Jeff, I was really surprised at the difference it made. The orlimar shafts are .369, so they fit perfectly. I used a stiff and trimmed it quite a bit to get to the CPM I was shooting for. I got the shaft for free, so if it didn't work it was no big deal. Considering the price of the shaft, and the fact that I bought the head for $10, I've got a very inexpensive club that my playing buddies have deemed "the magic stick."
Scott At 04:21 PM 3/5/2003 -0600, you wrote: >Scott - that is a great idea (using the oversize tip wood shaft). I wonder if that's >the type of shaft geometry that Wishon has in the Tracker shaft. Its what it feels >like to me now that you mention it. I thought the old model Jackaroo was a real dud >with an iron shaft in it but I made one up for my uncle by shimming the heck out of a >.335 tip wood shaft (Carbon Tour 5.0) and he says it works great. FWIW, I think I >saw a bunch of Orlimar pull out shafts for cheap over in the Swap Shop on GEA - this >might just be a good reason to pick up a couple. What tip size exactly are the >Orlimar shafts? .360"??? Later, Jeff > >-----Original Message----- >From: Scott Bershing [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 3:33 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Re: Utility heads > >Related to this, I've found that if you put a .370 tip wood shaft in the >Jackaroo, it really helps it play more like a wood. > >Last year, I swapped out the Apache PM30 iron shaft I had in mine with an >EI-70 that was pulled out of an orlimar, and it was a night and day >difference in the playability of the club. It went from acting like a long >iron, to acting like a wood. > >Scott > >At 03:57 PM 3/5/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > >>On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 01:32:01PM -0600, Mark Linder wrote: > >> > Now I'm talking to myself. Anyone here have any experience with the > >> > Dynacraft Jackaroo II? > > > >The two big differences I have found among utility heads are: > > * Offset > > * Shaft (.335 "wood" or .370 "iron") > > > >The Jackaroo has offset and takes a .370 shaft. That makes it hit like an > >iron. If you don't like long irons and prefer something wood-like, this > >only goes a fraction of the way there. A better choice for something more > >wood-like: > > > > * Try Dynacraft's Hypersteel if you don't like offset. > > * Try Golfsmith's QuickStrike if you do like offset. > > > >Personally, I waited for a sale on the TaylorMade Rescue (the real thing) > >because nobody was doing nearly as much lowering of the COG as they did. I > >got it and eventually reshafted it to be more like my other clubs. I > >consider that a success overall, though I'd prefer a bit less offset. I > >tend to hook it. OTOH, it's nice to have one long club that I know won't > >go to the right. Anyway, GolfWorks' TroubleOut utility club is next-best > >to the Rescue IMHO, and the QuickStrike right after that. > > > >Hope this helps. > >DaveT > > > > >
