Limiting Rope on X-Metal Pole

[paczowski123]

Wondering what you guys running X-Metal poles are doing to attach your limiting rope to your pole? I hate to try and drill into it, I was thinking of some sort of fabric loop to go around the turn plate area and hooking the rope to that, but I'm not sure if it will slide around and interfere with the steering etc. Can y'all post some pictures of how you have attached your limiting rope to your X-Metals?

 

[Kohldanielzimmer]

http://www.krlines.com/soft-shackle--tow-loop.html

I used a soft shackle around the adjustable section of the pole (the center of the slide).

 

[paczowski123]

Ok, that is exactly what I was thinking of doing. It doesnt interfere with your steering, or put pressure on the chin pad mount etc?

 

[Freakrider]

Adjustable XM type ?

 

[paczowski123]

Adjustable XM type ?

Not sure who your responding to, do you mean what type of pole I am using or Kohl?

 

[Kohldanielzimmer]

Mine is adjustable and that is where I have the soft shackle looped through. There is a slide that extends out or recesses into the pole. I looped my soft shackle through the center channel on that adjustable section. If placed here it has no effect on steering or the chin pad.

 

[paczowski123]

Oh, so you mean the channel where the bolts go through to lock it in place once adjusted?

 

[Freakrider]

Not sure who your responding to, do you mean what type of pole I am using or Kohl?

We posted near the same time, but OP....I use a 5/16 eye bolt with lock washer on backside in place of middle adjust bolt. Works great, eye bolt can't hit hood due to pole pad.

 

[Freakrider]

 

[whitca]

I added another nut and bolt and used an L bracket (right where the little gap in the slide is that you can see on freakrider's pic). This would prevent you from being able to run the pole in the shortest location but I never did anyway.

 

[paczowski123]

Thanks guys, I think freakriders method is going to be the ticket as I run mine at the shortest setting. Also, like he said my pole pad will prevent the eyebolt from hitting and has a nice clean look.