Help with a Phat Budde WakeBoard Tower

[kevinm]

New to this Forum and love the information contained within. Just bought a 2005 24V with a Phat Budde wakeboard tower. I am trying to figure out the best way to lower the tower since the boat will not fit in the storage facility at its current height. It looks like the tower pivots at two different locations and there are handles to loosen the screws. From that point, I really have to muscle the tower to get it apart and even then it's extremely difficult to separate from the base. It just doesn't seem right.

Does anyone know of a video or instruction manual that demonstrates raising and lowering this tower? Trying to be cautious and avoid damaging this new baby!

Thanks.

[TeamAllen]

Welcome to the site. Post up a picture of your set up if you can.

[kevinm]

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Here are four photos. The tower appears to be in two sections, a lower and an upper. There are two bolts holding the upper section and two bolts holding the lower section. It is an extremely sturdy tower, but appears to be a real bear to lower.

[kevinm]

Finally figured this out after staring at it for an hour or so! It was quite easy after all. Just need to remove the two vertical posts on each side and the entire upper section folds nicely on to the lower horizontal unit.

[TeamAllen]

I'm glad you got it figured out. It looks like it has never been taken down before. You usually get some paint chipping when you take them up and down.