Re: Z302 with Arch?
 

Yea that looks good I wish I could buy a chapparel sunseta radar tower if it would fit. Please let me know if draw up something because I have a bod shop that could probably duplicate it with drawings.

Re: Z302 with Arch?
 

That's a great looking arch too. I'll be fabricating as i go but I'll post pics or PM you the details
The plan is a metal inner super structure alum. or light weight steel steel likely cheaper and easier to work with but strong enough to hang on wrapped in fiberglass and painted wired for speakers and lights.
Really like the sunseta bimini set up.

Howard you in north Texas?

Re: Z302 with Arch?
 

Yes right between Dallas and Ft worth

Any plans you can share would really be appreciated.

Re: Z302 with Arch?
 

Post pics here! I'm sure a lot of people would be interested to see the progress. Hopefully it turns out good, and you could do a writeup for the projects forum too! :)

Re: Z302 with Arch?
 

Right on I'll update as i go on here just waiting on Santa to bring my new long radius tubing roller

Re: Z302 with Arch?
 

I sure hope you can come up with what you have mentioned, I will would like to see what it would like... Heck I would like to pay you to maybe build me one too. What area are you located in?

Re: Z302 with Arch?
 

I'm just 3.5-4 hours north of you, Verdigris, OK just northeast of Tulsa. If it turns out to be something you like in can bring it down for a closer look.

Re: Z302 with Arch?
 

Sounds good, I also travel back and forth from Ada, OK watching my daughter play softball for ECU. Let me know if you receive my PM I sent you?

Howard

Re: Z302 with Arch?
 

didn't get your PM but sent one to you see if you got it.

Well thought I'd update on the progress

Got the boat out of storage and over to the fab shop this weekend for some test fitting
Turned out to be a little more of a art then science trying to get the angles to look right without making a super tall arch or a really swoop forward look as the floor to top rail on the z302 is much higher then most trailer boats with arches the idea to have a finished look like a chaparral tower.

After fitting the first main beams I had bent it made the total trailer ride height over 13'. Which makes her a tree trimmer around the lake roads here. So I started bending again and ended up with a 11'10" ride height.
Returned "OFF DUTY" back to storage last night as we are expecting snow midweek
and she doesn't fit in the shop with 3 fire trucks we have to test this week. So I'll build a mock up jig of the top rail tomorrow to finish up. The end result well hopefully look something like what HowardZ302 sent me.

Side note I was able to get the swim platform main frame all bent and tacked up as I didn't need as many hands to hold up or bend and hold these pieces ( 65 degree days so I let the boys run there karts on the 1/8 mile track we built over the winter at the shop as we all have them up here for down time think tanks) any how back to work. I'm going for a performance/offshore look on this one. The main hoop is 1 1/2" .065 tube and the main floor is 1 1/2"x1" oval tube to made a smoother feeling walking surface the corner are cut for cup holders to rest in. Here is the idea of what the end will look like but fitted to a curved hull.



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