Homemade Pole Limiting Rope

[ZoonWen]

Just finished making a pole limiting rope and though I would share some pics.

All materials were purchased from walmart/home depot =D

Total cost was less than $15 for enough to make 2 sets and tons of extra rope left over.

 

[Mark Gomez]

ShizzAAAm! :bananalama:

Nice buddy nice

 

[Mike W]

Nice how to but you might want to think about attaching the rope somewhere else besides the hood latch. That latch will pop off pretty easily. I used a stainless steel eyelet just below the latch.

 

[yamaslut]

and ditch that steel hardware, because it will rust real quick. Only use SS hardware..

 

[ZoonWen]

All the hardware is galvanized steel so hopefully it will not rust.

I'll give it some test runs with it wraped around the latch and if it pops off i'll add a eyelet like yours.

Thanks

 

[Mike W]

Nice clean setup though.

 

[FLY6584]

Also if you put carabiners on both ends then you can use it as a tow rope also. I second the SS hardware. Even that galvanized steel will rust pretty quick.

 

[tom21]

I've not had issues with my latch ever, and I throw away regularly...:Eyecrazy:

 

[yamaslut]

All the hardware is galvanized steel so hopefully it will not rust.

I'll give it some test runs with it wraped around the latch and if it pops off i'll add a eyelet like yours.

Thanks

galvanized will not cut it bro... trust me, even low grade SS will not cut it..

 

[ZoonWen]

When it gets bad i'll change it out. I ride 95% of the time in fresh water so it shouldn't be to bad for a while.

galvanized will not cut it bro... trust me, even low grade SS will not cut it..

 

[yamaslut]

When it gets bad i'll change it out. I ride 95% of the time in fresh water so it shouldn't be to bad for a while.

I got ya bro... I am like that w/ ******** sometimes... run it till it fails then upgrade.. he he he..

 

[stanton]

look for a closed loop for top and bottom. the bent/non welded kind will open right up.
looks great!

 

[Crab]

Nice how to but you might want to think about attaching the rope somewhere else besides the hood latch. That latch will pop off pretty easily. I used a stainless steel eyelet just below the latch.

And put a BFB on the back,(big farking backingplate) or it will pull through like it did to Gasgas this weekend.

 

[Mike W]

And put a BFB on the back,(big farking backingplate) or it will pull through like it did to Gasgas this weekend.

Oh yea, no doubt. The fiberglass is very thin there.

 

[ATS_Aaron]

Great job Zoon.

Aaron

 

[SJ/XPBri]

Nice job Zoon, aside from the hardware you chose, that assembly is more professional than any after-market company makes!
Bri

 

[CarterB]

yes i think we all can agree that the aftermarket ones blow.....seriously blowsion's sh*t blows

 

[BruceSki]

lol i have a blowsion one and already snapped the eyelet and the second ss eyelet i bought from ace for the mount on the firewall...

think i changed out the caribeaners to better ones too since they rusted pretty quick....if i ever need one again ill definitely make my own.

last weekend i snapped the bottom eyelet right out and tore up some fiberglass....

luckily i bought some big ass strong ss eyelets now and use bigger washers as a backing plate. i ran up on a sandbar at low tide the other day and wiped out right over the bars at maybe 15 mph... if i didnt have a limiter rope i wouldve crunched the front of my ski up bad.

 

[BruceSki]

whoops double post

 

[ZoonWen]

Just started gathering parts to me a stronger and better setup with all the good input I got from everyone in this thread =D