How many rides do you put on one slalom rope before you get a new one?

[Horton]

How many rides do you put on one slalom rope before you get a new one?

[Texas6]

one per season

[Ed_Johnson]

I get a new Masterline for Fathers Day every year.

Also homemade Nachos and IPA.

 

[JackQ]

Not sure of the number of set or passes, when the loop that wears out the most starts looking dodgy I replace it. I then hand it down to my wife who uses the loops I don't use or use infrequently. She can use a rope for an entire season, I get about 1/2-3/4 of a season.

[ALPJr]

I meant to select more than 200. About 40 per year and about five years. On the fourth season with my InTow rope and it still looks good

[thager]

One per season. I buy a new one every winter for the next season.

[oldjeep]

No idea, if i see a fray it gets replaced.

[jetpilotg4]

Every season i get a new handle and slalom line, if you haven’t had one break on you, you won’t know how inexpensive it is to replace these, or how much it can hurt you if they break on you

[igkya]

Typically 1 per/year, ~150-180 sets.

[tdusin]

I had about 120 sets on the one that broke yeasterday.....ouch. About a year old. My new handle went to the bottom ...bummer.

[jjackkrash]

This last one, it took three sets before we fed it to the propellor. :(

[ScottScott]

Basically once a year. Between my sets, my girlfriends, and a couple friends here and there we probably end up with more than 200. I picked up 3 of the Masterline 5 section ropes when they were on sale for $35 (only goes to 32 off, but thats more than I'll need for a while) about a year 1/2 ago.....funny thing....they've stayed on sale this whole time, so I guess at some point that will qualify as the normal price.

[bishop8950]

I don’t count the rides but guess 100-200. As soon as it’s dry and tight I replace it. Usually before or about when it shows any fray. After that they make good tube ropes.

[LeonL]

Kind of a guess. Where my ropes get bad is the loop where the handle attaches, while the rest looks good. Masterline.

[skihacker]

Kind of a guess at 100 to 200 but every winter a new masterline.

[Edbrazil]

At one time several years ago, Kris LaPoint told me that he and brother Bob would get only 12 sets out of a slalom line! Got to wonder if I heard that right. But, that was back a couple of cycles ago with the Rules specifications about towlines. May have been back in the days when the standard material was 8-strand line of the original AWSA specs.

[Drago]

@Edbrazil way different now. I used to get 12 in the Spring

[Horton]

you guys that are getting over 250 rides on a rope are not doing your joints any favors and I hope you do not have kids on the boat when your rope is at the end of its life.

[lpskier]

When my elbows start to get sore, I swap out my rope.

 

My rope starts at -28. The ML rope I just bought goes to -45 (WTF?). The braided sections between -28 and -45 are stiff right out of the box because of the braiding. The rope’s principal elasticity is in the mainline between the handle and the rope’s shortest shortening loop. You could buy replacement mainlines (or tie them yourself) and save some dough.

[DW]

Agree with JTH, my joints don't like a cable, I have more handle breaks than rope failures.

Should add "1 too many" to the poll:)