How well do the ski pylons work that attach to the back of a boat. My girls got to go tubing this weekend and loved it. I am looking at buying a center console, and will be attaching a ski pylon to pull my girls. Anyone have experience with any of them. Any recommendations?

Dont be bashful. Which one do you guys use.

I have one on my Ranger and it worked well but it would be different than what you would put in a CC. I could not tell you the brand because I bought it with the boat. A ski pole works much better than a bridle hooked to the transom. You can do a lot better job at slinging a tube. If you decide to tube without a pole just attach the rope to one of the transom eyes. I use to pull a dude that slalomed and this is how he liked it with a short rope.

David, we need to look at the back to see if we can put a pylon back there. Swivel Eeze makes a good one that has two side support braces. Haven't put in one in a CC before, but if it has room and the rear deck has the right design, then there shouldn't be a problem.

I dont have a boat yet. Just checking so when I get a boat. My girls had way too much fun on the tube for me not to get the ski pylon to pull them with.

bartswatersports.com is where I found my swivel-eze ski pylon cheaper than anywhere else... I went with the bass boat set up, but I know they have other mount applications. They work MUCH better than the ski bridal.. good luck!

I also have the swivel-eze ski pylon for my Skeeter works good and is strong screws in your back seat whole and then has 2 braces that run down to brackets in the floor.

Hey Michael, I too am looking at doing this to my 2000 ZX202. Any chance I could get some advice on where to mount the 2 support braces. I am at Ray Roberts and could meet up with you sometime for you to take a look. I am just not sure where they go since the back two compartments take up the entire back half of my boat and I am not crazy about punching holes in my fiberglass...hard to get those holes our once you put something in there.

Hey Whata bass is that a Champion boat you got? If so I would like to know how you mounted that ski pylon. I have a Champion 181 and I cant see how I am going to be able to get the nuts on the mounting brackets for the support braces. My uncle has one on his older Champion 196 but he has vents installed on the transon that he can remove to get his hands down inside to install the nuts to the mounting base but I dont have anything like that. Any help you could provide would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hey David, I got one of these for the back of my CC and it works great, just an option.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores...ROSSSELL_SEARCH

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I had the same setup already installed on a 98 ZX202c and loved it on that boat too!

Here is my Ski Pylon, I have the 1.77" holes for my bass seats so I needed the "1.77" to Pin" adapter. Barts had that too... All for about 250.00.

If you are just pulling em tubing, forget the pylon. You don't need it. Pylons are for pulling a skier upwards out of the water instead of dragging em thru the water to get em up. Example: I had an old Doggett stick steer boat(1972) with a 50hp Johnson. I skied behind it. Could not get up on 1, instead had to kick one off after getting up. Another guy that camped atrMcCown Valley back in those days had the exact boat, also with a 50. We had the same props even. He made himself a pylon to pull his son. It pulled me up easily. Every ski boat I had after had the pylon but I always tried em both ways just to show people with me how much easier it is, on the boat and the skier.

Oh definitely easier to pull up a skier (esp. slolunm) or wakeboarder with the pylon... Knee boards and tubes can get by without one...

Thanks for the pics. I would have to do something similar to what you have on your boat. Personally I would rather attach it to the transom for better support. I have heard some people say that they pulled through the deck. Do you add extra support under the deck with this set up. Thanks again for your reply and especially the pics.

There was additional wood about 1" thick below the glass back there so I should be OK for the occasional skiing...