Towing Towables

[4x15mph]

Your profile says you have an LS model which didn't have a factory tower.
My boat has a factory tower and the warning sticker says 250lbs max but no restriction about tubes. I've been towing tubes from my factory tower for over 9 seasons and no problems at all. Funny, the newer factory towers are thicker but I think they do have a warning about tubes (not sure). All the more reason to keep my "Classic 230" and not go new

I would go with whatever max limits or warnings that the tower specifies. In the case of an OEM one, that may be different.

This past weekend, I was towing the tube from the standard tow point. I was returning to the tuber who fell off and while doing this, the tube must have got hung up on the water because the boat jerked for a second and I thought I ran into a deer. When I looked at the tube which was now floating away from us, I found that there was a broken, plastic connector where the rope ties to the tube.

I think the 250 pound limit that is on the tower could easily be exceeded if you have 2 teenagers on these 2+ person tubes.

This past weekend, I was pulled over by the "lake guard" and they told me that their lake restricts tubes/toys to 1 person only and that we couldn't have 2 on the tube. I took that to mean that we needed to tube away from the "lake guard" where they couldn't see us. We didn't have any other run in's with the guards

 

[rkluck]

A "lake guard" and only one person on a tube. I have never heard that before. Is the lake small?

 

[4x15mph]

It is a reservoir and it is 1100 acres. Hey do have the guards but it is a pennsylvania state owned area. There is also no alcohol allowed.

 

[MutherTucker]

i pull tubes from the tower. i've towed a boat (slowly) from the tower too. i don't like using the hook because i'm afraid of sucking in the rope! i suffer from rope sucking paranoia!!!