Aluminum rod holders, where to find locally?

[AndrewH]

I am looking for some of the aluminum rod holders so I can weld up a rod holder rack for my boat. I have seem some home made racks that just use straight aluminum tube but I would love to find some of the ones that have a flared end like you see on most welded boats from the factory.

 

[gungadin]

Dont know where you can purchase flared holders locally, but a muffler shop might be able to flare the ends for you. They can flare the ends of exhaust pipes where they bolt to the exhaust manifold

 

[Clint r]

Not sure how it would work on aluminum but a cheap princess auto hydraulic press with a 2 5/16” tow ball attached puts a nice flare in 2” stainless holders.

 

[BigReel]

express custom trailer in parksville makes them