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Mastercraft PiggyBack Rear Factory Ballast Upgrade  



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  • Our Piggyback solution for Mastercraft boats includes everything you need to expand the capacity of your factory rear ballast tanks, and still have everything be completely automated.
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Mastercraft PiggyBack Rear Factory Ballast Upgrade

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Our Price: $29.95

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Available Colors: Grey

What's Included

Owner's Manual
(1) Valmex wakeboard ballast bag
(1) PiggyBack Hardware Kit
(1) PiggyBack Installation Manual

This wakeboard ballast package is designed specifically for integration into existing automated ballast systems. Because of that it includes the necessary fittings for correct integration with 1" hose, but does not include any additional fittings. If you have questions about correctly integrating this system, contact us.
Add an additional 750lbs. of ballast to your Mastercraft wakeboard boat's factory ballast system with our exclusive PiggyBack 750 Wakesurf System. Interested in adding more ballast to your boat for surfing, but don't want to mess with throwing pumps over the side of the boat? The WakeMAKERS PiggyBack 750 Wakesurf Ballast System is designed to integrate with your factory ballast system, be controlled using the switches on your dash, and not required any additional effort to fill and drain.

How It Works
The PiggyBack 750 Ballast System is designed to make use of the existing pumps, hoses and switches in your Mastercraft, to expand the capacity of your factory rear ballast tanks from 250lbs. to an incredible 1,000lbs. This kit includes everything needed for the installation, including a Fly High Pro X Series Fat Sac and the necessary Fly High quick connect fittings.

As the name implies, this Ballast System Add-On is connected inline with the overflow of the factory ballast tank, allowing it to PiggyBack on the factory system. In the factory configuration when the in-floor hard tank is full excess water is dumped overboard through the vent hose. With the PiggyBack system installed, excess water from the hard tank flows into the Fly High ballast bag, allowing it to fill after the factory tank is full. Once the new bag is full (which means the factory tank is full), excess water will flow out of the overflow of the bag, and through the factory thru-hull fittings, allowing the system to function exactly the same as the stock ballast setup, but with the additional capacity of the 750lb. ballast bag.

Draining is exactly the opposite; as the factory drain pump remove water from the tank, gravity forces water out of the Fly High bag and into the hard tank until both ballast bag and tank are empty.

Installation
One simple and completely reversible change is required to install the PiggyBack system, and the entire process takes less than 20 minutes.
  1. Great product

    Review by GKM on 9/21/11
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    Just installed the piggyback system in the rear storage locker for my 2006 X45. It is now throwing off a huge wake that even a novice can surf without a rope.

  2. Easy and Straight Forward

    Review by Matt on 5/23/11
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    Did this upgrade on my 08 X-45. Agree with previous review that you need additional tubing for overflow. However, plenty is provided with kit so no need to purchase more.

    Very straight forward instructions. Takes about 30 minutes. Used a dryer to heat tubing up to get fittings into tube.

    Reprogrammed the pumps and the sacs fill/empty with ease now! Great Upgrade!

  3. Easy, good advice from WakeMakers

    Review by MC Matt on 4/15/11
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    I have a 2009 Mastercraft X-30 and installed the Fat sac piggyback gear on my boat. Everything was pretty straightforward, I did seem to need about another 6 inchs of tubing for the overflow but I think that is because I have a custom cage in the back lockers.

    I had questions about doing this to my( BABY) but one quick call and everything was answered. These guys know what there talking about. No more throwing the tsunami pump over the side for me.

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