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Re: Homemade pole bag

Unread postby Victory Sports » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:25 pm

Even the cost of the smooth wall corrugated tubbing has gone up... almost $100 just for a straight 20 ft stick. The rippled flexible tubing is about $75 (2 10 ft sections cut with a coupler)

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Re: Homemade pole bag

Unread postby master » Wed Aug 01, 2012 2:12 am

Victory Sports wrote:Even the cost of the smooth wall corrugated tubbing has gone up... almost $100 just for a straight 20 ft stick.

Wow! 5 years ago I paid $43 for mine.
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Re: Homemade pole bag

Unread postby vaultmd » Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:09 pm

Victory Sports wrote:Even the cost of the smooth wall corrugated tubbing has gone up... almost $100 just for a straight 20 ft stick. The rippled flexible tubing is about $75 (2 10 ft sections cut with a coupler)


Holy crap! ADS was about $40 about 10 years ago . . .

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Re: Homemade pole bag

Unread postby Victory Sports » Wed Aug 01, 2012 6:33 pm

yep... same here... about 5 years ago i bought a couple tax included it was $50... if y'all find better deals let me know so i can barter with some of the distributers here.

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Re: Homemade pole bag

Unread postby fishman4god » Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:04 pm

PVC works great 6" holds about 10-12 poles and is really strong (although kinda heavy). You can use magic markers to color, decorate, school name etc.

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Re: Homemade pole bag

Unread postby prueitt_r » Fri Nov 29, 2013 11:41 pm

Hi,

I have recently started making them from heavy 16 mil vinyl. I make the 6" tube style as well as a "tool pouch" style. The vinyl is brown but I can add custom colors to make it prettier. Also, there is a 6" flexible vent that I can include to make it more rigid. Not as good as PVC but not as heavy either. Email if you have questions and to talk about custom details. The base bag is $60 and I pay shipping. Custom details and the vent are extra but still much cheaper than Ucs.

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Re: Homemade pole bag

Unread postby Borntovault » Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:17 am

Double wall corrugated tubing is $100? What part of the country are you in? I bought 2 20 foot sections the other day for $96. This was the good stuff with the smooth wall inside. Don't go to a home depot or Lowes. Find a local distributor and ask them. They always have the best prices.
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