Boat Trailer Guides - Easy Cheap DIY Homemade Guides!

Boat trailer guides. Making DIY low cost trailer guides quick and easy! If you want to know how to make boat trailer guide posts, I walk you through the materials, process and tools I use so you can make homemade boat trailer guides! Boat trailer guide posts are very helpful when loading or unloading your boat from your boat trailer and a simple and cheap project to do if you have some basic tools. Installing boat trailer guides is easy and making your own DIY boat trailer guide posts is a very inexpensive project that will make it easier to back up your boat trailer, launch your boat and line your boat back up on the trailer.

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Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Boat trailer guides and why we need them
02:15 Why I am making homemade boat trailer guides
03:17 Tools and materials to build boat trailer guides
06:55 Why commercially produced boat trailer guides might not work on a small boat trailer
08:18 Installing the trailer guide post brackets
12:02 Cutting the PVC pipe for the boat trailer guide posts
13:23 Securing the PVC pipes to the trailer guide brackets
15:30 Testing out the boat trailer guides at the boat ramp

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[mikelangieri]

This has been on my list and your video is very helpful. Thanks for posting!

[thilltony]

One thought is after you secured the brackets to the trailer, take a hammer and knock the extra on the inside of the trailer frame straight down. That would lock it in place, and you might even put a bolt through the side of the frame right there to really secure the bracket. Nice DIY

[rorymartin]

Great video. Thank you. I pretty much did this for my 14 ft. Starcraft back in 1980. I also made a non-skid walk way platform from 3/4" plywood installed on the trailer tongue about 12" wide and about 4Ft. long .Best idea I ever had!

[mariovaladez]

Your video was very useful I have a 14' Jon boat and I used the brackets and pvc pipe. Looks great going to test this weekend

[daniellesimone]

Thankx for your time and information. To address some 'flack' from below...there are always MANY ways to do anything - limited only to our imagination. It is useful to share our thoughts as you have here B/C - even if your particular idea may not fit exactly - another person's needs, it fires the imagination and gives us all - a place to start our own attempts at a particular project such as yours. So---your information IS appreciated; great job. Also - your 'kindness' comes thru as well - always a blessing! Enjoy your now - easier loading and unloading at the dock!

[TheSilverSurfisher]

So just to clarify…we put these nuts in the 3rd holes….got it!😅😏😜

Great video! Thanks for the fabulous diy idea!✊🏾

Thank you for sharing this great idea that will help me build one for my small boat trailer. Keep up your great work on here!

[darrylb]

Good job.
One thing you could do to ensure the robustness of the set up is to either bolt a flat piece of stock into the inside corner of the trailer and then attach a nut to the protruding elbow piece that is currently sticking out. OR: take that sticky out piece and bend it down to meet up with the trailer frame. That would help lock in the guide post elbow and remove a potential safety issue of that piece sticking out.
Top lights would also be nice for launching in the dark etc.

[frankiannelli]

I am totally do this yo my job boat, and knowing every custom job my be a little different. Thanks Wayne for the great ideas...

[matjeuli]

Finally got round to making and mounting these and now loading up the boat on ramps that are at 90 degrees on a river with some current is so much easier. One upgrade I made is that I mounted free running extra pipes with an inner diameter the same as the outer diameter of the fixed pipe for even easier guidance.

[daveholte]

Great video. I am doing the same for my grandsons 12’ boat. 1 mile from the launch Just want him to get nose of boat in back of trailer and be able to drive on or pull on. Basically creating a chute to drive into. I have 4 guides on my Jon boat. 2 @ rear 2 @ front of fender (so you don’t go off sideways at front of trailer. I agree on the expensive pre manufactured never fit to plan and always need re modification. Good job on your video

[jacmccauley]

I made some guides similar to what you did with flat stock steel, and they only lasted about a season. The vibration from the roads caused the bracket to break at the bend. Fortunately for me I had additional screws securing the pole to the trailer, because if it had broken while traveling down the highway without them it could’ve been really bad. In the end I ended up just buying the kit, and have been happy with it.

[Revviews]

Easy to follow video and well explained, nice job!

[Motorcyclewindtherapy]

I loved that. Congrats on that set up. I bet you could drive that boat right on too.

I'm deciding between 2 trailers right now, one with guides and one without. Great video, easy to hit the subscribe button.

[Mij]

Great Wayne! I’m just like you and I want to do as much as I can myself. Both to learn and to save some money.

[rondumb]

Your videos are amazing thanks for all the hard work that goes into them

[keithgillogly]

Your video was real helpful. I will be making a set for my little Jon boat trailer.

[mikelundrigan]

Very easy to install, effective and inexpensive too! My kind of project! Good job!

[Cavanpikefishing]

Great job just what i need for my sundofin 12 boat trailer

[manuiwa]

Very cool! I'm in saltwater though, so unfortunately I couldn't even think about using anything zinc coated. To kick it up a notch, you could move the trailer lights to the tops of the posts which would get them out of the water when launching, as well help with loading at night. But I'd guess you'd first need to check with your laws there for the trailer. Thank you for another great video!