it worked so good for the trampoline I may have to change my method from the loop-lock tool. my loop lock tool works but it’s quite barbaric and by no means easy. Thanks.
Using the looploc/cover tool...
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it worked so good for the trampoline I may have to change my method from the loop-lock tool. my loop lock tool works but it’s quite barbaric and by no means easy. Thanks.
Saturn94
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- Mar 11, 2015
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- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Not exceptionally, no, as long as the spring tension isn't already maxed out. I have a big solid cover, so it's heavy to begin with. I first clear off all water and debris. You hook it on the spring ring, and tug it up and towards you in one motion (about a 45 degree angle) . It slips right off the stud and springs back toward the pool. A little practice and you just go right down the line, one right after the other. I find it much easier and faster than using the tool.
I also find the opposite to be true when reinstalling the cover in the fall. Sliding the ring down the tool and onto the stud (um...can I rephrase that??) is easier than trying to pull the spring straight onto the stud with the puller.
I had a similar short tool at work that was used for popping manhole like covers. I made a handle extender so i could do it while standing up, primarily for leverage but also as a back saver. The trampoline tool could be pipe clamped to a broom handle or equivalent to make it even easier.
