i built a tower for my 1985 2001 and i think i over did it. i used 2in schedule 40 steel pipe and 1/4in plate to mount it. does anyone think this tower is to heavy or will be a problem. also should i put rubber between the mount plate and hull and i need a cheap tow ball to mount any advise or ideas would be helpful

Hey, Depending on how tall it is I think it will be fine, if to tall I could possibly see a problem with "roll" when a rider cuts out into the flats, other than that the weight should add to the ballast! I would strongly recommend rubber or some kind of wear material between the deck and tower. Someone sells a replacement ball for towers, that you could uss(sorry don't have access to it here) but you could probably just use a truck/trailer tow ball until you find something else you like. Got any pics?

I think you will be fine but I would definetly put some rubber between the feet and the boat and also use as big of a backing plate as you can. <BR>I am building a tower as well I made my towpoint by welding a round ring to the top of a piece of pipe. It is hard to explain but I took round stock and bent it around a pipe untill it fit around the top of my pipe then welded it from the top. <BR> <BR>How are you going to finish it to prevent rusting. That was my biggest fear with using steel pipe. That is why I am using stainless.

For you do it yourselfers check out Pyramid manufacturing on ebay I don't know how to attach a link sorry. He has the tow ball and all the fittings made from Aluminum I believe. This would make your life easy if you had you aluminum tube bent then just weld in his parts. I am no way affiliated with them just trying to help as I made a tower years ago for my old boat. <BR> <BR>Good Luck

I think that I emailed that guy. He will only sell packages of the entire kit and not sigle pieces. <BR>If you go to the monster tower website they have a replacement tow point for their tower. I believe the Monster tower is 2 1/2" but it could work. monstertower.com