On Aug 26, 11:11*pm, wrote:

Er, no. *Given the information provided, there is no way to give any
practical information - IOW, he got about as good as he gave.


Heh heh, all the more surprising that a number of people did so anyway
eh?

( By the way, I think you may be looking for a tractor, preferably
with a trailer.)

With regard to a comment in another post. it is a very bad idea to
flex ANY rod by grabbing it at the tip and bending it. If you want to
test a rod under load, then thread it up with line and tie the line to
something or other, or use weights.

Testing old unknown bamboo rods ( or any others for that matter) by
bending them, pulling the tips, or indeed anything at all of that
nature is a very very bad idea. When it breaks, the shop will make you
pay for it.

A visual inspection, looking for various points, some of which were
given in the above posts, is ample.