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Originally Posted by RSaunders
After working on assembling a practice tower, I don't thing that a non-slip grip on a pipe is a good idea. The pipes we used weren't powder coated, and pipe wrenches visibly damaged them with less than 50 pounds of force. To grip the pipe without damaging the finish seems very difficult. I guess it's a function of how many square inches of contact patch you have, but the sub-inch contact patch of a pipe wrench isn't enough.
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Thank you for the insight! Do you think the corner pipes could still hold up to
something like this (notwithstanding the horizontal rung 'bumps'), or is there still a serious risk of field damage?