Wiring a Wakeboard Tower

Wiring a wakeboard tower for speakers or lights can seem daunting. Do you go with a wiring harness or run your own wires? Do you need a quick disconnect? Choosing to go with normal wire or a wiring harness is a choice you need to make.

 If you are just wiring one thing running a normal wire is not a bad option and may be the most cost effective. However, if you are running wire for multiple things a wiring harness is generally the way to go. A great feature to have in a wiring harness is a quick connect/disconnect, especially if you are collapsing or removing your tower. Not to mention this provides a much cleaner look.

If you decide to go with a wiring harness we have a few options listed below that available on out website.

• Big Air 4 Pin Wiring Harness
• Big Air 8 Pin Wiring Harness
• Roswell Tower Wiring Harness
• Skylon 4 Pin Wiring Harness

Tower with Big Air 4 pin Wiring Harness 

Most towers do not have an entrance or exit hole for your wiring, so your going to have to drill one. Before you do this step I recommend determining what size hole you are going to need. If you are using a wiring harness most manufacturers tell you what size hole to drill. If you choose to run your own wiring I recommend determining how many wires you will be using and then choosing a drill bit that is a little larger that the wire would be around. This allows the wire to slide in fairly easy.

Once you have made the decisions above its fairly simple. You will determine which side of the boat your head unit/ power source is on. In most cases you will want to run your wiring to this side. Decide where you want your speakers/light bar ect. to mount and drill your entrance hole.

Now in my opinion it is easiest to run the wire through the tower as you are assembling it. This can allow you to fish it thought each piece with ease. If you have your tower installed already you can normally run a pull string with a nut on the ends through the tower. This allows you to pull your wire through with ease. (Note with some towers you may have to jump a connection to continue running your wire.)  Then you mount the quick connect/disconnect if you have it. Connect the wire to your speakers/lights ect. and to the head unit/power source.

If you have any questions you can always contact us  and the tower manufacturer may have tip and tricks for their tower.

Want To See A Tower On Your Boat?

Big Air is one of our most popular manufacturers that we carry. They have been in business for nearly 20 years! In our experiences with them they have been very easy to deal with. They are very serious about their customer service. They are a Christian based company and with these values in mind they try to keep their customers first and their prices affordable, which allows us to offer great pricing to you!

Big Air has out done themselves. They have released a feature on their website that allows you to see their towers on your boat. They call it the Tower Visualizer. This is so nice! It definitely helps you know what a tower will look like on your boat. This could also help you decide between towers if it is down to the aesthetics.

The way it works is, you can upload an image of your boat (or select a boat similar to yours if they have one) adjust the image size to fit the length of the boat. Then choose a tower you would like to see. You can even print or save the image if you want to show your spouse or friend. 

The Tower Visualizer is definitely worth a look if you are struggling to decide on a tower, just want to see a tower on your boat or trying to talk you spouse into a tower. It has definitely helped some of our customers. If you have questions about a tower just contact us. 

Big Air Haus Tower: Product Review

Big Air is one of our most popular manufacturers that we carry. They have been in business for nearly 20 years! In our experiences with them they have been very easy to deal with. They are very serious about their customer service. They are a Christian based company and with these values in mind they try to keep their customers first and their prices affordable, which allows us to offer great pricing to you!

Want a wakeboard tower that will clear your existing bimini? Well the Big Air Haus Tower is your best bet. It was designed to fit over about 90% of biminis. The Haus is a very tall tower, it stands about 6.5 feet tall from the mounting points. It also has roughly 69" of height below the h-member. This is a universal tower that will fit boats with a mounting width of 78"-103" wide. Worried about front to back stance? Don't be. With a large front to back stance of 68" your load is widely distributed. While this tower is very tall, it still collapses to near windshield height. This is a great feature if you are store your boat in a garage. It is available in 3 finishes listed below.

Polished Aluminium Big Air Haus Tower

• Polished Aluminium 
• Black Powder Coat 
• Polished Anodized 

Big Air did not sacrifice strength or style when designing this tower. Big Air also designed a new product for stability, the patent pending "Tower Tamer". The Tower Tamer  is included with the Big Air Haus Tower. The Tower Tamer insures the Haus doesn't sway with all that added heigth. Worried about warranty? Big Air has a 5 year limited warranty.

Overall: This is the best choice we have been able to find if you are trying to accommodate your existing bimini. Your are not sacrificing anything because Big Air ensures that the quality you have come to know and love for nearly 20 years, is still there. All that height and it is collapsible, so if you have height or storage limitations, your covered. If you have any questions feel free to contact us or Big Air.

1997 cobalt 23ls	June 15, 2015
Reviewer: Richard Endicott from Murdock, KS United States

very happy with customer service answered all questions about the different towers very clear. told me with my bemini to wait till on the new haus tower specs and I am very glad I did. had to make my bemini poles so they would adjust down to fold in & out then raise back up folder out the bemini has plenty of room under tower & looks grate thank you shane

Barewest T5 Prozone Tower: Product Review

Barewest has been in business for about 16 years. They specialize in multi-purpose towers (for sport and fishing). They strive to keep balance between fun and functional for there durable USA MADE products.

Barewest T5 Prozone

The T5 is the most rigid of the Barewest line of tower. This tower fits all boats 72" to 102". This is an aluminium tower. As you can see in the photo to the right, the T5 has aluminium panels on both sides. These panels are laser cut and this tower is collapsible to about 39" tall. 

The T5 is available in multiple finishes listed below. 

• Black Powder Coat
• Red Powder Coat
• Silver Powder Coat
• White Powder Coat

Overall: This tower is a good, rigid tower. It would be a great choice if you need to be able to collapse your tower. Not to mention its durable  

Roswell Aviator Tower: Product Review

Roswell has been in business for about 17 years. They strive to have innovation, technology and quality. They have over 300 dealers around the world that help them get these quality products to you and we are proud to be one those.

Black Roswell Aviator

The Aviator is the Cadillac of the Roswell towers. Lets talk about this luxury tower. This tower was designed to have an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) look. However, it is a universal tower (that fits 80"-104"). Roswell has a patented cam latch and handle system that makes folding the Aviator quick and easy. They also have a system weight assist. This is a great feature if you are going to need to collapse your tower by yourself. 

The Aviator is available in two finishes, listed below. The center section or the h-member is brushed anodized.

• Matte Black Paint
• Gloss White Paint

Did I mention this tower is pre-wired for lights and speakers? Because it is!

All in all this tower is the definition of luxury! However, you do pay more for luxury. This is a good, strong tower. If you need to put your boat under a car port or in a garage this tower would be a good choice for you.  

Vulcan Vector Tower :Product Review

Vulcan Wake provide's good quality at an amazingly low price. Vulcan Wake is a long standing China based company that was not featured in the US until 2014.

Polished Aluminium
Vulcan Vector Tower

The Vulcan Vector Tower has a bottom bar that was designed to follow the windshield line of most boats. This add a little something different to this tower. Some towers that have this style with the bottom bar have to be completely straight up and down, completely level, and mounted in the exact same spot on both sides for the tower to go together properly. When it comes to the Vector those issues are not relevant and it is definitely not that complicated. Yes, some boat areas for installation may have the bottom bar mounts in the same place on both sides but they can also be tilted in if you like it better that way.



There is a lot of adjustment in this tower. The width is even adjustable too, it will fit 72"-103" wide.  It stands about 5 feet tall. Need to fit under a bridge or garage and worried your boat will be to tall with an additional 5 feet? Problem solved! The Vector is collapsible to near windshield height.

The Vector is available in 2 finishes listed below

• Polished Aluminium 
• Black Powder Coat

It is also a double bar tower, which means there are two bars at the top of the tower. Vulcan says you can pull 1-2 adult riders with this tower. 

This tower also comes with a 5 year manufacturers warranty. If you have any issues with workmanship they will take care of it. 

Overall this is a great tower. It is strong, stylish, durable and reasonably priced. What else do you really need?