Load/Wind Guides for Pontoon Trailers

Most trailer manufacturers make load or wind guides optional but they probably are one of the most popular options. Even on smaller quiet lakes there may be a windy day where you’d want load guides. They seem simple enough they help “bump” the boat onto the trailer but there really are differences.

Break Away - Strong	Strong (reinforced)	Low on the pontoon	Bunk Style 6' before you hit the guide

There seems to be confusion on the part of trailer manufacturers. Some promote a “weak” break-away load guide while others make a point of having a strong reinforced load guide. Our preference is a weak break-away style. Load guides are about $30 each. If you come in too fast and break one you’re out $30. If you come in too fast on a strong reinforced load guide you may damage a $3000 pontoon tube.  

A pontoon hit this load guide too hard. The steel bent and the pontoon tube was unharmed. The trailer manufacturer replaced it no charge. But if they hadn’t it was only about $30.	A pontoon hit this strong reinforced load guide hard. So hard that it actually bent the cross member of the trailer frame. The pontoon tube has a big dent in it. The trailer manufacturer claimed the boat owner was to blame, no warranty.