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badbeard

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why so little head oil
« on: December 13, 2011, 07:09:16 AM »
Here  in Texas the bowling centers all put out light shots. are they saving oiling cost at the expense of wear on the lanes. 


 

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Re: why so little head oil
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2011, 03:18:23 PM »
What part of Texas and are you talking about open play, league or tournament


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Re: why so little head oil
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2011, 03:19:02 PM »
I would probably say no. you would be surprised how little oil it takes to makeup heavy oil. How ever to replace overlay would be a much hire cost.


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Re: why so little head oil
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2011, 03:42:48 PM »
I live 90 miles east of Dallas. House league shot.  When I went to Michigan on vacation and bowled on a left over league shot you could see the heavy head oil. ball worked much better because it had enough oil for the skid phase of skid hook and roll


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Re: why so little head oil
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2011, 08:31:36 PM »
where I bowl there is more oil in the track then in the center of the lane,figure that one out.

 


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Re: why so little head oil
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2011, 11:09:53 PM »
Learn to project the ball down the lane....it's called adjusting.

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Re: why so little head oil
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2011, 02:58:23 AM »
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Re: why so little head oil
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2011, 06:59:57 AM »
lol.  I love "I made the move and it STILL hooked!!!" guy (when you've intentionally) watched where he stood on every shot of the game and he didn't move at all..........


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Russell wrote on 12/14/2011 0:09 AM:Learn to project the ball down the lane....it's called adjusting.

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Re: why so little head oil
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2011, 11:41:20 AM »

Mr. Beard,

 

 Is it ALL the centers you bowl in there, or just the one you call your "home" center? 



badbeard wrote on 12/13/2011 4:09 PM:Here in Texas the bowling centers all put out light shots. are they saving oiling cost at the expense of wear on the lanes.

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Re: why so little head oil
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2011, 03:03:59 PM »
i bowl in 3 centers each week from 12 to 40 miles from my house. 4 me  none of these put enough head oil out . 
 
Note: Lived in Vegas for 27 years bowled in all the centers some wet some dry so I do know the difference.



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Re: why so little head oil
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2011, 11:51:19 AM »
I lived in the midwest for a couple of years and found every house to be just bone dry.  When I went out east for tournaments it felt like a flood and back home here in the Northwest most of the houses seem medium.  Different areas just play different, its what the locals are accustomed to and maybe it wouldn't hurt to se some less aggressive bowling balls to combat the lane conditions you see in Texas?  Check out DV8, their stuff gets WAY down the lane


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