Upgrade to 6 ballast pumps

[trayson]

Has anyone doubled up on pumps yet, like they are doing with the 18's? I'm pretty much maxed out on liquid ballast in my craz, so my fill/drain times are quite long winded. Has anyone else done or considered doing this yet? Any suggestions?

1. Can I run all 6 pumps on the 3 factory switches?

2. I'm thinking I will likely have to separate the floor tank and the IBS and put each on their own pump. Do you guys see any potential issue with that?

3. I think I remember drew tinker making a comment on the fb page, that said they still only use 3 through hulls for the 6 pump system. He said the pumps pretty much draw as much water as they need. Does this seem accurate to you guys?

Any comments or suggestions would be helpful.

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when the question was posed to Goose (that works for Skiers Choice) to explain some details about the 6 pump system on the Max, he said the following:

Good question. With the 6 pump system, we are actually only using 3 thru hulls and splitting the line to each pump. In our testing, we found with the impellor pumps, they will pull the water they need and while it may not be 100% efficient, it was more efficient and more feasible than to install 6 thru hulls in the bottom of the boat. Not sure if you have looked, but we are running out of real estate in the bilge area. I have a feeling you might be asking this because you want to do this yourself for your 2017 Pro?? If that is the case, then yes, anything is possible, but we did also relocate both front pumps to be mounted on a panel in front of the front ballast tank. We had to slightly modify the front ballast tank to make room. Obviously we also had to change wiring and we actually power the 6 pumps through 3 different relay based boxes. Again, anything is possible and I have seen other people do similar modifications to their current boats so if that was the reason for your question, hopefully that answers some of the technical details.