09-10-2013, 12:18 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: CT/MA
Posts: 30
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Originally Posted by Destroyer
People are amazed at the fact that the foam holds water... but it does. After a while it absorbs huge amounts of water, which equals huge amounts of extra weight. When I redid my soft deck floor I discovered that all the foam under the deck was completely saturated with water. We filled several 40 gal Brute garbage cans with the water filled foam. Never weighed them, but I can attest to the fact that they were VERY heavy carrying them out to the curb on garbage day. I'm guessing that I got rid of 200-300 lbs easy. That's like an extra adult riding in your boat.
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My wallet just cringed!
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