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The right fabric for the job...
Below are a few pictures of cut edge ATV pennants after many miles on my Jeep. Cut edge flags are not intended to be used on highway speed vehicles so the test was way above and beyond what should be required of the fabric.
The winner so far for standing up to highway speeds.
Vinyl Mesh Pennant before...
Below is a mesh pennant on my Jeep Cherokee driven about every day for 3 months and 3300 miles! No other fabric has even come close to matching the toughness of this fabric. Along with being a tough and fray resistant fabric the flow through design of the fabric creates far less drag, easier on gas mileage, your whip and flag. Even though this is a mesh the fabric it is dense enough and bright enough to stand out even from a far distance.
Vinyl Coated Fabric (Rubber-Duc 7oz)
This ATV flag is made of the 7oz Rubber-Duc fabric. It is a coated vinyl fabric and holds up much better than the laminated fabrics.
After over 250 miles of mixed off road and highway driving the flag held up very well with only a little fraying on the point. There are a few cracks a couple of inches from the tip that were caused when I had the flag mounted too close to the vehicle and it was whipping against the side.
Under normal all off road use this fabric is one of the toughest I have found to use on a light weight cut edge flag and would hold up for a long time.
Test results on the Rubber-Duc 18oz, first round.
This is a tough but slightly heavy vinyl coated fabric. I don't recommend it for light whips or high speeds, the drag is quite considerable.
after over 1000 miles and one month mixed off road, town and highway use still very little sign of wear. It is still flying on my Jeep so I will update results in a couple of months.
Update March 2010: I flew this flag for a few more miles with very little evidence of more fraying but can't provide a picture... TIP: When flying any flag at highway speeds don't rely on the little rubber mounting grommets only to keep it on the whip, also apply some glue to the tip. My flag is somewhere along the freeway, the wind pulled it off of whip because I didn't follow my own advice and used the grommets alone without glue.
Vinyl laminated fabric (Plasti-Cloth)
I don't use this fabric any more!
This ATV flag is made of a laminated fabric called Plasti-Cloth, the industry standard for outdoor pennants.
This fabric is used for many types of flags including off road pennants. After only 150 miles of mixed off road and highway use it is almost destroyed. Again this is above and beyond what should be expected of a cut edge flag.
I would not recommend this fabric be used for any vehicle that travels over 30mph. These plasti-cloth fabric flags are everywhere and do last for many hours with no damage at all on any off road only vehicle that does not travel at high speeds.
Bill flying his 911 memorial scooter flag.
Fair Booth Pics
Flags make for the brightest booth at any fair!
Fun Pics
We don't work all of the time...gotta go riding once in a while!
The whole gang at Winchester Bay
This is the guy who inspired the flag"Danger vehicle may become airborne without warning"
Someone caught me stuck in a hole while playing on the beach at Horsefall
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