The Powertec WB-LTO13 or the Ironmaster Cable Tower Attachment? I have the Powertec rack and the Ironmaster bench. The IM is cheaper but the LTO13 seems sturdier. Is it just best to go with the PT one? Not a fan of how the IM one is on two separate sides either. Anything negative on the LTO13? I seen the two other posts, but they weren't really a review on it.
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Thread: Better Pulley Tower?
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01-21-2013, 12:39 PM #1
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Better Pulley Tower?
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01-21-2013, 01:43 PM #2
Did a quick google search and the prices on those things is insane in my opinion. Maybe I was looking in the wrong places but $400-500$ for a LOADABLE lat pulldown seems pretty steep.
I would look on craiglist for a week or two and find a loadable lat pulldown for like $100. The ones you'll find on their are pretty much equivalent to the Ironmaster model.
The space for a stand alone unit is pretty much identical to the space of an add on unit, if space is an issue.
I say wait to pull the trigger until you've checked out some used prices for something similar. With the extra 2-300 you save you could buy all sorts of goodies for you home setup, even a second piece of equipment all together.
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01-21-2013, 02:01 PM #3
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Space is a major concern, thus the reasoning for giving one of these two a go. 500 is high though for it. The stand alone lat pulldowns you'll see on CL don't really seem like much of a pulley system though. They only go one way? So space and having different angles with it are my main two objectives I guess.
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01-21-2013, 02:07 PM #4
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01-21-2013, 03:51 PM #5
FWIW, I posted lots of photos and my thoughts of the Ironmaster tower in this thread...
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=145389251
A summary:
I think the IM cable tower is a lot better than it used to be with the V2 version of the cable tower The V1 version required you to unhook one cable and hook up a different one when switching from pulldowns to rows and vice versa. Storing it is very compact - you can simply roll it into a corner. Using it probably requires more space than a dedicated lat/row machine.▪█─────█▪ Equipment Crew #35
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01-21-2013, 09:50 PM #6
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01-29-2013, 01:45 PM #7
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Just looking around, but is it possible for this to fit the powertec?
http://www.sears.com/xmark-commercia...&blockType=G24
Makes me wish I bought that F430 bodycraft rack a couple years back...Last edited by TommyStarwind; 01-29-2013 at 01:57 PM.
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