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bigdaddy1808

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Tank
« on: February 25, 2013, 07:57:58 AM »
Anyone have any info on a eureka tank never seen it before

 

backupball

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Re: Tank
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2013, 09:52:58 AM »
It was urethane, don't recall if it was a pancake weight block or something more like a Blue Hammer.

bigdaddy1808

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Re: Tank
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2013, 10:02:13 AM »
Yeah that's what I'm trying to find out

DP3

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Re: Tank
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2013, 02:35:49 PM »
The Tank had a real big core in it.  Almost shaped like the bottom of a Tank.  Not very dynamic flare wise but it did lower the RG so it rolled a bit early.  I remember a youth league teammate having a powder blue one.  Not sure who poured them.

J_Mac

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Re: Tank
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2013, 02:55:27 PM »
Not much use, but here it is - http://www.123bowl.com/ball.cfm?ballid=1094

mfd301

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Re: Tank
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2013, 03:18:32 PM »
The Tank was made by Eureka Urethane industries, which as the name implies is a urethane company. They made one other ball and that was a red Budwieser urethane ball. The Tank had a pancake weight block to it, nothing fancy. Even though the ball came sanded it went real long and had a nice even roll to it. The major problem was that they were a urethane company and not a bowling ball company, and there were many problems with their cores and pours. Because of this we saw a lot of ball come out with voids/hollow spaces in them. They'd crack or you'd bang on the shell and hear the "echo" from the void underneath.