Factory Ballast tank dimensions

[lee]

Front tank= 20"x16.5"x11"
Rear tank= 49"x20.5"x9"

Go figure!

[lee]

Guessing

Front= 131.08
Rear = 399.01

[holiday13]

I am coming up with (off your measurements) 5.23 cubic feet of water in the front tank. Each cubic foot has 7.48 gallons, therefor giving 39.12 gallons at 8 pounds a gallon equals 312.96 pounds. All measurements and conversions I found at www.onlineconversion.com

Front tank I am coming up with 2.1 cubic feet of water times 7.48 gallons per cubic foot equals 15.708 gallons times 8 pounds a gallon gives a mear 125.664 pounds. So the factory system comes in at 877.248 pounds.

[Tige M.D.]

the guys here at the shop think anything over 1800lbs. is dagerous. the boats steering gets lazy. i've heard of people putting so much ballast in
their boats (not a tige) that they won't turn. just leaned over and kept
going straight. not good.

[Gardyloo03]

I am not an engineer but i have had it explained to me that the use of excessive weight is silly for the fact that due to hyrdrodynamics you can only add so much effective weight to a boat. anything past that doesnt do anything to the wake size it just gives the boat bad driving characteristics.

[holiday13]

I can say that I had 1600 pounds of ballast in my 24v with 10 adults and the boat was slower to react but still turned OK. I was suprised though that the added weight of all the people did not help the wake that much, we were surfing at the time, but I found a better surf wake with 6 people and about 1000 pounds, goes along with what Gardyloo03 said.

[brd4fun]

As for the Factory Ballast I have been asking for months to get an actual weight. So ya to Lee for finally getting a weight.

If you are interested in adding more weight, the bag Lee has designed for the bow is great (looks great and is should add around 600 lbs) With a 22 or 24V it is very important to have as much weight if not more in the bow of the boat.

I am on my 4th Tige and have never been able to over-load mine, since the new design when it changed to the 22V from the 21V.

My last boat 03 22V had a custom ballast put in by Lee it had around 2,300 lbs + 600 lbs of lead and the wake rocked it was better than any other boat I have ever ridden behind, add 8 people and prepare to break a few more boards.

[Gardyloo03]

Lee im looking for a custom ballast system for my 22v what can you do?

[lee]

We just use a modified Rival system tuned to our liking. We try to adapt to the customers needs. Like the guy [B]brd4fun[/B[ he wants a wake big enough that he can go out and break any wakeboard into two parts on a fashion air.

[Matt Garcia]

Originally posted by lee
[B]Like the guy brd4fun[/B[ he wants a wake big enough that he can go out and break any wakeboard into two parts on a fashion air.

Shoot, fashion airs are saaweett, thats a technical move.

brd4fun, do you have a picture of that wake? I bet that thing is a beast.

[lee]

Here is one from his boat surfing. As you can see there is some human ballast in the picture.

[Matt Garcia]

Drooling, Droooling....

Very nice! You shouldnt have to hold the rope with that size of a wave!

[holiday13]

Lee, how does he have his weight distributed in the boat to get that wake? We were playing the last part of the summer and did not have a wake nearly as nice. What speed also? Thanks

[brd4fun]

I had two Tige Pro sacs on each side of the engine (approx weight 7 to 8 hendred lbs each) Two Rival bags in the bow (250 to 325 lbs each)
4 Tige carpeted lead bars in the front area (100 lbs each) two additional Tige carpeted lead bars mid area (100 lbs each) also add 4 to 5 people all on the side of the boat where someone is surfing and toward the rear of the boat.
We normally set the Perfect Pass at 13 MPH with TAPS on 5 the wake is always better on the left side. Too bad for me as I am Goofy foot.

I will look and see if I have a pic of the wake while wakeboarding as it really rocks.

My 5 year old can barely see over the wake.

[brd4fun]

I meant to say two Tige Pro sacks, One on each side.