Has anyone installed the trailer guide poles on a trailer for a Tahoe 1950 deckboat? If so where did you get, did you install at back or trailer or middle since boat is wide?
In my opinion, pokes are decorations and won't stop a heavy boat from turning on a windy day. In my 60 plus years of boating the longer side guides have always worked better for me.
The poles are mainly useful as a visual indicator of where the trailer is, which can be helpful if you have trouble seeing the trailer when backing up or when trying to load the boat. But they are not so good for guiding the boat onto the trailer; their brackets bend pretty easily if the boat slams into them.
The poles I installed are "CE Smith Trailer Post Guide-On with LED Lighted Posts" and they allow you to extend the poles pretty far out from the trailer. How much clearance do you need?
Has anyone installed the trailer guide poles on a trailer for a Tahoe 1950 deckboat? If so where did you get, did you install at back or trailer or middle since boat is wide?
Did you ever figure it out? I have the same type of custom trailer, and there does not seem to be a way to attach guide poles. Seems like it would be possible with some kind of adapter, which I may try get custom made if they aren't sold anywhere.
I had a commercial Electrical Contractor use his hydraulic pipe bender to bend 4 Aluminum heavy walled pipes in to L shapes. Then auto store for exhaust pipe clamps. For clamping to the trailer frames. The pipes allow 1" of clearance to boat rub rails. They work great in brown muddy water. With wind and high currents. The poles and frame clamps are unbendable.
