Tower and rear towing cleat weight limits?

[Ronnie0471]

Anyone know the wake tower and the rear towing cleat towing weight limits on the 215 ho? Didn't see it in the manual ? Thanks yall

 

[BobJohnson]

I might get corrected on this, but I don't think you're going to find a answer to this question. I think if anything, it would be pounds of force ( not sure if that is the right term). Meaning, I weigh in at 200 lbs. I was on a tube while my wife was learning to drive pulling someone. We weren't going to fast (around 18 mph) and the tube and I were on the port side of the wake, when she decided to make a relatively sharp turn to port with the boat. Basically I came to a stop on the tube until the rope tightened up and snapped. So, my 200 pounds + weight of tube dead in water was equal to something much greater than just my weight. I was connect to our back tow hook. If connected to a tower, with a stronger rope, could have been a bad result for tower.
lets see if someone else has more of a definitive answer.

 

[DJMattyT]

Ive wakeboarded behind my 195 and im a big ass dude. Ive also pulled up 2-165lb guys no problem riding double wakeboarding

 

[Ronnie0471]

Did you tie from wake tower ? Or rear cleat ?

 

[Boat Crazy]

Do not know exact limits. I have pulled 3 skiers at one time from the wake tower and if you do a search, there are video's out there with 5 tubes being pulled at one time behind a Yamaha boat.

 

[BryanW]

Not sure on the limit, but I can say forward swept tower states skiers and wakeboards only (no tubing) the rear pylon, and cleat have no such warning. Which makes sense a tube with 3-5 on it can generate a lot more force that even the hardest cut from a board or skis. Found out that the tower on mine is made by Roswell, wonder is Scarab uses them as well? The Roswell guys/tower manufacturer would/could probably tell you if you can find out who is making it.

 

[DJMattyT]

Did you tie from wake tower ? Or rear cleat ?

I have always gone from the tower, I don't even connect the tube to the tow ring by the swim platform because the water from the jet gets caught up in the rope. I had to tow in a boat last weekend and used the tow ring by the swim platform and had no issues though

 

[Eric195]

I weigh 215 and my wife pulls me wakeboarding all the time, no problem.