Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I will post some pictures when I take delivery. We saran wrapped our tower for one trip and would not go that route again. Live in Calgary, AB so the drive out to BC lakes = terrible roads and terrible bugs. Like the idea of shrink wrapping but not sure how to go about getting that done - some kind of heat activated shrink wrap??? Might have to give painters tape a try and see if that works better than saran wrap. I am surprised that boat manufacturers haven`t built a system that can be easily lowered for towing, but maybe there is no demand for this.