Guide-on posts make it easy to load your boat onto your trailer and back your trailer down the ramp. They attach to the rear of your trailer and extend out of the water, providing visual targets to center the boat between during loading.
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Note: Check with your state Department of Transportation for restrictions regarding maximum trailer width.
Guide Your Boat Into and Out of the Water with Ease
When your boat trailer has been backed down the ramp and is partially submerged, these 60" tall guideposts that are mounted on the rear corners of the frame will stick out of the water, giving you 2 highly visible targets to guide your boat between for loading. The PVC pipes also provide a visual aid to help you back your boat trailer down the ramp when you're unloading and loading your boat.
Installation
The posts are simple to install. Slide the PVC pipes over the pre-galvanized steel support posts. Then mount the posts on the top or below the trailer frame, as close to the rear corners as possible. Adjust the posts so that the distance between each post and your boat is less than 1".
Pre-Galvanized Steel
Pre-galvanized steel parts are stamped from a sheet of steel after it has already been galvanized. The edges of pre-galvanized parts often lose their zinc coating during the stamping process. Because of the thinness of the coating (less than 1 mil) and the fact that the edges remain exposed, pre-galvanized parts can begin to oxidize and rust quickly, so it's recommended that they be primed and painted.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (1077 Customer Reviews)
Guide-on posts make it easy to load your boat onto your trailer and back your trailer down the ramp. They attach to the rear of your trailer and extend out of the water, providing visual targets to center the boat between during loading.My C E Smith Post Guide-Ons are an easy add-on to my Boston Whaler Trailer. Shipping by Fed Ex was fast (box was still intact and legible). Instructions were both on the outside of the box and on paper-straight forward with list of tools needed (9/16 in Deep socket is helpful) . Really like that the slide PVC post has a notch to prevent rotation and noise and the black color matches boat trim. Pleased with this product. Even though 4 locknuts were missing-a call to e-Trailer resolved the issue-Mark is the Man! I encourage boaters to browse the e-Trailer website. After all, spending your precious outdoor time with activities is what it is all about-not having to deal with issues just getting there. What have I bought from these Guys at e-trailer-well a 7-blade to 4-blade Adaptor to get my Tacoma lighting hooked up, nice Hitch Pin with Lock, a Coupler Lock, cool Noco Genius Battery chargerr,tube of Dielectric contact grease, Marine Grease for axle bearings and a spare tire. Who said I can't do the boat launch and retrieve thing ? OK my wife does every outing-but with e-Trailer and a warm sunny day it is still FUN. GO BOATING !
Bolted in in 30 min. PVC POLLS damaged in shipping but only cosmetic Clear instructions. (Pictures). Headed to the lake to see if my placement is going to work I'm going to add lights for my wife so night loading is better. Black polls are hard to see
Mark D - 08/13/2017Solid product. Right out of the box you can tell this product is built to last. The metal is heavy gauge and the PVC coverings are well cut to fit. It went on perfectly and it’s not going anywhere. My only suggestion would be to add a couple self tapping screws and pre-drilled holes to secure the PVC to the uprights to prevent theft. I did this myself without a problem.
Simple fast install, feels very solid. Since my boat trailer has bunk boards instead of rollers, I tend to float the boat onto the trailer. Throw a little wind or current and it becomes a pain to center the boat on the trailer. This should fix it just hope I left enough room to be able to get the boat off the trailer.
It fit on the trailer well, I haven't had a check to try loading the boat from the water yet.
Best price and great investment. Worth the money for the ease of loading the pontoon boat.
John - 09/25/2020OMG I was amazed at the speed of receiving my boat trailer poles. Amazon would be hard pressed to beat that delivery time. Great and very courteous service, thank you, you will be first on my places to look for future products.
The included mounting hardware was too narrow for the beams on my trailer, but the trailer itself had a mounting system. Of course the brackets on the trailer were too small and the bolts on the trailer were too big for new brackets. So after a little filing, it’s all mounted and looks great. I assume the product will work great when boats ramps reopen and I can get in the water.
very good product. strong enough, but still flexible enough, to be a good guide without breaking. i’d recommend
great for guides but not very sturdy for a heavy boat
mike - 04/13/202010 minute installation. Very sturdy construction. I purchased the pole pads which help keep the boat protected if you get a little sideways. Great product.
Exactly what I was looking for. Easily installed, good quaility. Now protecting my trailer from damage by making sure the boat is loaded exactly correct. Thanks
Really liked these guide posts keeps boat straight loading/unloading also helps when your at a bad boat launch and it drops 6in keeps things tight makes it a breeze
Product works great. Simple install. Customer service very responsive.
These work really well. Extremely easy to install, probably 15-20 min total and all you need is a 9/16" deep-socket/ratchet. I put these on a galvanized trailer for my Yamaha boat and they look like they came on the trailer from the factory. The 5' height was perfect for the Yamaha, which sits quite high in the water. Gettting the boat onto the trailer was typically a challenge, but with these it just guided right on, first try!
Easily installed, measure couple times, easy to adjust. Will see how works in water tomorrow
Excellent product,excellent delivery time,all as advertised,will do business with you again soon
Great quality! The shipping was fast and packaged well. overall very satisfied!
Solid and sturdy once mounted. Easy installation and instructions were easy to follow. I recommend the 60” poles because you can cut them down if they’re too tall. I have a 21’ yamaha AR210.
Jordan - 06/19/2019I received the product within few days of ordering. Packed well and ez to open. It took me about 30 minutes to install , super EZ. Overall the product looks and feels like good quality.highly recommend.
These are perfect, and the response time was great!
Excellent quality. Built well. Works great for my 16ft Lund. Heavy winds on the lake I was great full these were in for a quick load up. Would recommend...
Great product. Makes loading the boat is current or at steep ramps extremely easy. Helps with backing the trailer down to the ramp (makes it easy to see where it is).
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