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Originally Posted by durty_curt
But I still hate guess-timating how much the 1000# sac needs to be filled.
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I have 750 lb sacs in the back of my 23' V-drive. Fly high rates these at 950 lbs fully expanded and they are what I'd call "fully expanded" in my compartments. It takes 12 mins to fill with the 800 GPH Tsunami pump. This is with one fill pump for each bag, all 3/4" hose, fittings and what not. If you went to 1" hose and the Rule 1100 or Tsunami 12,00 you'd probably see fill times in the neighborhood of 10 minutes. This is factoring in the fact that you'd probably have more hose going between the intake and the bag on a bow sac vs. right next to the intake on my rear bags.
The nice thing about plumbing it in vs. lead or manual filling is that you can multi task. Yeah you might be able to move the lead in less than 10 minutes but you'd be slightly worn out afterwards and you won't have accomplished anything else. With the plumbed in bag you flip the switch the moment the hull touches the water and by the time your tow vehicle driver parks the truck, walks back to the dock, you pick him up, setup the rope, idle through a no wake zone, wait for the first rider to get completely ready, etc. the bag is full.
I just did mine a couple of months ago and it's been so much better than filling bags with portable pumps:
https://picasaweb.google.com/1141678...ISU_smm9bKfpwE
The bad part is that it's more expensive than I would have expected. You're probably looking at about $3-400 just to plumb in your existing bow sac with nice OEM style switches, bronze intake w/ shutoff, fly high/flow-rite quick disconnects, high quality hose, odds and ends, etc.