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<blockquote data-quote="PSG-1" data-source="post: 280524" data-attributes="member: 6937"><p>Thanks. Like I said, the seat is a VERY welcome improvement. Haven't got to test it yet, as the weather has been kinda crappy here the last several days, but we need the rain, so, I'm not gonna complain about it too much.</p><p></p><p>As for the pole, I built it last year, around September, but I previously had 'guy wires' to support it, made from 1/16" SS cable. Well, the first run out, one of the crimps pulled loose on one of the cables, and that was all she wrote. Didn't lose the pole, but needless to say, that was the end of the waterskiing for that trip.</p><p></p><p> Which, to be honest, I was glad, because my gut feeling said that the guy wire idea was a piss-poor idea to begin with, if nothing else, out of concern for 'clothes-lining' oneself on the thin-diameter wire! :shock: </p><p></p><p> So, I had to re-do it with better supports, and the thin wall tubing I used is plenty strong for this application. I put it to the test, waterskiing behind the boat, and I never saw any kind of flexing or bending of the ski pole when I was cutting and jumping.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PSG-1, post: 280524, member: 6937"] Thanks. Like I said, the seat is a VERY welcome improvement. Haven't got to test it yet, as the weather has been kinda crappy here the last several days, but we need the rain, so, I'm not gonna complain about it too much. As for the pole, I built it last year, around September, but I previously had 'guy wires' to support it, made from 1/16" SS cable. Well, the first run out, one of the crimps pulled loose on one of the cables, and that was all she wrote. Didn't lose the pole, but needless to say, that was the end of the waterskiing for that trip. Which, to be honest, I was glad, because my gut feeling said that the guy wire idea was a piss-poor idea to begin with, if nothing else, out of concern for 'clothes-lining' oneself on the thin-diameter wire! :shock: So, I had to re-do it with better supports, and the thin wall tubing I used is plenty strong for this application. I put it to the test, waterskiing behind the boat, and I never saw any kind of flexing or bending of the ski pole when I was cutting and jumping. [/QUOTE]
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