Solar cover reel

[mikepens]

I have a 12x24 AG pool with a deck about 5" above it along the straight side of the pool ~14' I also have a vinyl fence attached to the pool going around the rest of the pool. I currently have one of those rollers that floats and rolls up on the water. I am not crazy with it. Are there any better choices for me in terms of reels? Thanks in advance!!!

[mikepens]

Just giving this a little bump in hopes of a response.

[mikepens]

Really no one? Giving it one last hope bump. I want to get the roller for next year as I will probably need a new solar cover.

[CarlD]

Look at the various on-line pool supply houses like leisureliving.com

[ChuckD]

Hey mike,
I'm an inground owner so I don't know if this'll help, but I just bought a Rocky's Easy Roller and am fairly happy with it's construction. Not sure if it could be adapted to an above ground but IMO it's good enough to consider.

Chuck

[CarlD]

I would only get one with a metal frame and standard caged bearings. I had a plastic framed one, and when it broke I found the reason it was hard to crank was it had hollow plastic roller bearings and they had broken and locked it up.

Also a 3" or more center is better than a 1-1 1/2" center.

If you have a deck around your A/G, then an I/G roller works--that's what I have .

[ChuckD]

That's my main complaint about the Rocky's; there aren't really bearings. They're just plastic bushings that they tell you to use some waterproof grease on. If it's too tough to crank they tell you to back off the center bolt holding the crank to the roller, but there's no lock washer or anything to keep the bolt from eventually loosening up and falling out.

But the frames and crank are metal and the tube they can provide is a pretty light weight, but rigid one.