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    Lead or Bigger Bags

    I have 50lb bags in the console area for the driver and passenger side. What is best, larger bags or adding lead?

    #2
    Originally posted by my1sttige View Post
    I have 50lb bags in the console area for the driver and passenger side. What is best, larger bags or adding lead?
    I would always go with bag first. If you have a problem lead sinks and you can bail the water. Plus lead is always going to weight the boat and with bags you can empty it out when you want. Improves the fuel economy of the boat.
    Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
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      #3
      i think it's each to his own. I have lead, and love it! You can move it around and make your wake perfect for every person. I think it's each to his own.
      Originally posted by G-MONEY
      It hurts me to say it but go OU but only for this weekend!!!!

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        #4
        I have read that some states outlaw the use of solid ballast material since it does not become neutral if the boat takes on water. To much lead will take a hull to the bottom if it takes on water and liquid ballast will not. Be careful...

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          #5
          I like lead and have some, but would limit how much you use for the reasons above. In addition, I wonder how the trailer holds up with an extra 500 pounds of lead in the boat. Not to mention that the stress points on the hull are very different when a boat is trailered vs being on the water. I would prefer to have the hull as light as possible when out of the water.
          Be excellent to one another.

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            #6
            This dude we were talking to with a little bit older nautique had a lot of lead and it actually flexed the hull so much that his windshield would not close any longer because they overlapped about 2 inches.

            I like sacs since you can empty them and not effect ride and fuel economy full-time. I might start using a couple hundred pounds of lead since it is easier to move around and "tune" the wake.

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              #7
              Great point on the ability to unload the ballast. The lead is there full time and the water can come and go. Moving a couple hundred lbs. of lead around the boat is about the same as shifting riders, just not as quick.

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                #8
                I use some lead and use bags for majority of weight. Lead is nice for some slight weight where you always want it. (front compartments in my boat). Putting it in and out of boat is a PITA. But since it is small it allows you to still have room for storage. Lead is dense, (I guess we knew that) and that's why we like it...takes up less room. But one negative side effect of it's density is that it creates more load (stress ) concentration then bags. Like mntsmith talked about , I also have a boat that if I load the ski locker up with all my lead (about 800lbs) it flexes the boat enough that windshield does not close properly. I expect the same would happen with any boat. Boats are by nature flexy things so they don't crack and when you load them in ways the hull designers didn't anticipate...they flex lots. How much can you flex them......that is the million dollar question. Long term effects....?????? depends on boat construction, weight , type of weight and water conditions. I talked to pro at the Miami boat show and he said he put 3-4k lbs. plus factory ballast in everything he rides. But he gets free boats often so I would not use that a limit .

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                  #9
                  Hate to buy one of his boats used...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by TigeDuner View Post
                    Hate to buy one of his boats used...
                    I agree....
                    "I want to know God's thoughts, the rest are just details"

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                      #11
                      No doubt, I used to race motocross and have several friends are are professionals. (I was not a pro...B class). You don't want to own a used motocross bike from them either. I guess the rule is never buy a recreational thing from a professional, they try to kill it in ways you can only dream of. :-)

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                        #12
                        I think I would still buy one of these boats used, if it was still from the right person. I mean you know who takes care of their stuff, and who doesn't




                        I'm not using that much lead, at most 400 lbs in the total boat. I'm not concerned with it, if the boat sinks, i get money I feel though I am careful, so thank you for the concern.

                        Oh yeah, my lead is in 50 pound tubes, so it's not a ton of weight all in one place.
                        Last edited by Domsz06; 03-06-2007, 07:16 PM.
                        Originally posted by G-MONEY
                        It hurts me to say it but go OU but only for this weekend!!!!

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