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Location: Big Lake, MN | I was hoping to get some feedback about trailer guide-ons. I have a roller trailer for my Dominator 175 and decided to make my life a little easier by adding some guide-ons to the trailer, but there are so many options/types. Do you use them and which ones are best...roll-on, bunk, or pole? Thanks for your help! |
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| I have a set on my trailer but I don't believe they really serve any practical purpose. If your bow bumps into one of the guides that means your keel is way off the center of the trailer and you have to back up and take another run at it anyway. My advice is to put the couple hundred bucks in your gas tanks and go fishing somewhere and scratch this off the list of things to do.
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Location: Uxbridge Ontario | They certainly have a purpose. Not all boat ramps are created equal. Current and wind are killers where I often launch and the bunk style load guides really help. My 20ft Lund Predator could be a real pig to load with a wicked side wind. I had to install a set of guide because My local steep Deep launch and current ridden river made loading a real pain. |
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| I put some on my 17 ft aluminum boat roller trailer because it would get off center on windy days. It was the type that bolted on wood bunk on both sides, did they work great, I wish I would have put them sooner. I would power load it slowly and it would center it perfect every time. I wish all roller trailers would come with them from the factory and a spare tire. If I ever get a roller trailer again it will have those side loading bunks on it, That was the best thing I ever did for loading my boat. I could now load my boat in less than 5 minutes, wow what a difference in loading time no matter how windy it was. |
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Location: With my son on the water | On my last boat, Lund single console with a bunk trailer no matter what I did the boat would always sit on the trailer toward the port side. I then realized this was happening because the Starboard side of the boat sat a bit deeper than the port side (partially because I had a large muskie box under the console). Therefore when the boat went on the trailer the starboard side would make contact first, kind or anchoring itself to the trailer and then it would push the rest of the boat to the port side. The only way I could resolve this was to put the trailer in the water kind of sideways with the port side deeper. (Tough to do all the time)
I then purchased (Cabela's Deluxe Roller Guide-ons) about $120. These made the boat go on perfect every time. They are galvanized, very adjustable, and heavy duty.
They are the only way to go IMO.
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Location: Eastern Ontario | I had the type that are carpet 2x4's and on some launches I could catch the spray rail up on top of one in the wind I changed to 2x10's and problem solved if between them I was centered. I load alone often. There are two guys I hate one power loads on shallow gravel launches and the other feels he must spin his tires till he's a half mile from the water. |
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| I have a lund pro and I put a set of cabelas adjustable guide-ons on my trailer. they are easy to install and adjust. I have been happy with them. |
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Location: Big Lake, MN | Thank you everyone for you input. I am definitely going to get a set installed. Good luck on the lakes this summer and be safe! Lance |
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