![]() ![]() The boat in the image to the left was set up by a marine dealer but Trailer load guides should be mounted 2” to 4” inches away from the pontoon Speaking load guides mounted too far forward don’t do anything because the Or on larger trailers (with more cross members) the front (4). The second set should usually be on the third (3) On deep ramps, guides mounted on the back may be beneath the If you often launch on a deep ramp, mount theīack guides on the second (2) cross member from the back as seen to the You launch on a relatively shallow ramp, mount one pair of load guides on There are many places to mount load guides. Our trailers have four to six cross members. Moment considering where you launch will help you make a better installation. We supply either size U bolts, butĭifferent brands of trailers may have different size frames.īefore installing your Load Guides from Trailers for Pontoons, a If you’re ordering our load guides for a trailer other than ours, doubleĬheck the size of your frame. Sometimes have a 2” x 5” frame and mount with a 2 1/2” x 5 1/2” U bolt. They mount with a 2 1/2” x 4 1/2” U bolt. Our pontoon load guides are made to fit our standard 2” x 3” or 4” The Pontoon Load Guide to the Trailer Frame Ours would break first.Īlso be purchsed individually in our trailer parts store Load guides in the back are sometimes submerged andĭon’t do any good. If you generally launch in deeper put the first set on Shallower water, put the first load guides on the back. Other taller load guides will catch these two Our load guides are low enough to clear most spray shields. If you launch on a deep ramp, you want them forward. If you launch in shallow water you want them in the stern. You can move individual load guides up and down on the trailer frame. Individual load guides are preferable to bunks. The carpet frequently gets scuffed and can quickly deteriorate. Most load guides bunks are wood covered by carpet. If you come in too hard you want the load guide to give, not the expensive pontoon tube. But they need to be tall enough to hit the lower portion of pontoon tube but no taller. If too tall even angled guides can interfere with the spray fins. Angled load guides help prevent damaging the pontoon spray shields. Many pontoons have spray shields welded on the nose cone of the pontoon. We investigated which kind of load guide was the best and discovered that no one had really ever looked into this before. As prices increased we started thinking about making our own. One company supplied angled load guides, another has straight ones, and another manufacturer that didn’t have many cross members on the trailer had 10’ long load guides. We’ve sold pontoon trailer guide on’s for 20 years and handled whatever type our trailer manufacturers offered. ![]()
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