Thoughts on an I/O with a tower

rober03 · Faceplant Joined: 03 Jun 2008 Posts: 1 City: auburn

I have a 1995 Larson runabout with a 325hp Mercruiser inboard/outboard carburated engine with a bad case of the no startsies, it's all i've got besides a party barge, owned by mi madre. Well I'm thinking about slapping an aluminum universal tower on that dirty dingy. What are your thoughts on this plan, I'm still a bit timid about the hull cracking under the pressure. If anyone has any experience with a universal tower your opinion is greatly appreciated, if this is posted somewhere else, don't flame me, i just joined and haven't had much time on the site.

cheapskate · Guest

you should use the tower money to put towards the boat. get rid of the no starts and enjoy more time on the water. welcome to the site Birthday

Fryguy · Posted: Jun 04, 2008 1:53 pm Post subject:

Put that cheeze twards gas and the boat, you dont need a tower to shred!!!! Cheeper the ride the better in my opinion, money goes in the Engine or the Gastank. Ride On!!

Mario C · Posted: Jun 04, 2008 2:54 pm Post subject:

i have a fly high universal pylon on our bayliner. works great and the boat has the funnest wake.

that's funny, i might be buying a 1985 larson off my buddy at work.

Parker · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 1731 City: Norman

i have a monster tower its awesome i couldn't ask for more except now we have no shade on the lake until we get a custom thing.

coricluster · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 1826 City: berlin

i had a Big Air pylons tower on my old I/O and it worked great. a lil shaky in choppy water but never had a problem with it, but when i put my flight control on my older nautique, i could def tell the diff between a stock and universal. but they all work. i would just get a pylon and save some money to get er runnin.

Alexander Scott Haney 111 · Ollie Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 90 City: Gainesville

a while ago when i had an inboard outboard, we build a tower out of galvanized pipe from home depot. the total was under a hundred dollars.we made a tripod design with both legs on the sides of the boat and the other leg towards the rear right behind the engine, with a rope to the front of the boat for support. it worked really well and didn't flex that much at all. just something to consider.

devotid · Frontside 180 Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 473 City: saginaw

our hydrodyne has a big air pylon on it and its wonderful. it's solid and quiet oh and it folds down to to fit in a hoist or garage.
I scored ours for about 900 five years ago im sure there cheaper now.