FUN TOYS THREAD

[wallacmc]

Wow! That Samson tower looks great on there!!!

Yeah I agree. It really does.

[Wickedcummins]

The new Samson Razor, SM7 speakers, Harpoon amp and FAE. Santa was good this year. A big hooray for the guys at Samson. I sent them the measurements for the stock mounting locations and it fit perfect. Can't wait to get it on the water to test it all out. Also got a new interior last year.[ATTACH][ATTACH]22105[/ATTACH][/ATTACH]

what did you pay for it if you dont mind me asking ?

[laserfish]

3500 plus shipping for the tower itself. Their pricing is on the website. For the accessories we got an off season discount. If I find the invoice, I will let you know. Scott and his crew were great to work with as was State Farm for replacing the tower after I accidentally tried to take the end of my roof off with the old tower.

[Wickedcummins]

damn thats a ton of dough..

[laserfish]

Would not have been able to do that without the insurance. Sure looks nice and it is 100% more stable than any tower I have experienced.

[Ewok]

Wow! That Samson tower looks great on there!!!

X2!!!

[wakeatx]

Wow, I have tower envy...

[Timmy!]

damn thats a ton of dough..

You get what you pay for with the towers...

[Wickedcummins]

YAH I agree but thats insane. Material for the tower is not even 300.. I could see 2g witch they would still make a killing at.. Ill probably build my own then. I wanna change the angles on mine

[Timmy!]

Look at Monster towers then, $1k but they are pretty plain. You have to look at it from the labor and engineering standpoint too. How many hours in R&D do they have invested in it, how long to bend the tubes, build the mounting points, marketing, sales, equipment, profit...it all adds up. How much is 3" aluminum tubing per foot? How much for the billet uprights and the machining of them? I know you have access to those machines and know how to use them but most of us don't.

If you were looking to make a few bucks, look at machining some surf racks and selling them.

[chpthril]

Look at Monster towers then, $1k but they are pretty plain. You have to look at it from the labor and engineering standpoint too. How many hours in R&D do they have invested in it, how long to bend the tubes, build the mounting points, marketing, sales, equipment, profit...it all adds up. How much is 3" aluminum tubing per foot? How much for the billet uprights and the machining of them? I know you have access to those machines and know how to use them but most of us don't.

If you were looking to make a few bucks, look at machining some surf racks and selling them.

If im not mistaken, they will also adjust the footprint a little to fit each buyers boat. So basically it is a custom/one-off.

[philwsailz]

A few of the boats in the fleet
The first boat is my '87 Catalina 22 sailboat
The second boat is my '75 Catalina 27 sailboat
3 and 4 are my '54 Bellcraft
5 and 6 are my '57 North American
6 is my '05 Stingray
7 is my '98 Club Car, okay, not a boat)

[laserfish]

Chp is right. This is a tower made for my boat. Scott made sure that each side was measured individually and it came with a passenger and driver side, each custom made for my measurements, windshield angle, mounting point angles, etc. Fit and finish is immaculate on all welds and billet pieces. I expect this to last the life of the boat and then some. Timmy is right on, you do get what you pay for and I plan on keeping this boat for a long time to come. Thanks for the compliments on the tower.

[laserfish]

Phil,
Beautiful boats! I have loved the look of the wood boats as my Grandad used to take us fishing in his. Always thought the look of the wood was the coolest. Seemed we were always having to sand and varnish though. Sure was pretty when we finished. Jealous of all your storage room too!

[philwsailz]

Phil,
Beautiful boats! I have loved the look of the wood boats as my Grandad used to take us fishing in his. Always thought the look of the wood was the coolest. Seemed we were always having to sand and varnish though. Sure was pretty when we finished. Jealous of all your storage room too!

Stored properly, you sand and varnish a lot less than most of us wax....

Yeah, I love them, but hardly get them out. Sad thing about boats built for show.... It is almost a dis-service to keep them stored away. They want to be used, and I just don't.