Can I tow a tube with my wakeboard tower?

Question

I have a boat with a factory installed wakeboard tower. When I tow people on the tube I have been hooking the tow rope to the bottom standard hook. However, the rope is constantly in the water and splashing the riders in the face. When I hook the rope to the wakeboard tower it keeps the rope out of the water. Is it ok to tow a tube from the wakeboard tower? Can the tower take the weight of 2 people on a tube?

Answer 1

it's probably not a good idea, it can probably take the weight of 2 people but i don't know, i wouldn't risk it.

Answer 2

ya no problem> the towers are made to hold a lot of weight. you get a much better ride with the rope up top. and if your still worried about it your tower should bu under warrenty if its factory installed.

Answer 3

dude its better up there it can hadle the weight trust me we put like 3 tubes on the back with like 5 ppl. its better on the tower cause you can get air and the rope isnt splashing water into ppls faces.

Answer 4

I have seen it done but it can slowly damage your boat over time. The stress of pulling anything with a tower cracks the fiberglass on the boat by where the tower is connected. I would be more likely to try it with a boat like a malibu that has a wider tower at the base which would distribute the weight over a larger area. I thinner rope may help with the splashing.  

Answer 5

Yeah, any wake board tower can hold lots of wait.  Ive done it with three tubes with 200 lb riders...

Answer 6

yeaaaaaa!!!!! it's awesome!