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Re: Homemade ski/tube pylon-bar.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:51 pm
by cuttymcgavin
looks awesome, what kind of material did you use and what thickness?
Re: Homemade ski/tube pylon-bar.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 6:24 pm
by kryptonite
It's 1 1/4" black pipe-tubing.
1 1/4" ID
1.66" OD
.14" Wall
Bottom plate is 2" wide x 1/4" flat iron
Re: Homemade ski/tube pylon-bar.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:56 am
by TunaBarge
Nice job! Only concern I would have is if your tow rope will pop off when the person/persons you are towing fall off or let go and you get the loose rope slap going. With the ring design you loop around the ring and thread the tow rope loop over the rod (in your design a bolt) to prevent this...maybe a larger washer (fender washer) on top of your bushing would have the same effect? Keep us posted how it works...I have a very similar design being made for me and I was thinking of buying one of the premade rings and mounting it to my tubing. Again...nice job with the design.
Re: Homemade ski/tube pylon-bar.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:53 am
by kryptonite
TunaBarge wrote:Nice job! Only concern I would have is if your tow rope will pop off when the person/persons you are towing fall off or let go and you get the loose rope slap going. With the ring design you loop around the ring and thread the tow rope loop over the rod (in your design a bolt) to prevent this...maybe a larger washer (fender washer) on top of your bushing would have the same effect? Keep us posted how it works...I have a very similar design being made for me and I was thinking of buying one of the premade rings and mounting it to my tubing. Again...nice job with the design.
You just have to loop and twist the rope and wrap it around again, that makes the rope fit tighter so it won't pop off. I had a pylon on my ski boat that had something similar to what I built, never had an issue. Hopefully get to try it out this weekend, but I might be stuck at work all weekend.
Re: Homemade ski/tube pylon-bar.
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:29 am
by kryptonite
Got it mounted up the other night. Used it on the 4th. Worked great. My son enjoyed knee boarding much better as he was able to cut in and out of the wake easier. It was also great on the tube.
Re: Homemade ski/tube pylon-bar.
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:08 pm
by jeffybear
Nice job. Now how much are you charging to build each of us non-metal types one of these? or at least the plans?
Re: Homemade ski/tube pylon-bar.
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:56 pm
by RcgTexas
I like the looks of that I am trying to figger a way to add one now.
didn't plan one when I rebuilt back a few years ago.