Bent Tunnels?

[LPIdaho]

I just wanted to do a quick poll to see how many people have bent the tunnel on their Pro and what the loading conditions where that caused it?

I know a couple of guys that bent theirs on a trail that kicked their back ends out. It wasn't endoing down a rock chute.
KMOD is selling some cool tunnel reinforcements made by Fire 'n Ice on their website, which implies to me that some tunnels are bending.

 

[AndrettiDog]

Two Pro's and no bent tunnels. Any sled on the market can bend.

 

[Snodawg]

Mine buckled inside of the secondary. The problem was actually caused by one of the great things about the Pro. The front structure of the Pro is so strong, that when I nailed a solid tree with the spindle, all the energy transferred back into the tunnel and found the week point. I replaced the tunnel with a VEI unit and made my own reinforcement plates. Stronger than strong now (knock on wood, lol). Actually the stock tunnel could easily be repaired with just a reinforcement kit. If anybody is looking for a stock tunnel, let me know, I have one. 155.

 

[4Z]

Fairly common come to find out after posting the same question earlier this year: Clicky. Long story short, there is someone else working on another solution to help other folk address this (not just myself) before it becomes a problem. Beta tests have begun and parts have been shipped. The install time should take less than 1 hour, minimal disassembly of sled (anyone with basic sled tools can tackle it) and is under $200 to buy the kit....

Below is what my old tunnel looked like....

 

[LPIdaho]

Thanks for the link! Didn't see that when I did a search.

 

[nulty_23]

My tunnel ripped at the back after basically half rotated a backflip didn't buckle tho