Opinion on Loading Roller Bag

[Jaescrub]

What kinda Silverado do you have I drive a 99 short wide and it's a pain for me at 30 with a strong upper body " short stocky " to fight my 2 ball roller out :/ as the seat are tall and wide. If its a full back seat or even the half door the seats fold up and would be very easy to slide in a 3 ball roller and slide it out with the seats lifted.

[classygranny]

What kinda Silverado do you have I drive a 99 short wide and it's a pain for me at 30 with a strong upper body " short stocky " to fight my 2 ball roller out :/ as the seat are tall and wide. If its a full back seat or even the half door the seats fold up and would be very easy to slide in a 3 ball roller and slide it out with the seats lifted.

My hubby's got a 2011 Silverado with the half door I guess...the back door swings back and you can access the seat or lift the seat up to get full access to the whole floorboard. I'm thinking with the 4 roller that even though you only lifting 30 lbs, you still have to put 30 lbs on top of the first one. Even though I am 5'9", I still think it would be difficult, and I believe I am hearing you agree with me. Lifting more pounds straight up and in sounds much easier to me. But then again it would be 50 lbs. Maybe I should go practice lifting the balls in...why didn't I think of that earlier...hum...old age sometimes befuddles my brain.

[classygranny]

I've been using a 3 ball roller, combined with a single ball bag that I use the shoulder strap. Started with a Rotogrip 3 ball tote, it fell apart after two years. I upgraded to a DV8 3 ball roller and I love it. Big wheels so it rolls smooth, built very well. It's surprisingly easy to handle despite it's size and weight. It has handles everywhere you need them. Next up for me is dumping my old single ball bag and buying a DV8 single ball bag to replace it.

Thanks for the headsup on the quality...I think I'm gonna go with a 3ball roller.

[classygranny]

I have the Roto-Grip 4 ball roller with the two balls on the bottom and two on the top. With the detachable feature picking it up hasn't been a problem. What has been is our small center. With the wheels set so that the bag rolls two balls wide, moving through the alley gets cumbersome. Personally, I'm saving to convert to two 3-ball rollers.

My teammate, Derrick, has the 3-ball roller and likes it. Both of our bags are Roto-Grip and very well made holding up well now being about 5 years old.

Thanks for the headsup on the wide set wheel issue and storing at the lanes. Looks like I am leaning more to the 3 ball roller with every comment.

[edpup316]

Thanks for the headsup on the wide set wheel issue and storing at the lanes. Looks like I am leaning more to the 3 ball roller with every comment.

If I may. Assuming that you havn't bought the bag yet, I would advise you to get Elite Deluxe 3-4-5 or the Rev 2-3-4. I have been using the elite deluxe for over 2 years now and even after take it with me to all the tournys and league I bowl its still in great shape. Its a 3 ball bag with 2 additional bags you can attach or detach if you every need to take more. The Rev bag is a 2 ball roller with 2 attachments so it is very light weight and the price isnt bad at all.

[classygranny]

Well I did make my decision, after taking all of the comments made here under consideration, and went with my original 3-ball roller bag from Elite. I used it for the first time this morning when I went to try out my new bowling balls. I have to say, it loaded into the Traverse quite nicely. Handles on both ends, up and roll it into the cargo area. Still not sure about the truck loading but that will take place tomorrow night. (I did try and load my husband two ball bag and then put my two ball bag on top of it, and it was NOT easy - if we were in close parking quarters would not have been able to manage.) I like the new roller bag, lots and lots of storage space, large shoe compartment (it even holds my bowling bible/notebook with notes, rules, etc), and the big wheels make it a dream to pull - even across the asphalt paving. Used the curb cutout so not sure how well it goes up and down curbs yet - time will tell. And the best part...it's purple and black! Oh, ok, I do have a few female tendencies every now and then.