06-23-2013, 10:53 PM
After my Sportsman frame broke I contacted outcast. They told me that they had a frame for me. It was the 10 IR Stand up frame and it was beefed up to handle the load of the stand up model. I think they guy was named Chris. He said that so many 10 IR stand up models were having the trouble they came up with a system to beef them up.
Here is a picture of the part that they beefed up to handle the stand up. It was my understanding that it was not the welds that were failing but the tubing next to the weld. The overlay metal was to double up the metal to give it more strength. The big problem I see with these is there are only two cross pieces going from one side to the other. Those pieces are the seat/ standing support. When standing the load is more concentrated on the front support. I would never use this type of pontoon as a stand up. It is just not strong enough and there are a lot out there that are not as well built as the Outcast. It is spooky to think how flimsy some of them are. Ron
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Here is a picture of the part that they beefed up to handle the stand up. It was my understanding that it was not the welds that were failing but the tubing next to the weld. The overlay metal was to double up the metal to give it more strength. The big problem I see with these is there are only two cross pieces going from one side to the other. Those pieces are the seat/ standing support. When standing the load is more concentrated on the front support. I would never use this type of pontoon as a stand up. It is just not strong enough and there are a lot out there that are not as well built as the Outcast. It is spooky to think how flimsy some of them are. Ron
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