Uses For Broken Poles

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Uses For Broken Poles

Unread postby vaulter870 » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:00 pm

So far we have managed to turn a broken pole into a rocket launcher
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Unread postby bvpv07 » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:11 am

1. Cross bar "putter-uppers" :P with a few small adjustments

2. Drills (as an aid or to get your arms/hands in a similar position during a drill that you would have them during the vault)

3. Wall Decoration ;)
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Unread postby mcminkz05 » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:34 am

I agree with chris, the rocket lanucher DEFFINETLY wins the bets sue for a broken pole :devil:
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Unread postby CrossBarHOpper » Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:19 pm

i use mine for bottle rocket lauchers and beating sticks
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Unread postby VaultMarq26 » Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:59 pm

Pull up bar, or an oversized jav
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Unread postby LHSpolevault » Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:43 pm

How are you using them for rocket launches? I wanna know in case I come across a broken pole ;) :D
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Unread postby Scott Go Pre » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:22 am

you can turn the pole into many different things, with just a little imagination:

+ a potato gun - if allowed by your state
+ get two and some bungee cord and make a giant slingshot
+ break it up into 3 foot long pieces and make a dirt flinger
+ a nice, long digerido
+ depending on the weight rating, turn it into a dumbbell bar
+ turn it into a smoke bomb smoke stack

just to name a few ideas, man I got so many of them.
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Unread postby mcminkz05 » Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:08 am

LHSpolevault wrote:How are you using them for rocket launches? I wanna know in case I come across a broken pole ;) :D


you make sure both ends are open, then have 1 person hold it on their shoulder and aim, while another lights the rockets in the back of the pole and shoves them in.. .and out the other end they come!
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Unread postby ashcraftpv » Fri Jul 08, 2005 2:45 pm

i've got a 2 foot section behind my seat in my truck as a beater stick for sticky situations. Don't know about you, but getting whacked with piece of fiberglass pole hurts like hell...

They also make great whiffle ball and stick ball bats
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Unread postby sploit » Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:08 am

We had a 15' 170 that got ran over by a truck. So we cut it down to a 12' and stuck the tip in a corner and held the rest up with rope. We jump on and swing and use it to practice getting inverted while the pole is uncoiling.
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Unread postby HcVaulter » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:05 pm

well we had a pole break years ago... so we use the remaining like 9 ft of it and use it as a drill pole... practice 1 handers... rock back, swing... all that good stuff
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