Kevin there was a lot of testing of the outriggers, many failures. The ny
lon grade was chosen after a lot of experience and was the best available a
lternative at the time, near 20 years ago. There may well be a better alter
native now but factory don't have the technical enthusiasts to find it so i
t's up to you guys I'm too old too!=0AGraham=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A____________
____________________=0AFrom: Fred Klein <fklein@orcasonline.com>=0ATo: euro
pa-list@matronics.com=0ASent: Friday, 14 May, 2010 16:18:31=0ASubject: Re:
Europa-List: Outrigger leg failure=0A=0A=0A=0AOn May 14, 2010, at 7:17 AM,
Kevin Klinefelter wrote:=0A=0AI too have brought up this subject after seve
ral failures. There were lots of replies of lots of failures. Some say repl
ace the nylon legs annually. I believe that nylon is just not the right mat
erial for this application.=0A=0AKevin,=0A=0AI salute you for your analysis
and thoughtful testing of an alternative to the nylon, as well as your ide
a to fabricate new wheel forks to match up w/ the skinny wheels...quite int
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