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No more trying to balance on narrow trailer-frame beams to get at your boat. Attach this sturdy, clamp-on step to your trailer's tongue or frame and you'll be able to access your boat quickly and easily.
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Today on our boat trailer, we'll be taking a look and installing the Heininger HitchMate boat trailer step, part number HE4036. With our step securely mounted in place, it's going to make it easy to get up on to our boat if we need to put the cover on, or do any last-minute adjustments before we trailer it. This step is designed to hold 400 pounds. It's got this nice heavy gusset that's going to keep it from bending. It is powder-coated. It's going to cut down on any rust and corrosion.
It's got a non-skid surface on top, so when you step on it with your wet feet, you're not going to slide off. It's going to be completely adjustable, as far as height, and widths of trailers. We're on a 3" trailer here. This should go up to a 5. Our bolts are 4" long, so if you've got a little bit thicker of a trailer frame, it'll fit on that as well.
There's plenty of excess there. Let's go ahead and show you how to install it. We're going to go ahead and figure out where we're going to mount our step. You can mount any place on the tongue of your trailer, on the frame, or on the side of the frame depending on where you need to to gain access to your trailer easily from the ground. You probably want to keep away from any place that's got a curve to it, because it's not going to mount securely and it could come loose. We decided we're going to put ours right here.
It comes with these 4" bolts. We're going to start by putting our bolts through the bracket, this side up to the frame. Take our back plate, and we're gong to slide it on. Take our flat washer, and our nylon lock nut. Start that one on. We'll do the same for the other one.
Now we can take our other two bolts. We're going to put them to the next hole down that lines up, past our frame rail. You want to have a little bit of gap in there. We're going to take a 17mm ratchet, and we'll start to draw these up. We'll go down to the bottom on the opposing side, we'll tighten it up as well. That way we'll be doing a criss-cross. We'll snug those down, and we'll repeat that for all four of our bolts. You can go ahead and make sure we have it all nice and snug. Now you're ready to use your step. If we decide that you want to move it somewhere else, just loosen these up a little bit and you can slide it back and forth, or you can adjust it up a notch either way to bring the height of the step up or down depending on your needs. That's going to do it for our look at and install of the Heininger HitchMate boat trailer step, part number HE4036 on our boat trailer.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (49 Customer Reviews)
No more trying to balance on narrow trailer-frame beams to get at your boat. Attach this sturdy, clamp-on step to your trailer's tongue or frame and you'll be able to access your boat quickly and easily.Great product. Extremely well made and heavy duty. Used on the tongue of my boat trailer to stay dry when winching the boat on the trailer. Highly recommend!
David - 12/13/2021First e-trailer rocks! No one ships things the next day and are received the next.
Personnel are polite and courteous.
I purchased a boat trailer step that goes on the trailer so you don’t have to get your feet wet and is easy to get in the boat.
Every bass boat trailer needs one.
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John - 07/28/2019I am very pleased, as well as impressed, with my new trailer step. It was simple to install and easy to use, making the task of climbing in and out of a boat a very simple matter. It is handsomely built, and will support up to 400 pounds! What more could you ask for?
This is a very well made product. The craftsmanship shows. I ordered them during the Christmas rush and am surprised how promptly they arrived. Due to hip replacement I can no longer climb over the bow of my boat. This will give me a stable means of walking the tongue of the trailer to retrieve it. Can't wait for the snow to back off to give them a try..
Dean B - 12/24/2017
etrailer.com shipped my trailer step on time and I have been pleased with it performance
Good product. It makes getting into and out of my bass boat much easier when launching/loading on the trailer. Pros: Very sturdy, reasonably easy to install, looks good, prompt delivery. Cons: Adhesive holding non-skid to step is weak, step is a bit narrow (I will probably put another alongside it.) Would recommend.
Best step ever made to put on a boat trailer in order to help you get in and out of your boat. Strong, and long lasting.
My only complaint is that the bolts that come with this unit are at least 1” too long. Could use somewhat shorter bolts for this product. Great unit and it’s solid.
Fantastic, strong, heavy-duty step. I was very pleasantly surprised to see how beefy this thing is. It will be a great tool helping me in and out of my boat while it's on the trailer.
Super product, great service, consistently great customer service support all made this an excellent buying experience.
The bolt on step was delivered the day after I ordered it. It is a very sturdy unit and would likely handle more than the 400 pounds it is rated for. I did have to add some washers to each bolt as the bolts were about 1/4 " longer than the trailer channel.
What a neat product! It is of excellent quality and better than any I have seen at boat dealerships. Super easy to install and makes launching/recovering my boat by myself so much easier. I highly recommend!
Ever step on your trailer to get something out of the bow of your boat and find that it is an inch out ofyour reach..? Then having to climb into boat to get it..? Frustrating. This trailer step add on takes care of this problem easily. Excellent product, made well. No skid surface is an added bonus, no slipping with wet foot wear.
Good quality and everything I had hoped it would be. Made a much safer on/off the boat trailer by way of hitch area.
Great step for boat trailer. Delivery fast, step very well built and easy to install. Love the size for easy in and out of boat.
This product does exactly what it's supposed to. Also it's easy to install, should fit a variety of trailer frame sizes, has solid hardware and is built VERY strongly. It's made climbing onto the front of my jonboat with a bad leg safe and easy and has enough room on it for both feet if necessary.
Very easy to assemble and very strong ! Have not used it yet so I don't know if it is in the right spot , but it is so easy to move that it won't be a problem.
So far so good. Hoping this will save my fenders on my magic tilt boat trailer.
Very sturdy. Easy to install. Much better quality than others I looked at. Bolts are about an inch too long but not a reason to buy something else.
Steve - 11/18/2018Awesome product. Easy install and great setup. Easy assist on and off the bow of the boat. A must for any bass boater that loads boat on trailer without assistance.
Product is very strong and easy to install. It should improve safety during launch and retrieval of the boat. Smaller dimension works well for boat trailers with shorter tongues.
Product went on very easy. Looks good on the Ranger Trailer. The step will aid me getting into my Z520C from my Tahoe and will solve launching the boat by myself.
From the first call I made to your company, your sales people were extremely helpful and friendly.
They got the info I needed and I already have my order . I placed the order , it was processed fast and I have it in two business days. Great service!
I will recommend your company to others, and purchase more items as needed. Thank You so much.
Very well built and sturdy.
While we liked the idea, we had a really hard time getting this to work. When we put this anywhere in front of the middle of the boat, the side of the boat made it impossible to use.
It worked fine in the back, but we didn't need it in the back. If you do, this is for you!
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