Quote: Originally posted by aahbarnes on 12/9/2006
The broken pole is their fault - whay should I loose money because of it?
Who says it`s their fault? There`s a dozen ways to break poles, all of which I`ve probably managed to do over the years. (Well, I`ve never stepped on one but Hubby did...) Not pushing the sections fully into the ferrules, lifting the pole at an angle while threading it in, catching the end of the pole under the car during threading, trying to pull poles through the sleeves rather than pushing therefore pulling a joint loose again and weakening it, trying to lift too heavy a canvas up on the poles without someone supporting the canvas.......
...and that`s before you even get the pole end into the ring. Add in even a gentle breeze, dogs, children....poles are fragile things untill they`re inside their nice safe sleeves and pinned in and the tension straps done up to give them support against twisting and excessive flex.
Then onece you`ve got the tent up, what`s the main cause of excessive flex? Wind, perhaps? Got your tent guyed out properly? Decent pegs? Double-guyed it to give it support against that 50mph wind that no leisure tent company gives a guarantee against?
And then...you get to take it all down again, though hopefully not in the 50mph wind. Then what do you do? You throw the pole bag into the boot of the car and pack 100Kg of kit on top of them. Or your teenager sits on the bag. Or your 17 stone Hubby stands on one.....
Really, it`s a miracle that the average pole lasts even one trip, let alone a season. The broken pole is their fault, is it? Are you sure??????
Topic: Repairing Diablo pole...
