I have another question. :-) How wide (and deep) is a Taps2 plate?

[Waterski-Rebel]

Well, the boat fits into the garage where I store it now. I can't imagine it being much different then mine. If it is, then I am screwed!!

1Lab - Which trailer do you have? Mine is on an extreme

[zad0030]

Is this a 2 car garage?

We put our boat in diagnally

[Guest]

Well, the boat fits into the garage where I store it now. I can't imagine it being much different then mine. If it is, then I am screwed!!

1Lab - Which trailer do you have? Mine is on an extreme

Mine is on a Trailmaster Vanguard built in Mishiwaka,Indianna so it probably won't compare. It gave me hell for a couple of months both length and height. Got length including Taps Plate down to 20' 3". I never worried about height when I bought it but was concerned with length so it was part of my sales contract. They landed up customizing the foldback tongue and the bunks so that the boats water intake and speedo impellor did not touch the bunks so they could pull the boat a few inches further up on the trailer which gives me taps clearance.

When we confirmed the length was correct I decided to look at height and found out I was screwed. It cost a little over 5 bills to mod the trailer.

I hope yours fits height wise.

[Waterski-Rebel]

1Lab - The boat is 20' long, and the taps plate is 9" deep. How did you get everything down to 20' 3"?

zad0030 - it is a 2 car stall, but my wife needs to get her car in there too.

[Guest]

Good Question , but when we measured it the Taps plate I believe was in the full up position. I measured three times and dealer also measured and independent of each other we came up with 20'3". I have 21' plus in my gargage depth so I wasn't overly concerned with length once height bit me in the butt

II would re-measure for you but the boat is 50 miles away at Reeds Marine. I pick up April 18th and will have fun getting it in the door and where it needs to go in stall #2.

[zad0030]

zad0030 - it is a 2 car stall, but my wife needs to get her car in there too.

Ah, I see. We sacrafice the garage to the boat.

I know on my boat that the taps plate is somewhat covered by the transom, becuase it sticks out. I dont know if this is the same on yours.

[Tanner]

What is your exterior? Brick? If so, you can make it work. You have 3.5" for your 1/2" sheet rock, then 3.5" for your 2x4 wall, then your 1/2 OSB sheating, so there's 4.5" inches. Then you probably have a 4" brick pocket, of which your brick (depending on your brick) eats up about 3". So you gain another inch. Subject whatever thickness of board you use for your back plate. So we're roughly at 5" w/ a possibility of a bit more.

As someone else said.... the Taps plate actually sticks back in beneath the transom 2 or 3 inches. Then subject a maybe an inch or two b/c you can gain that by putting the taps all the way up. You've now picked up about 9 inches. If it's to tight, I would think you can pick up the extra room by angling the boat, and still leave enough room for your wife. Good luck

[Waterski-Rebel]

Well, after a couple of hours measuring this morning, and cutting 2 holes in my drywall, I think I can make it work. I will have to move 1 stud over about to the left 3-4 inches, and possible one on the right a few inches too. The thing that may cause me a problem is I have a ton of wires to the left of where I need to build this box. I hope I have enough slack to push them to the side. If all of this works well, I then need to move a vertical (duct) stack that is currently 30" wide, by 20" deep. It will be a lot of work, but worth it if I can get the boat in my garage, and not have to pay for storage.

[kko]

will you save some room if you store it taps plate down/slalom mode?

[Carter13]

Sell your house and find one with a garage that will accomodate your boat. If you start cutting the wall and getting into your closet then you better be willing to repair it when you go to sell it. Sounds like an all around pain in the a$$ no matter which way you select.

Good luck

[Waterski-Rebel]

kko - I don't know. I'll find out this weekend.

Being a Tige Newb - Does the plate reset to slalom everytime you turn off the key, or does it stay where you left it?

Carter13 - Moving would be my last option. Leaving the boat where I currently keep it is much closer to the top of the list.

[MRMoffat1]

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Being a Tige Newb - Does the plate reset to slalom everytime you turn off the key, or does it stay where you left it?

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stays

[Tanner]

Ok... that's so weird... for some reason when I typed subtract earlier, my laptop replaced that w/ "subject" when I ran spell check. WEIRD.

[zad0030]

kko - I don't know. I'll find out this weekend.

Being a Tige Newb - Does the plate reset to slalom everytime you turn off the key, or does it stay where you left it?

Carter13 - Moving would be my last option. Leaving the boat where I currently keep it is much closer to the top of the list.

It depends, If you have the hydralic then it will stay but if yoiu have the electric it resets to wakeboard when shut off.

[Waterski-Rebel]

Ok, I have the boat at home, and I can almost get it into the garage, and a very slight angle. I have to push on the garage door so it doesn't hit the trailer.

The Taps plate is 9" deep, but the top of the transom sticks out 6" more then the bottom, so you really only need to worry about 3 - 4" of the plate. If you have a garage that is 20' 4" deep, a 20V will fit, it will be snug, but it will fit.

I will post some pics of how close the taps plate and toe hook are to the wall.

I am going to go forward, and re-do my garage. I am also going to build some small boxes in the wall (don't have to go into the closet) to give me a little more space.