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    Default Max skiers on a pylon

    Anyone out there have any idea how many skiers you can safely put on a pylon (for short period of time). I am running a 99 Mobius.

    TIA
    Dave
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    Default Replying to Topic 'Max skiers on a pylon'

    I have had 3 hooked to mine but they were all under 170 lbs and all 3 were just riding. No one was really trying to cut.

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    Default Replying to Topic 'Max skiers on a pylon'

    We were kind of hoping for 10. Mostly teenagers, not very heavy, probably on two skis or wakeboards. Friend last year had 6 on his aftermarket tripod style pylon for his outboard. So I figured I could do more, but hate to rip the pylon out of the boat.....

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    Default Replying to Topic 'Max skiers on a pylon'

    Dave,

    The obvous question is why not distribute them across the other tie points as well to limit the amount of weight being leveraged on the top of that skylon.

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    Default Replying to Topic 'Max skiers on a pylon'

    And, where's the video of the event????

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    Default Replying to Topic 'Max skiers on a pylon'

    Well we did not go to 10. Good point about using other tie points. I suppose I could have used a few on the rear hook.

    We practiced with 8 but had some difficulty getting the skiers to spread out enough to be safe. So we settled for 7. Pulled with not problems. All skiers were on 2 skis (one was on jumpers) Mostly teenagers and one oldster (only by the calendar).

    It was a great time. We may have video but will likely be a couple of weeks...

    Dave
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