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    Sweet, thanks for the info guys. I know a lot of people use the 36" spread bar for the head, I didn't know if that was pretty much the standard or if it was viable to do a longer spreader bar in the head (and if it was structurally ok to do!)

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    Im not sure what size person you are but Ill give you the of my bad experience with physics and gravity. I was using 46 spreader bars. the larger ones from dutch. I didnt put anything in or on them to strengthen and they snapped and i crashed. one of the ends gashed my head when it snapped. After that I read a post from another big guy who suggested that I should have put the bars inside a piece of pvc to keep them from failing. I got that advice a little too late.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigsig11010 View Post
    Im not sure what size person you are but Ill give you the of my bad experience with physics and gravity. I was using 46 spreader bars. the larger ones from dutch. I didnt put anything in or on them to strengthen and they snapped and i crashed. one of the ends gashed my head when it snapped. After that I read a post from another big guy who suggested that I should have put the bars inside a piece of pvc to keep them from failing. I got that advice a little too late.
    I'm 6'5 180lbs. I think the biggest I would go with spreader bars would be 43", and if I do go that big I would make sure the dog bones are long enough to not put too a ton of pressure on the pole. Thanks for the info tho, hope it didn't ruin your trip!

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