tower / pulling big mable

(ssispy) · (ssispy) **Join Date: Mar 2007** 03-30-2007, 3:09 PM

have bayliner with tower can i use tower to pull 2 passenger big mable or is it best to use rear boat tie down i think it would work better if pulled from tower it say no more then 400 pound pulling on plate

(bennygoodx) · (bennygoodx) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 03-30-2007, 3:20 PM

I wouldn't do any tubing from the tower. Use the rear tow bar.

(mcwakerider) · (mcwakerider) **Join Date: Dec 2006** 03-30-2007, 3:34 PM

tubing creates such a fatty drag

(carcrz) · (carcrz) **Join Date: Mar 2006** 03-30-2007, 3:37 PM

Think about the air you could get off of that. I wouldn't do it though unless there is someone really light behind it.

(bremsen) · (bremsen) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 03-30-2007, 3:39 PM

I would advise against pulling by the tower. I was pulling my kid sister on our mable (3-per)with it attached to the ext pylon. I figured since we weren't going fast it would be fine. During a slow turn the front of the tube dug in and acted like an anchor nearly capsizing the boat. I was quick with the countersteer, but it was a pucker moment for sure.

(chaser) · (chaser) **Join Date: Sep 2006** 03-30-2007, 4:51 PM

so on a v-drive, would you hook it to the ski pylon or the hook on the back of the boat?

(ssispy) · (ssispy) **Join Date: Mar 2007** 03-30-2007, 7:54 PM

i'm an old skier and daughter wanted to try it friend say do it i say no, have seen tv show innertube on new seedoo lot of air time thought i'd ask someone who may have tryed it new boat and got to trash it out for awhile

(jmanolinsky) · (jmanolinsky) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 03-30-2007, 8:01 PM

I pull an Obrien Super Screamer from the tower all the time. It works great. I have friends that pull two at once with their Mastercraft from the tower with a couple of teenagers on each tube. They have been doing it for years with no problems. It keeps the rope out of the water when turning. If the tower is installed correctly it should be fine.

Jman

walt 03-30-2007, 8:23 PM

Towers are not designed to pull tubes. To due so is negligent IMO.

Just ask the tower manufacturer or Darwin.

(mcwakerider) · (mcwakerider) **Join Date: Dec 2006** 03-31-2007, 12:53 AM

we had our mable dig the front of it in the water after slowing down and it created such a drag it snapped the rope. it was a thick tube line. personally, i hate tubing. been skipped across the water one too many times. lol.