NewBoater
Jetboaters Captain
- Messages
- 991
- Reaction score
- 611
- Points
- 202
- Location
- Virginia Beach
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2018
- Boat Model
- 242X E-Series
- Boat Length
- 24
Guys curious for those of you with the new 255 boats and these new PTM edge $4,000 racks that don’t use bungees how you like them so far? I just paid about $800 for some Monster Racks in the new black salt water resistant racks with swivel arms. We have been out in the ocean in not crazy chop but still chop and the racks were very tight to factory specs and still adjusted and moved around and had to be retightened twice already. They move around to much when bolted down to the tower. I did what torque wrench setting called for in their install sheet. Anyone else having this issue? We don’t always have calm water as we boat in the ocean and bay not on a calm lake. Not sure what to do or what my options are or if these newer racks are worth the money or if they are just gonna move around also or maybe the factory goes much tighter on torque wrench? Also I’ve only used the new racks 3 times so far and can already see wear on the bungee cords. I honestly can’t believe these new PTM racks are $4,000. I thought $800 was a lot for racks when I got the Monster racks and would be more then enough. Also the racks they used to use for the last few years stock with Yamaha had a pin you would pull out to swivel racks and they did away with that system and now it’s a knob you have to spin off and on each time to swivel. The old pin system was much better IMO. Looks like the PTM ones use the pin as well. I read on a few Malibu forums that they didn’t like the new PTM Edge $4,000 racks because the clamps don’t do a good enough job holding the boards in place and people have been selling them off their stocks boats and buying Skylon Racks which are less expensive and hold the boards better? Thoughts?
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