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Hi All,

I have a 2001 Horizon 180LE and need to replace the swim platform ladder. Someone left it down on the beach and the wakes beat the crap out of it.

I did search and can't really find what I'm looking for. i would like to replace it with an as close to OEM as possible, it's one of the top mount tr-fold ladders.

Any help or direction would be much appreciated.

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"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats." - H.L. Mencken

I've got this one I am not going to use.........If you are interested, PM me for details.........

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2005 Four Winns Funship 214 VP 5.7/Duo Prop

Do you still have this, or did you sell it?

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1996 205 Sundowner DLX
5.0FL Volvo SX Cobra
Tow Veh: 2012 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X

Sorry, I sold it to barthel..........as it turned out he lives only about 20 minutes from me......we met up and had a nice chat........

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2005 Four Winns Funship 214 VP 5.7/Duo Prop

Ah, dang...oh well.

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1996 205 Sundowner DLX
5.0FL Volvo SX Cobra
Tow Veh: 2012 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X

http://www.marinepartdepot.com/

In "Deck Hardware"

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gale
'96 200 Horizon
VP Cobra SX 5.7GL

Haaa, my favorite site! Unfortunately, I want a 4 step, and the ones they have on the site don't fit my existing "cutout" .

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1996 205 Sundowner DLX
5.0FL Volvo SX Cobra
Tow Veh: 2012 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X

I just replaced mine with a stainless 4 step like the one shown above. I had to drill new mounting holes but it is much nicer than the stock coated aluminum one.
Rob

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Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing
2001 Horizon 180

Can you please post pictures?

For those of you with older Horizons without a swim platform - the back of the boat is angled and so is my current ladder. Can you replace with a straight 3 or 4 step ladder? I'd like to have a longer ladder, but with the angle in the water and the back of the boat, it doesn't seem a straight ladder will work?

Anyone else replace a ladder in this situation? Thanks

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1994 FW Horizon 190
5.0 OMC Cobra

For this last question, I'd look at the small swim platforms for out board powered boats that have ladders integrated into them.
The other part of this job that's important to look at, it what method FW used to attach these ladders. On my old '88 it was just 4 'glassed in t nuts. Two of these rusted into oblivion. I did not want to drill new holes and the ladder was OK still so here is how I fixed it:
Tried toggle bolts but there was not enough room for them to flip open inside the integrated swim platform. Looked at for about an hr, came up with this:
A piece of angle aluminum. I then drilled holes in the Alu stock. Next riveted the open toggle bolts to the Alu stock. Slid that inside the very narrow inside of the swim platform from the engine compartment. Got a very bright LED flashlight and my son to help line up the bolts. Worked great and much stronger that their cheap azz way of doing it. Anything like a ladder needs a strong backing piece.

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II