What are these brackets for?

[Fastx021]

found these while cleaning out my 2013 ar240. Anyone know what they are for?

 

[tdonoughue]

The lock the tower in a lower position. It is how they were shipped. If you remove the tower piece by the bolts, you can replace it with these gems and screw the bolts back in. Then the tower is secured in the lower position for towing. Otherwise, you need to tow with the tower up (not a problem most of the time, but you can't get as many boats on a trailer that way).

 

[Fastx021]

Thanks!