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[dougofkc]

Re: Re: Re: Re: weight for Tige

Originally posted by Moki
Doug,
Thanks for the information, very useful. So, did you get your fat sac in by stuffing it through the hole? I assume you ran your hoses along the side of the gas tank. Where are your drain holes located for that sac? One last question, what kind of a sac did you use up there?

I currently have a 580lbs bag up there. I had to run my feed line across the top of the fuel tanks as I used 1 1/8th lines everywhere and they were a bit to fat to go on the side of the tank. I have a 11/8 drain port on my starboard side for draining and venting this and the nose sac. I run 3 ports on all bags 1 fill, 1 drain, and 1 vent. The vent line for the front uses the same exit port but I have a 1 way valve in the line. The fat Sac I have in the floor only had 2 ports so I cut a hole in the bag and put a Tsunami pump right in the back of it. Keep your hole small and tighted the back nut good and this is a great solution for more ports and draining off the bottom of old style baqs. I guess I only get about 400 lbs in the floor. I've considered custom ordering a v shaped sac but figure why spend the cash when this one works just fine!

[Moki]

That sounds like an awesome setup! I am going to get ballast added, I just don't know if I will be able to get it done this winter or wait until summer. I have a ton of other projects that I will be working on. Did you use the rival system or something else?

[dougofkc]

That sounds like an awesome setup! I am going to get ballast added, I just don't know if I will be able to get it done this winter or wait until summer. I have a ton of other projects that I will be working on. Did you use the rival system or something else?

I just built my own with parts from E-Bay and various online marine dealers. $450 for a system that fills 2K lbs in 4-6 minutes and dumps just as fast. Who needs Rival?

[talltigeguy]

When I install my next system, I will do it like Doug. Over the winter if I can. Part of my problem was that I could not do the entire thing at once. I was using the boat as I was installing it.

The advantage of the Rival system was that it saved me the time and effort of ordering everything or going to the hardware store frequently. Unfortunately, they didn't perfectly live up to my expectations, but it did save me a lot of time and effort on that front.

I would order all of the parts and then all of the tools, and hope not to have to make many other trips to the hardware store.