Does any company make custom sacks?

stencil_king 02-11-2003, 12:09 PM

Is there any company that makes custom sacks for wake enhancement? Being able to have a custom sack make would really be helpful. Thanks!

jmccallum 02-11-2003, 12:18 PM

letsgoride.com is the best and cheapest!

liquidforcer88 02-11-2003, 4:24 PM

ill sell you a blow up mattress, u can fill it with water and then sleep on it... lol

stencil_king 02-11-2003, 7:21 PM

Good one Dave!

(peter_c) · (peter_c) **Join Date: Sep 2001** 02-11-2003, 7:37 PM

Most waterbed mattress manufacturers can build you any size bladder you want in 24 mil thickness which is thicker than any sack I have ever seen. How about a rectangle to fit into the rear sides of a V-drive, and completely fill the storage area. You can have them put the fill and drain where ever you want. And all this for less money...

(pjdave) · (pjdave) **Join Date: Oct 2002** 02-11-2003, 10:23 PM

Yeah we got custom sacks made for the front locker and side lockers for our old san. We got them made by the guys that make waterbeds. 3 sacks cost $180 austrlian dollars.

waterjunky 02-12-2003, 12:42 PM

What about here in the states...? Does anyone know the names of any water bed mattress manufactures?

jmccallum 02-12-2003, 1:10 PM

I screwed around with waterbed manufacturers and gave up. The vinyl they use (either .02 or .028) gets punctured easily. I was quoted well over $100 (I can't remember the exact number)

The LGR sacs are made out of Zodiac boat materials which is very, very tough. Mine rubs against a fibreglass edge in my ski locker and is still just fine! The water bed tubes I used before got holes the first day.

I paid under $100 for a 750 lbs custom fitted sac that uses every inch of my ski locker complete with real fittings. The LGR sac doesn't care that I slid wakeboards with fins over them!

I'm not going back to waterbed junk but suit yourself! Jus (Jean Chrétien imatation) my $.02

(mcsammamish) · (mcsammamish) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 02-12-2003, 1:18 PM

James, where did you get the big sacks from?

(mossy44) · (mossy44) **Join Date: Oct 2001** 02-12-2003, 1:40 PM

i am interested in the same. james, got a number, website, or any other info?

chris_hargis 02-12-2003, 1:45 PM

I back James up on the waterbed mattress angle. I checked with about 10 different manufacturers and the cheapest one was going to be about $300 for 2 small bladders and 1 large one. Lets Go Ride had a better offer than any of the waterbed places.

chris_hargis 02-12-2003, 1:46 PM

I back James up on the waterbed mattress angle. I checked with about 10 different manufacturers and the cheapest one was going to be about $300 for 2 small bladders and 1 large one. Lets Go Ride had a better offer than any of the waterbed places. Try letsgoride.com

tombugg 02-12-2003, 3:02 PM

Check out Fluid Concepts. Killer gear.

http://www.fluidconcepts.net

stencil_king 02-12-2003, 6:08 PM

Tom,
I couldn't find any sacks at the fluidconcepts website? Have you seen any from there?

(mcsammamish) · (mcsammamish) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 02-12-2003, 8:20 PM

Is hippo systems around anymore?

jmccallum 02-13-2003, 5:50 AM

Hippo is dead or should be. There are a couple of threads about people who got riped off by them.

http://www.letsgoride.com/index.html

They used to have a phone number but it's not on the web site anymore! I'll look for it.

This is a pic of the ski locker sac full (~750 lbs). The sac is 75" long when full. If I had put a fat sac in the locker, I estimated I would have only got about 350 lbs into it! One point though. Be very careful about filling any ski locker sac...you could damage your boat.