of the old sac a few times to cut the threads down. Hopefully, that will remove enough material to allow them to screw into the new sacs? Just a thought.

[JohnnieMo]

I started pulling things apart. First step is to see why my front bags fill in a mere 2:30.

They don't immediately look to be twisted but it's hard to tell.



I no sooner got inside than my son shut me inside. It almost impossible to open the main hatch from the inside. Just fyi.....

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