Speedster 200 and pulling tube

[justinsrad98]

Do you use the wakeboard tower or the pulling bar raised?

 

[gb387]

Your not supposed to pull a tube with a wake tower.

 

[gacekj]

I don’t know about the raised tow bar either — I pulled a couple young adults on a tube tied to my tow bar and at the end of the day the par couldn’t be pushed back down to its lowered position!! Still can’t — may have to take it apart and try to somehow straighten? Anyone have a similar issue? I got an 04 Speedster 200.

 

[briancayko]

My understanding is to not pull tubes with the wake tower or the ski pylon, only the tow ring. That’s what we do with our 210 challenger and we also use a booster ball to keep the rope out of the jet wash

 

[justinsrad98]

My understanding is to not pull tubes with the wake tower or the ski pylon, only the tow ring. That’s what we do with our 210 challenger and we also use a booster ball to keep the rope out of the jet wash

We don’t have a tow ring on the 200!

 

[JPass]

I've seen some rigs that use the 2 rear cleats to attach a tube to. That may be an option.

 

[Mddrummer911]

I don’t know about the raised tow bar either — I pulled a couple young adults on a tube tied to my tow bar and at the end of the day the par couldn’t be pushed back down to its lowered position!! Still can’t — may have to take it apart and try to somehow straighten? Anyone have a similar issue? I got an 04 Speedster 200.

I can’t get mine to come up.

 

[Mddrummer911]

Ok... I just re read that.... joke is on me. Lol. For real tho. I can’t get the tow bar to come up

 

[MVPeterP]

I don’t know about the raised tow bar either — I pulled a couple young adults on a tube tied to my tow bar and at the end of the day the par couldn’t be pushed back down to its lowered position!! Still can’t — may have to take it apart and try to somehow straighten? Anyone have a similar issue? I got an 04 Speedster 200.

I have a 2007 Speedster 150. I used the tow bar with a 4 person, and i have gradually moved down to a 2 person. The bar definitely is angled but i can get it down. I was lucky having 3 mid sized people, and not 4 big guys on the tube, which probably saved me from your issue. It seems to be a common problem though.

 

[10forty2]

The previous owner of my boat replaced the tow bar for the very reason that you are talking about. He raised it and towed a wakeboarder causing the tow bar to bend and not retract. I would tie the tow rope to the rear two permanent hooks before trying to pull with the extendable tow bar.

Oh and for the record.....it sounds much better to refer to the tow bar's capabilities as extending, raising or lowering the tow bar" instead of saying you "can't get it up"......

 

[gacekj]

Yep lesson learned -- going forward I will be towing tubes/passengers from the bow & stern eyelets ... these are available tow points according to the User Manual.