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You may be in luck. I forgot to include that my garage has a raised slab after the garage door opening which I didn't account for. With the jack almost at the lowest position (you can't roll it when it's bottom out) the top of the windshield is about 78 1/2" and to the top of the nav light with modded tower cable stops is about 79 1/2 to 80" +/- 1/4". You could make up that by deflating the tires a little if you needed to get a little more room.
That’s on a stock Yamaha trailer right??
That would be a tough one...the height on trailer for the AR240 is advertised at 8'6" on the trailer with the tower folded down...that would entail a ton of work...in the end the $125 might look like a bargain after you figured out a way...but if there is a way to get it done someone on here will know, good luck.
I think someone made it fit in a 8’ door.
Yes you can create a tower mod however you won't be able to get an AR240 in a 7' garage. 8' maybe but 7' will not work since they sit much higher on the trailer than the 19' boats due to taller freeboard.
My 212x fits through my 8’ tall garage door by the skin of my teeth, so I’m confident it won’t fit in a 7’ opening. I removed the retention cables from my tower so it’ll drop down lower and reduce the overall height on trailer. If you search by my threads, you’ll see what I went through to make it happen.
happy boating everyone!
You could cut the factory bolts a little shorter then extend from there. Just make sure you're able to thread on a coupler after cutting the bolt.@Michael-Nash I was going to write back on here after my last post. I bought extenders and bolt but could not get them to work. With the coupler on they were to long and would drop to the steering wheel. With them at the end of the stock threads the tower would not drop low enough. So for now i just tilt the steering wheel up and rest it on there. It does not hit the window frame and it just low enough to get out of the garage. I use ratchet straps to support the tower off the steering wheel that go from the tower to some eye bolts in my garage ceiling. I can then put on the deluxe premium cover. It is to bad that the oem bolts are just the exact wrong length to extend our use stock for me. I am just happy i have a solution to get it into the garage. I just got it broke in but the ohio weather has sucked the past couple weeks. Did i mention this thing is fast?!
Oh and the best thing ever are these: 1250 lbs. Capacity Vehicle Positioning Wheel Dolly
It allows me to back into the garage then move the boat all the way over in the garage! I am super happy with this setup.
It does. Official factory height is 83.5 but it has room to bring it down to around 82 inches.
