#CENTURION BOAT TRAILER GUIDE PADS INSTALL#

The longer guide pads will handle larger boats or used in situations where the pads are mounted tight without the slide and float feature. The slide feature also allows you to use shorter poles since the guides will extend as they float up.

The pads float, thus they will float up as the trailer backs up into deeper water making the guides visible again. In that case, some trailers have configured the PVC pole with a PVC sleeve under the Foam Trailer Guide Pads that allow the pads to slide up or down on the pole. It is a great help when there is current and wind adding to the problem.ДЇor boat ramps with steep angles, fixed guide poles may disappear underneath the waterline. Guide poles are designed to be a guide to help center the boat. Some boaters with larger boats have installed them front and back for a total of 4 trailer poles.

#CENTURION BOAT TRAILER GUIDE PADS INSTALL#

If it does not have poles, many trailer stores sell kits to install on the back of any boat trailer. Many tournament ski boat trailers and wakeboard boat trailers already have PVC guide poles. You will also save yourself a lot of scratches on your new boat caused by accidentally dragging your boat across your wheel fenders. You probably thought, there 'otta be a law to require guide poles on all ski boat trailers.ДЇor the sake of all boaters waiting patiently in line, PLEASE buy trailer guide poles and trailer guide pads to speed up this ritual. In contrast to that, you probably watched a few people in front of you with the trailer guide poles as they got the boat on the trailer on the first try. He drove away, and the line started moving again. You finally had a sigh of relief when that guy finally got his boat on the trailer. People in line had the truck idling as the line slowly moved, but now, the line stopped and people turned off the motor as they waited in line. Then there is that one guy who got you really impatient as he tried 10 times to get his boat centered on the trailer. You watched boater after boater try many times to center the boat on the trailer. You sipped a can of Bud Lite to pass the time. After a long day of boating, you waited in line at the trailer ramp. You may need something slippery like Newt Juice Binding Slime to help slide the guide pads on the PVC guide poles. Once the pads are installed, the boat will have a protective padding so you will not scratch your boat on the poles when you pull your boat out of the water. (also available in 48' length-click related products tab above)Д«oat Trailer Guide Pads 36 inch by Newt are designed to fit tightly and slide on the existing pvc trailer guide poles. Once the kit wasВ installed i blew the boat out with a shop blower and it was ready to hit the lake.Trailer Guide Pads for Boat Trailer Guide Poles 36' These are easy to make look wavy.В I typically work from bow to stern ensuring that the reveals are even as i go. Then i tack it on the ends and in the middle trying to maintain anВ even reveal. I pull the backing back and reveal about 1' of the adhesive for the whole length of the part.

Once i am satisfied with the alignment i will tack the piece and peel the remainder of the backing off to install the rest of the piece. Then i place the part on the deck and get my alignment. I like to fold the backing back to reveal about 1' of the adhesive. Once i was satisfied with the floors i started laying down the flooring. Next I thoroughly cleaned the floors and gunnels with windex and then denatured alcohol. Once i had the completed product i removed all the snaps and blew the boat out. I had to reach out to centurion to ask if I could use their logo in the kit. I designed and fabricated the flooring off of the templates. Once IВ got all the adhesive off I made templates for all the flooring. I started by removing the rubber non slip pads near the bow pass through.

Centurion boat trailer guide pads