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drainage pipes in pole bags?
Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 2:22 pm
by ennairb
whenever i go to meets, i always see a few people who have like one of those big black drainage pipes inside their pole bags. why do they do that? should i be doing that? i just throw the poles in my bag and go lol
Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 2:43 pm
by rainbowgirl28
The pipes keep the poles from getting banged up. I don't even have a bag... just a big ol piece of tubing.
Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 6:01 pm
by ennairb
hmm that def sounds like a good thing to do ... i think i'll be getting myself one of those lol
Posted: Tue May 27, 2003 10:41 pm
by rainbowgirl28
ennairb wrote:hmm that def sounds like a good thing to do ... i think i'll be getting myself one of those lol
Ask the people who have them, if they have any extra tubing. I got mine for free from a coach who was forced to buy 100 feet of it!
Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 4:06 pm
by ennairb
kk, i'll be sure to ask around =) thanx again!!
Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 1:45 am
by higherflyer
A good place to ask is at any golf course, they usually have some old used pieces laying around.
You may have to clean them out but the price is right.
Good Luck
Higher Flyers
Polevault Club
Pipe
Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 7:56 am
by jmayesvaultmom
We got ours at Lowes (like a lumber yard home center type place) and the shortest was 100 feet for $22....I had a guy cut it there and took 2 sections of it home for 2 bags....no way you can take home the whole 100 feet without a big pickup truck!
...Or I guess you could just drag it behind you!!!
Re: Pipe
Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 9:28 pm
by das_1971
jmayesvaultmom wrote: ...Or I guess you could just drag it behind you!!!
Don't forget the little red flag or the Stat'ies will get ya
flag
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 11:48 pm
by jmayesvaultmom
I never have a flag and pass them all the time...maybe they don't want to bother. But some of the Arkansas girls were taking their poles over to TUlsa to fly them out for a meet and they got a ticket for no flag and NO FLASHING LIGHT!!!!
Re: flag
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 11:53 pm
by rainbowgirl28
jmayesvaultmom wrote:I never have a flag and pass them all the time...maybe they don't want to bother. But some of the Arkansas girls were taking their poles over to TUlsa to fly them out for a meet and they got a ticket for no flag and NO FLASHING LIGHT!!!!
Every state has different rules. I think in WA you don't need a flag unless it is sticking out more than 3 feet from the car. Nothing about blinking lights.
I have only been pulled over once with poles on the car, and that was because a headlight was out. Luckily the cop believed me that it was my mom's car and I didn't know the light was out.
Sticking out
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 6:26 pm
by jmayesvaultmom
Hmmm...maybe I should get out the tape measure and see if they sitck out more than three feet from my Honda CRV!!! Hahaha...the poles are definitely longer than the CRV
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 1:29 am
by xtremevaulter
YOu should all see Becca's car when she has her tube of pole on top of it. I bet she could cause an accident with it if she is not careful. hehehe