Cheap Weight Alternatives?

Let me hear your, "How I weighted down my boat cheap" ideas. I know a lot of people use lead. Not sure how expensive it is. I've got 400 pounds of sand bags in my garage. Could I use that?

yes sand will work. it can get hard (almost like concrete) if it gets wet so be careful squeezing into tight places. it breaks up, its a PITA. you can pick up some construction type sand bags at most hardware stores

We used quickcrete at one point in 5 gallon buckets....not fun to take in and out but it worked till we got some sacks. Also we still use a twin air mattress in the locker today....cheap $15 investment!

i took the back seats out of the boat and built a box for a single waterbed mattress. if i remember, it was less than 10 bucks on ebay.

Several fat friends...I find four or so does the trick..plus one skinny chick to move around and balance the boat a little.

I posted this before, we went to the local tire shops and got old tire weights (free) then got some rubbermade containers and weighed them to about 50 lbs each & duct taped the lids on. You can move them around, locate under seats or were ever. I'm using about 400 lbs in my boat. total cost about $20.00 for the containers.

Big O' Tires gave me three 5 gallon buckets full of old tire weights. The lead was free, but you still have to contain it. I spent about $13.00 for each bag that held 50 pounds.

Sounds like a lot of work when one phone call can get you weight delivered for well under $1.00 per pound!!

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Sorry....I couldn't help myself!

0.025 per pound.

got some sand nice sand bags and then called up the army and they sent me a bunch of their duffel bags they send out to people intrested in joining. So i mangaed to fit two bags to a duffel and it works out great.

It's a new boat. Don't get cheap on us now. A few hundred dollars is nothing compared to the several thousands you just spent on the boat.

just buy a few fat sacs, at 100-150 each its hardly a huge investment. and you dont have to carry them in and out all the time. just fill them up while you park the trailer, on the way to your boarding spot, and while you get ready for the first pull.
gotta agree with aaron!
honestly, do not have cement filled buckets in your boat, it makes it sink even faster lol
fat sacs will be a good investment, honestly!

fat sacs are WELL worth the money...you can try so many set ups its sooo worth it!

Mcdonalds!

I use my dad's old freewieghts. He was getting rid of them since his heart valve won't allow for weight training anymore and I didn't need another 2000 lbs of weight for lifting. It's his cheap set he bought at Sears in the mid 1960's. They're basically round plastic containers full of sand. I just stick them wherever there's room. The only problem is that I have to remember to unload all of them since my Ford integrated bumper hitch can only pull 3500lbs and my boat is pushing that right now. (The actual vehicle is rated for 6000lbs so it's ok to leave them in rear of the Explorer while driving.)

water beds. There cheap and have the same connections as phat sacks.

In my first boat, I used the biggest plastic containers I could find at Big Lots and filled them with water. When we were done, we poured the water back into the lake and stacked them up. The boat did get a lot of water in it, but that is what the bilge is for, lol.

fat chicks

PENNIES! a thousand dollars worth will get you 550 to 600 pounds. then you can trade them in for your money back at the end of the season. Just don't loss any of them overboard.

By way of comparison pennies are expensive.