Re: Wake Tower - Tubers
the company doesnt advertize its made for tubing, they advertise its strong enough to pull multiple tubes and the tower will not fail. the issue is not the strength of the tower that is the problem, its the strength of the lever arm that will turn your boat over when the tube digs in and catches water. the unnamed company that allows you to tube from their tower is really proud of how strong they made the tower, and are focused purely on strength, not on the laws of physics regarding the lever. this is taken directly from their web site:
WARNING: Almost every tower feels rock solid when you first see it or use it, but the real whistle blowing insider secret is that there is a huge problem facing manufacturers. Most towers are not designed for the real world abuse that occurs in the lake when you are traveling over rough water or on land when the boat is being trailered. This constant shaking takes most towers from solid to extremely lose inside of a year. A huge indicator is if the manufacturer warns you to not tube or use towables on their universal wakeboard tower.
I was flabbergasted to find out that the most abusive activity you can do with a tower is to tow your family or buddies in a tube. But who wants to change the rope to down low when it could be up and out of the way of passengers while keeping the rope from creating spray in the faces of those riding the tubes.
The answer to the problem of towers loosening over time was ingenious. By adding an over-head cross bar attachment that expands, the universal wakeboard tower was so solid that it did not budge. The one manufacturer that came up with this solution, actually proved their point by encouraging boat owners to tube with their tower.
One of the greatest industry secrets is the knowledge that most towers will get lose over time so if you do not want to have this problem, make sure your tower has an over head cross-bar attachment. This is built into our tower above and doubles as a wakeboard rack and is guaranteed for life!
Do you feel like you have enough information to get the right tower for your boat? You should feel pretty confident!
As Archimedes stated, give me a lever and I will move the world.
if you want to tube from a tower, so be it, we have pointed out the reasons why its not a good idea. Just make sure that everyone in the boat has a PFD for when the boat is rotated 90 degrees by the large lever arm.
Towers are for wakeboarding and that is about it.
