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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 40" 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.
Customer Satisfaction Score:
97% were satisfied with this product
3% of customers were not satisfied
Ratings & Reviews
John
5/5/2026
After a years use, they are perfect. I dont know how I lived without them.
Larry
7/25/2026
Same lasting quality.
William
8/24/2019
My trailer has very skinny rails open on one side. If yours is this way, I advise cutting a block of pressure treated wood to just fit in the rail with a few hammer blows. Otherwise the shackles of these guides will bend the open ends inward, causing them to loosen. This isn’t a problem with this product, it’s just my cheapo trailer not being made of 4 sided box channel. Everything still looks new!
Door O.
3/24/2026
Still working great!
Vincent B.
5/12/2021
Still working great.
Mark
4/10/2026
It is outstanding for loading. It helps guide you in a straight line when trailer is below water line.
Gwendolyn Y.
4/10/2026
Rachael H.
6/18/2018
We do have some u-bolts that are 5-1/4 inches long, and those are available as # 382385UB.
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Don
11/11/2021
These work extremely well when loading in windy weather - the boat stays in place making it easy for one person to load.
James
3/29/2019
This has worked out well. Lights and connections never touch the salt water. I did the same thing on the trailer for 25 center console.
Sir Gregory
6/29/2021
Still loving the guides, big help with loading.
Tom M.
3/15/2017
After one year the guides are working great. The guides are a great help when Im loading the boat onto the trail by myself. Great investment.
Mark S.
6/27/2020
Still working well for me!
Lief P.
4/30/2018
No problems yet they are working good
Cecil T.
7/14/2023
Great. Withstood a Northern Maine winter just fine. Looks like the day I put them on.
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Gwendolyn Y.
5/6/2025
That's good to hear, John! Being able to see when back up on a slope is a big game changer. Also, I really like your boat!