CE Smith27660 2-Foot Bunk Board Guide-On - Adjustable Boat Trailer with High-Grade Marine Carpet Fabric - Black 2'

I bought these to self install because it was cheaper than having the dealer do it when I purchased a new boat. The install was fast and easy. My trailer frame is 2x3 inches. The kit adjusts well for that smaller frame size and it can go larger for those that have heavier boats and trailers. The hardware was all there and seems solid. Total install time was about 30 minutes. The only thing beyond simple hand tools for installation was drilling some pilot holes for wood screws to mate the bunks to the brackets that attach to the guides. I've launched and recovered since installation and it works as advertised. Getting the boat back on the trailer was a breeze and it greatly reduces my time and trouble at the ramp, especially on windy days. My boat is a Lund SSV 14. The boat, motor, trolling motor, batteries, and gear on board come out to about 630 pounds. Boat chine is 55.5 inches and beam is 70 inches. My trailer is a Venture VB1300 is rated for 1300 pounds and boats 14 to 16 feet long and it works perfectly for that combo. In the pictures, I have the guides fairly close to the boat because I prefer it that way. There is a lot of room to adjust these much wider than how I have them so they should work out on boats larger than mine as well.

Fit on the trailer perfectly just what I needed to guide the pontoon boat onto the trailer

As designed, the guide pad sat too low to assist centering the boat when I was trailering (meaning the boat was floating above the pad when I drew it up with the winch on the trailer). I took off the 24" pads that came with the kit and slid on 2" PVC pipe which fit perfectly on the square tubing. The slight angle of the guide tubes works well - the boat centers itself as I pull the trailer out. The mounting bracket that came with the kit allows direct mounting to a frame member. I use 6X 1/4-20 bolts for each.

Good quality but be careful, read … if they are wrong you pay to return!!!!

Really nice guide-on boards. Black 'carpeting' is carefully wrapped and appears to be held on very securely. Kit came complete with all hardware and went together easily. As an absolute rookie boat launcher and retriever, these definitely make getting the boat back on the trailer quite a bit easier. From the beginner's perspective, I think the horizontal boards provide more guidance than the 'goal post' guide-ons.This went on an older simple trailer for a 16' aluminum fishing boat. Because of the relatively small rectangular trailer frame members, there is a significant amount of threaded U-bolt tail that projects up from the frame. The long tail does make it somewhat tedious to tighten the nuts during the initial install, but once it's done, it's done. Probably better to have longer bolts to make this work with trailers that have larger frame stock. One of these days I may unbolt the arms and use an angle grinder to trim the tails a bit, but it's a low priority...

Old trailer

Additional guides for loading boat onto trailet

The product appears of good quality. However due to my boat's narrow width in relationship to my light framed trailer I could not get the guides to work. I ran out adjustment.