Ok, so I got a new tower. I bought it from a local business that built towers for some companies, this one inparticular was part of a surplus when a company backed out of a deal with them. The company left them with 7 towers, they sold one to me for $200 bucks after some negotiation, and $75 for the installation parts (for reinforcement, etc...). The tower is designed for a pontoon boat, so I have a tower designed for a 100" or so beam. This is no problem, we can cut the tower down 10" on each side and put it back together and it will fit.
The problem is...I'm not sure how to mount it over the windshield portion of the boat (i.e. like most towers). It isn't really long enough to reach two flat places (one in front of the windshield, one behind the windshield, next to the driver). I do NOT want to mount the tower in the back of the boat for a # of reasons. It's a short boat (17'), it already has a high bow and heavy backend, and it just looks silly.
Would bending the tower to make it fit work? Could it be mounted on the sides as opposed to the flat surfaces on topside? Any suggestions would be very appreciated. Here is the tower...
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