Monster Swing TurboSwing Towbar

Install was a breeze, it's installed on a Atlas jack plate with a Merc pro xs 250 4 stoke. No drilling is required an I was able to use included boat factory hardware. Easy to take off and put on when needed. Pulled a 3 person around all day, no issues at all kids had a blast, and I scared the #$&# out of my friends. This turnedy bass boat into a all day lake fun boat.

I replaced a stock ski tow that folded up on a pontoon boat with a TurboSwing in June 2022. This boat is part of a boat club fleet. That boat has seen 150 hours of use since and all of the club members who have used it have had nothing but good things to say about the TurboSwing. It is easy to install. Once installed you need to turn the motor full each direction and push/pull hard on the TurboSwing to check clearance. The Suzuki DF250 it is mounted to has a lower cowl that is crushed on both front corners because I failed to do the push/pull check. There is plenty of clearance with no load. One of the plastic clips to hold the pulley is gone. I do not know if it broke or was removed but I replaced it with a piece of 1” PVC pipe that I split and hose clamped in place. The pulley appears to be holding up fine but the rope clip and clevis is showing wear. Like I said, this one has been on the boat for 150 hours so some wear is expected where metal rubs metal under a load. It is the only ski tow I found rated to pull tubes. I adjusted the height yesterday in an attempt to keep it from hitting the motor under load but it’s getting late enough in the season I may not see the result until next summer.

Researched this product for months before buying. Install was no problem. However starting second tow going about 5 miles per hour the nose of the tube caught water and the bar basically squatted!! Bent where it goes into the brackets by the motor. Turbo swing says 5 year warranty......good luck no one will pickup the phone or return your messages! Amazon customer service is awesome. I am asking for replacement product. I will update with the use of new bar.

Just want to give Crest pontoon owners a heads up. We use Crest pontoons at our marina and have a Crest Classic with a Mercury 250hp. The original tow bar was ruined and we decided to go with the Giant turboswing towbar as we were told it would work just fine. We found out it will work but not without some modification to the stern area of the boat. I have attached a picture to show you what I mean. So far it appears to work fine however it would have been nice to know modifications would be necessary.

So far so good. Works great for tubing.

I would recommend this product to just about anybody who has the cash to buy it. Even if you don't, scrape up the money to do so. I currently work at a marine dealership as a service advisor, these are my easiest selling and most functional products by far. My techs have installed plenty of them, and I have had reports of ONE bending under load. TurboSwing support sent them a new unit at no cost. Any family that purchases a boat will hear from me: If you're towing, you need a turbo swing.

The mounting hardware was missing,

I thought this was going to solve our issue. We have a 2020 sun tracker party barge 18 and for what ever reason suntracker changed the options for this boat in 2020 and cannot get a tow bar installed. So we tried pulling a skier using the holes in the pontoons but that really didn’t work well. So we bought turbo swing. Installation takes 2-3 hours. Need to make sure you have a drill. Well we had it all setup and when we took it out, the water came up high on sides and over the motor. When we took off one side just to see, the water flowed fine. So it must be that there isn’t the right space or barrier to make water flow out and around. So, this device is probably worth 4 or 5 stars but because it won’t work on our model, I’m going with on,y 3. Now I do have an RMA to send it back but think I have to pay for shipping which is a lot as I bought it directly and not through amazon.

My Turbo swing was missing 2 special lock nuts .Called Turbo swing and they said they don't sell to Amazon.So looks like I purchased from a third party and not Amazon as indicated.I purchased the lock nuts through Turbo Swing directly and at my cost of 30.00 with shipping.Thought of returning it but return shipping cost would hav e cost me more.Next big purchase I make will be directly with the distrubutor/manufacturer.