^^Dryway, I wrote the mfg re our question but so far just crickets
In other news, phase 1 of installing modified Rocky Solar reel is complete.
After 6 mos daily use, I not only tore much of my DIY roller connections from the force of rolling in the pool on a line, the constant pressure of my foot sliding on the slant caused a wrinkle to develop in my new liner ;( -- 95 temps and forceful sliding.... So I decided to bite the bullet and experiment with the super-strong Rocky's soar reel despite my irregular footprint in grecian pool.
With their help (awesome customer service) we devised a "swing arm" concept using a marine swivel plate and other mods they suggested.
Rollout will be perpendicular to the pool, storage mode parallel. We may also instead try fold n roll if the swinging causes future problems, but this way I can convert between seasons (in dome and out) swapping my existing cover and new cover.
Here are a few pics:
The swivel plate turns 360...protecting it with marine lube and rust inhibitor etc...we'll see how the bearings hold up.
The red pins are dropped into tubing to secure in roll mode when bar is perpendicular to pool.
Next weekend I intend to get cover attached, cap exposed bolts, etc.
I'll let y'all know if this proves sustainably viable
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