of course metcrap is going to blame Tige and vice versa!! No one wants to admit they are responsible for the worst tower ever created!!!! When one of us gets injured or killed we will name both parties in the lawsuit and Bob will be out of business, Tige may survive.
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Bcskypilot- please tell me you are not seriously considering buying a Metcraft tower? After all of this you would actually give them your money?
OK, I have to vent. It must be nice to have the luxury of sitting on top of the pyramid as a boat manufacturer. Oh, you are having engine troubles? Call Merc. We did not build that engine, we just installed it. Oh, your tower snapped? Call Metcraft. We did not build that tower, we just installed it. Oh, your gauges are no longer working? Call Faria. We did not manufacture those gauges, we just installed them. Oh, your V-drive went out? Here is the contact information for the company that built that V-drive. We did not build that V-drive, we just installed it.
What's next? Oh, you had an electrical failure? Here is the number for the Home Depot where we bought the wire to wire your boat. They must have sold us bad wire. Give them a call and tell them the problem..
HELLO TIGE! These are the manufactures/components you CHOOSE to have represented in YOUR boats with YOUR name and YOUR logo on the side!
I am not blaming Tige for my tower breaking. If my tower was the only one that broke like this, then I should have to deal with it. However, here you have all of these towers that are breaking in the exact same manner. Coincidence? Not a chance.
Why won't somebody from Tige address this issue on this forum?!?!Comment
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BCskypilot,
Sorry to be slow to answer...I've been at Lake Powell
The 22V I rode in with the new Metcraft tower had a bimini that actually had a little hole in it so you could reach the tow point with the bimini up. I thought that was really neat. The rope would settle on the bimini if there was no tension in it and was no big deal. When riding, the rope does not touch the bimini, even if the rider falls, the angle was such that the rope wouldn't touch it.Be excellent to one another.Comment
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It's been a week and still nothing. Reasons?
a) They don't care about their customers. (Future boat sales)
b) They don't think it is their problem.
c) They don't want to address the issue, hoping the problem will go away.
d) They have been advised by attorneys not to post.
e) They are too busy watching their new multi-million dollar boat factory being built.
f) All of the above.
g) None of the above.
There, I made it easy. Rather than post a response, just pick a letter and post it...Comment
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Yet another week goes by...Comment
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Well an update form Metcraft if that helps. They are offering a discount on the purchase of one of the new towers to me. I haven't moved one way or the other on a tower yet. I've been too busy at work to do anything...Comment
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Has anyone looked at a Roswell Tower? Their line looks very sweet. I think they are standard on Sfvara and Supra now. I have a contact/dealer in town but have been dragging feet to go check it out.Comment
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definitely check out Roswell... far superior in quality and worksmanship. Also, check out their website at www.roswellwakeair.com ... also take note that last I heard from them, they were sold out on the dream rider and platinum towers for 2005. So, you may have to wait for their 2006 offerings before you can get one of their top models.Freude am Fahren.Comment
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I was checking out the Wake Designs Monsoon tower. I want to try and stay with something that will match the existing hole pattern. Anybody have experience with this tower?
Oh, and Tige, I am still waiting for you to post...Comment
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I am very happy to see that Tige stepped up on a recent thread about the v-drive problem a board member was having. Many of us are still having problems with the Metcraft tower. Has anyone heard anyhing new from Tige in regards to the towers?Comment
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My answer would still be no. And I say that with disappointment.Comment
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With Tige making their own towers now how hard would it be to make replacement towers for the Metcraft models that are having problems? Having a new tower option maybe discounted from Tige would go a long way in my book and I would think would show the Tige customers that they do care... Somebody mentioned something like this in a previous post if anything came of it please let us know.Comment
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I mentioned it over on Zeda's previous thread. I think the problem is that our boat years all had 100" beams. The new boats all have 102" beams. It has been done, and I think the pictures are somewhere in the galleries. Lee did it and if I am not mistaken, he said he had a horrible time.
This is just pure frustration. The later half of Zeda's thread was about his V-drive AND our towers. Harvey finally jumps on the board (which I applaud him for) and responds only to the drive issue. Will we have to wait another two months for the tower thread to be answered? Or was that a hint for the rest of us that the tower issue will not be addressed?
By the way- did you notice how quickly Zeda's thread disappeared?Comment
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If we resolve the tower issues I have no problem with them taking this thread down... I would prefer to start a new one as Zeda did, applauding them on fixing something that they must know is affecting multiple owners of their boats. Are there enough towers out there that would warrant the headache of setting up the correct mold for our beam width? That’s not a question I can answer…Comment
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I'm right there with you. I would love to start a "happy" thread. I would also love to wakeboard behind my boat, from the tower. Local welders and another local tower manufacturer don't seem to want to touch the Metcraft tower...Comment
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