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Swamp Wader
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:16 pm Posts: 217
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Tubes behind Mudmotors
Can anyone recommend a tube that works well with a pretty much stock 17/48 BB PD. My son wants me to get one to pull him with. Who's done it? and How well did the tube you used work?
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SETx Longtail
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Sep 01, 2013 2:53 pm Posts: 3480 Location: Hardin County, Tx
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Re: Tubes behind Mudmotors
I've pulled a medium sized tube and a 220+lb grown man on it. You want one with a bottom that will plane. The hollow ones drag a ton of water. Get plenty of rope and make sure you know where it is at all times. Real easy to get it in your prop. I hooked my rope mid-way up my poling platform with a splitter so it pulled from both sides. Once you get it worked out it's a lot of fun. The boat can run as shallow as the tube in most cases. It's funny rolling your buddies off on the sandbar if you want to pelt their asses with your roost, shorten the rope This one looks fun!! http://www.skidiscounters.com/675-531265.html
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Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:15 pm |
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Swamp Wader
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:16 pm Posts: 217
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Re: Tubes behind Mudmotors
Thx. Was deffinately gonna get one with a bottom. My son is 10. Might kill himself on that thing :p. Looks fun as hell. I would love to get on one.
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Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:01 pm |
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banded-mallard
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:18 pm Posts: 4310
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Re: Tubes behind Mudmotors
20150613_105505.jpg 2 - 120# kids on tube, 2 - 120# or so in boat with my fat ass, pulling a tube at 25 mph. But I have a stage 2 Kawasaki prodrive.
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Mon Apr 10, 2017 4:40 am |
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rubbinisracin
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Sep 01, 2013 1:05 pm Posts: 213 Location: Wake Forest, NC
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Re: Tubes behind Mudmotors
I tried pulling a 2 person tube once and I think I may have barely seen 18 mph when there was only one person on it... I have a stock motor though so maybe if you have a little more power it would work.
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Mon Apr 10, 2017 6:30 am |
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ibfishinb
MMT Addict
Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2016 6:44 pm Posts: 630
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Re: Tubes behind Mudmotors
I could pull my 110 pound son on a hydro slide. I could not get a 220 guy up on plane on a hydro slide. I was using a worked 3 blade. It might have been with me worked 2 blade but doubt it. He was plowing a bunch of water. Have not tried a tube yet.
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Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:14 am |
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Swamp Wader
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:16 pm Posts: 217
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Re: Tubes behind Mudmotors
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Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:34 pm |
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SETx Longtail
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Sep 01, 2013 2:53 pm Posts: 3480 Location: Hardin County, Tx
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Re: Tubes behind Mudmotors
That one would probably do pretty good!
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Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:42 pm |
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North LA Hunter
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:39 pm Posts: 6976 Location: West Monroe, LA
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Re: Tubes behind Mudmotors
Never pulled a tube but I've wakeboarded behind a few of them and it does well.
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tyler_johnson
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:22 pm Posts: 1094 Location: El Dorado-ish, AR
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Re: Tubes behind Mudmotors
^^^^ Watched it!
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luckyhat12
MMT Member
Joined: Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:50 pm Posts: 30 Location: DFW
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Re: Tubes behind Mudmotors
I've thought about putting a wakeboard tower on my boat to drag the kids around in. Something like this one. https://www.ebay.com/itm/262300279107
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Thu May 04, 2017 10:37 pm |
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Swamp Star
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Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:40 pm Posts: 246 Location: Central GA
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Re: Tubes behind Mudmotors
Last time we did it all we had was a 1 man blow up raft and a wakeboard rope. I pulled that damn thing all over the river that day.
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Thu May 11, 2017 9:43 am |
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Swamp Star
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Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:40 pm Posts: 246 Location: Central GA
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Re: Tubes behind Mudmotors
Nobody could hold on for long. Holding the rope with the raft dragging was hell on the arms.
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brycecheramie
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:38 am Posts: 4323 Location: Cut Off, La.
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Re: Tubes behind Mudmotors
Why hold a rope while on a tube??
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50fps
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:42 pm Posts: 2377 Location: West Coast Wisconsin
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Thu May 11, 2017 10:19 am |
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3rd Coast Killer
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:17 pm Posts: 2624 Location: League City, Texas. It's where I play.
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Re: Tubes behind Mudmotors
We used to use a cheap Walmart towable tube a few years back behind the mud boats.
Even caught the tides right and dragged across some mud flats. Was a big time as long as they didn't trim the motor up and you get a face full of mud.
See if I can find some pictures.
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