A New Tige Owner

[NICKYPOO]

I use one of the ski rope shock tube covers on my ropes off the tower.....keeps the rope from rubbing the Bimini.....

http://www.h2oproshop.com/h2oz-shock-tube-2-foot.html

That's a really good idea actually. I might have to get one.

[2thdoc01]

I use one of the ski rope shock tube covers on my ropes off the tower.....keeps the rope from rubbing the Bimini.....

http://www.h2oproshop.com/h2oz-shock-tube-2-foot.html

[Fire_medic]

Welcome Mike. I was a malibu guy and am now a Tige guy bought it 4 months ago and its been sitting waiting for the lakes to thaw its driving me NUTS just wanna get it on the water, only had it out once for the test drive.

[MikeD]

Should be fine. The boat is going to have a nose up attitude, giving you a bit more clearance. I've never heard of any issues with it.

Thanks!

[NICKYPOO]

Should be fine. The boat is going to have a nose up attitude, giving you a bit more clearance. I've never heard of any issues with it.

[dingleberry]

Okay...This might sound like a dumb question but here goes. Remember I am a newbie with the Tige Tower. I assume that most people wake board with the bimini top open and not in the stored position. I was looking at mine the other day trying to figure out if the rope is above the bimini or below. Just looks like it will rub the top in either position.

I don't know how much difference there might be between my early '09 and your '10 (definitely some changes, but may not make a difference), but we wakeboard both with it deployed and with it stowed. I haven't really noticed any rubbing when deployed and the line has tension on it. And the rubbing when stowed seems pretty minor. At least no damage that I've noticed (so far).

[MikeD]

Okay...This might sound like a dumb question but here goes. Remember I am a newbie with the Tige Tower. I assume that most people wake board with the bimini top open and not in the stored position. I was looking at mine the other day trying to figure out if the rope is above the bimini or below. Just looks like it will rub the top in either position.

[MoneyPity]

Nobody believes you. Except the fact that your nickle and dimed (really $100 and $500) starting at about 60,000 miles.

I don't know if my Jeep Grand Cherokee is considered a truck but considering it has towed boats since I got er in 2002 and towed boats begining with my old Four Winns, a MC Maristar 230 Sport, A Tige 24V and my Tige 20V it has had plently of 1400 mile round trips to the Bullshoals area of Arkansas and Tablerock in Missouri and countless 300 mile weekend jaunts. Only failure of note was a blown tranny cooling hose which the shop should of caught when periodic maintenance was done. Other than a darn cooling hose to the tranny blowing out and brakes I have had good luck with this 4x4 towing fairly large Tige and MC Maristar as well as smaller boats since 2002, tranny filter pan rusting through, 2 sets of tires and a set of brakes it is running strong 150k miles later. From a towing standpoint it thinks it is a small truck.

[NICKYPOO]

...and there you have it.

[MikeD]

Uh huh. Reaching, grasping, feeling for anything.

I shouldn't talk. I've never even been in a MC. Almost bought one until my research brought me to Tige.

I'm not to worried about the comments from any of them. My research brought me to Tige also and I am the one making the payments so they can kiss my azz.

[NICKYPOO]

I did...I took our friends out that have the X2. They were impressed with the ride of the RZ2. Only negative they could talk about was how wet the pasengers are going to get while sitting up front because of how the front curves down compared to the X2. From everything I have read...I don't think its going to be a problem.

Uh huh. Reaching, grasping, feeling for anything.

I shouldn't talk. I've never even been in a MC. Almost bought one until my research brought me to Tige.

[MikeD]

Did you take any MasterCraft buddies out yet?

I did...I took our friends out that have the X2. They were impressed with the ride of the RZ2. Only negative they could talk about was how wet the pasengers are going to get while sitting up front because of how the front curves down compared to the X2. From everything I have read...I don't think its going to be a problem.

[NICKYPOO]

Its suppose to be 82 here Saturday...I think I better get that boat on the water again.

Did you take any MasterCraft buddies out yet?

[MikeD]

Its suppose to be 82 here Saturday...I think I better get that boat on the water again.

[MikeD]

I believe if you can't somehow relate your replies to MikeD's thread, they should be deleted by a moderator.

Seriously, turning this thread into the never-ending pissing match between truck manufacturers is completely gay. A little jab here or there is one thing but, you guys just can't resist pulling out your little ping a lings for each other. If you wanna piss on each other, go do it private.

Sorry Mike.