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Broccoli B
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 Posted: Mar 17, 2004 8:54 am Post subject: Tower capacity |
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How much weight can a typical tower pull. Can it pull a 400 pound person out of the water to wakeboard? Just curious.
On our old I/O we had a pylon and it would only pull people under 175 pounds up. Thanks
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chane
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2004 8:56 am Post subject: |
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I think you could do more than that.. Bill?
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tommyadrian5
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Archie_bunker66
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2004 10:38 am Post subject: |
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I'll be truthfull, I've pulled tubers.  But we did pull 4 tubes with 2 people on each, I didnt let them stay on for long but our tower still handled them.
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MX21
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2004 10:52 am Post subject: |
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Footers are CRAZY!!!!
We "tried" it once in college after watching some guy. A suit is a must - "I think I have been violated!!!!  |
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Jblza32
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City: los gatos
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2004 4:48 pm Post subject: tower |
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| i think it depends on the tower make and the boat. I know proflight towers shake alot and am not to sure how they could handle it. I Have the flight control on an air nautique and its rock solid. |
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darty
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2004 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I've pulled multiple tubers from my tower...and it did great (on a Supra LTS). As long as it's supported well you shouldn[t have a problem... |
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DiyGuy
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2004 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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MX21
Got a good laugh - I too tried it once years ago and I think a good bit of lake water made me gain 20 pounds instantly!
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Purestructure03
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2004 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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Jblza32, i must agree with you that proflight towers do shake a lot, i remember taking our boat out with the new tower box and i thought the tower was going to collapse, does anyone know if there's a way to support the tower without getting a new one?
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03Belmont
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| Posted: Mar 18, 2004 6:26 am Post subject: |
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| chane, what was the air? water temp that day... it looks cold |
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chane
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| Posted: Mar 18, 2004 6:31 am Post subject: |
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I have no idea.. I barrowed that pic from MBO.
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03Belmont
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| o I see........ |
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