This oughta fix the wind problem

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Loading a pontoon boat in a crosswind can be awfully frustrating, so thought I'd build this to see if it makes it easier. Sorry, no weld pics, I didn't think of a pic until I already had it installed. I can say my welds are average, nothing to write home to mom about.                                MikeOl' Stonebreaker  "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"Hobart G-213 portableMiller 175 migMiller thunderbolt ac/dc stick Victor O/A setupMakita chop saw
Reply:Good idea. Nothing more fun than watching the mom and pop types loading their patio boats and a windy Sunday afternoon. If I had one the trailer would have rollers and guides for the entire length.
Reply:Good idea.  Not exactly an original thought though.  Float-On trailers have been using a similar guide system for the last 30+ years.  Generally mounted aft of the rear axle.I will say that drilling those two "mounting holes" in the frame severely weakened it in an area where it can least afford to be weakened (just aft of the spring support).You'd have been much better off using a saddle bracket (U bolts) and clamping it to the existing frame.  Most will use a length of inverted channel and weld on a short vertical stub that the PVC pipe slides over.  Float-On trailers (had one in 1973) even had their lights on a removable baracket that slipped down in the top of the PVC pipe.  Lights were never dunked in the water.  They used a piece of inverted channel aluminum which ran the width of the trailer.  On each side they bent aluminum tube at 90 deg.  PVC was then inserted over the aluminum tube.  The tubes at the channel (inverted) were held in place with SS U bolts.Last edited by SundownIII; 07-24-2009 at 01:04 PM.Syncro 250 DX Dynasty 200 DXMM 251 w/30A SG XMT 304 w/714 Feeder & Optima PulserHH187Dialarc 250 AC/DCHypertherm PM 1250Smith, Harris, Victor O/ASmith and Thermco Gas MixersAccess to a full fab shop with CNC Plasma, Water Jet, etc.