CE Smith Post-Style Guide-Ons with LED Lights for Boat Trailers - 40" Tall - 1 Pair
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CE Smith Post-Style Guide-Ons with LED Lights for Boat Trailers - 40" Tall - 1 Pair
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CE Smith Boat Trailer Parts - CE27740
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- Boat Guide
- Post-Style
- 40 Inch Tall
- CE Smith
Lighted guide-on posts make it easy to load your boat onto your trailer and safer to transport it at night. They attach to the rear of your trailer and extend out of the water, providing visual targets to center the boat between during loading.
Features:
- Guideposts assist you in centering your boat as you load it onto your trailer
- 1-1/2" Diameter, 16-gauge, pre-galvanized steel tubes are covered with 2" PVC piping for strength and durability
- Simple installation on rear crossmember of trailer frame with included hardware
- LED lights ease loading process and make trailer more visible at night
- Glows amber at front, bright red at rear
- Alerts other drivers to your position
- Makes trailer easy to see while you are backing it up or loading your boat
- Features 1-piece, sealed units that are shockproof and waterproof
- Activates automatically with your trailer's tail lights
- Longer-lasting and more energy efficient and durable than incandescent lights
- Simple installation
- Wires into your trailer's tail lights
- Made in the USA
Specs:
- Quantity: 2 boat guide-ons
- Application: trailer frames up to 3" wide x 4-1/4" tall
- 2 Extra-long U-bolt kits (CE11416; sold separately) are required for mounting on frames up to 3" wide x 5-1/4" tall
- Height: 40"
- Adjustable out to 13" on each side
Note: Check with your state Department of Transportation for restrictions regarding maximum trailer width.
When your boat trailer has been backed down the ramp and is partially submerged, these 40" tall guideposts that are mounted at the rear corners of the frame will stick out of the water, giving you two highly visible targets to guide your boat between for loading. The built-in LED lights on the posts stand out at night, making it easier for you to load your boat in the dark and for other drivers to see your trailer when you're on the road. The pre-galvanized steel support posts mount horizontally on top of or below your trailer's frame rail. Just slide the posts into the boat guide supports and secure the posts so that the distance between them correctly matches the width of your boat.
Pre-Galvanized Steel
Pre-galvanized steel parts are stamped from a sheet of steel after it has already been galvanized. The edges of the pre-galvanized parts often lose their zinc coating during the stamping process. Because of the thinness of the coating less than 1 mm and the fact that the edges remain exposed, pre-galvanized parts can begin to oxidize and rust quickly, so its recommended that they be primed and painted.
27740 LED Lighted, Post Style Boat Guide Ons by CE Smith - 40" Tall
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Customer Reviews
CE Smith Post-Style Guide-Ons with LED Lights for Boat Trailers - 40" Tall - 1 Pair - CE27740
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (284 Customer Reviews)
Lighted guide-on posts make it easy to load your boat onto your trailer and safer to transport it at night. They attach to the rear of your trailer and extend out of the water, providing visual targets to center the boat between during loading.by: Jim05/29/2022
This is great! Also - here’s the CE17720 fender all complete and installed. I like the split lighting on the poles, easy to install and much better than - at least for me - piecing together stuff from a hardware store. Worth a little extra dough for these rock solid poles!
by: Allan 10/25/2022
I ordered this set of guide ons when I started redoing my boat and my summer got busy and as September rolled around I finally got them mounted and wires hooked up.
Unfortunately now it’s deer season and the boat is going into storage. Get back with me in May and I might have it in the water.
Al
by: Kevin10/16/2021
Installation of these guides was pretty simple. I did have to slide the axle forward a few inches, but that was not a big deal. They work great, are very stable, and help considerably when backing at night.
Comments
They have been great. I do have one light that’s been intermittently off, but that is probably a loose ground I can deal with.
Kevin - 10/18/2022by: Dennis 10/02/2022
Everything was in the box and all I need to install the lights
I hooked up the boat and the lights worked great. I think I can
Talk my friend to buy one.
Thank you for the smart crew that thought the light up.
God Bless
by: Laura06/04/2022
Arrived quickly, easy to install and looks really nice on our boat trailer for our 2021 Tahoe T16 boat.
by: McConMan06/30/2022
This has made all of difference in the world. It helps with backing up since you can see the lights even if the boat and trailer are too low to be seen from the rear view mirrors. It also helps a lot at night with lining the boat up with the trailer. Before the lights were submerged so it was hard to tell where the trailer really was. Would definitely buy again!
by: William 09/25/2022
Great product as fishing usually starts early and ends late. I know where my boat trailer is and that increases confidence when I'm towing.
by: J. L.07/26/2021
the U-bolts are not big enough for a 4x7 I-frame, but I bolted the brackets directly to the frame and made it work anyways.
I also made it removable, because installed, the trailer would exceed 8.5 ft width.
One star deduction because the brackets came raw mild steel, not galvanized.
by: Kenneth06/30/2022
Liked one of the two of the pair. One is working great so far. One didn’t make it two hours into the first trip of pulling the boat trailer. And you can’t buy just one. You have to buy as a pair.
Comments
I reached out to the manufacturer and they suggested making sure all connections are secure as the LEDs should not be going out like that.
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Brooke M - 07/07/2022by: Michael S08/11/2022
I do like the guide on poles, really don’t need for guide to put ski’s on bunks just love the LED’s. Easy install, took about an hour for lights and all to be completed.
by: JRR312/16/2022
Looking forward to my first use of thes Guide-Ons.
by: Kevin07/24/2022
My boat is wide enough to cover my fenders. The horizontal piece does not extend out far enough to clear the side of the boat. I am trying to see if I can add a sleeve to gain more clearance. I will let you know if I solved this problem.
by: Blaine Thomas05/07/2022
They are a great product. I love how they light up yellow in the front red in the back. I have no problem back my trailer up and loading my boat. They are great for the little set up that I have.
by: James04/24/2022
Have ordered multiple times and always gotten good products and always recieved on time with excellent customer service
by: Robert04/04/2022
Nothing wrong with the poles. Work great... the boxing is horrible. All parts are just thrown into the box, nothing is covered for shipping. Plastic tube came beat all to he'll.
by: Jim H02/25/2017
GREAT PRODUCT. HAD TO MODIFY MOUNTING DUE TO TRAILER DESIGN, BUT WORKED OUT PERFECTLY. USING A LITTLE COMMON SENSE AND MECHANICAL ABILITY YOU CAN DO MOST ANYTHING. SEE PIC.
by: Tony B.08/12/2016
Great product. I cut the plastic tubes so that the lights are at the top of the sideboards to prevent catching the docking line on them during loading. My trailer has heavy metal rectangular tubing so the supplied screw to ground the lights was not heavy enough to penetrate with the recommended drill size. I used a self drilling/tapping screw with great success.
The brackets were very well designed and hold the square tubing of the light very well.
Comments
I have been very happy with the CE Smith Boat Trailer guide-onlights. Metal parts are still shiny with no hint of rust. Lights assist in trailer placement for docking and assist trailer towing maneuvers easier to tell where the end of the trailer and boat are located relative to the towing vehicle. As you can tell, I have been very pleased with the quality and performance of the CE guide-ons with LED lights.
Tony B - 08/12/2017by: Tony04/21/2022
Good quality heavy duty abs and good quality lighting
by: Joseph 08/21/2022
Really like everything about this produ ct.
by: Jason T.04/12/2017
I'm very pleased with the lighted CE Smith guide post for my boat. There very easy to install, and the LED lights are super bright. The guidepost makes it very easy to load the boat onto the trailer keeping the boat from blowing off the trailer with the wind or the current pushing it off. Great customer service experience with E Trailer and very fast shipping. Overall giving them five stars and would definitely recommend them and we'll be using them again in the future!
Comments
Thanks, the boat strap and the lighted posts guides are still working great !
Jason T - 04/12/2018by: David 05/27/2020
The trailer guides I purchased were exactly what I wanted and expected. They were received in excellent condition and were mounted and working in an hour. Great service and price from eTrailer.
Comments
Great. Just like if they were factory installed.
David M - 05/28/2021by: Brian04/16/2022
Received it yesterday and started today easy installation perfect heavy duty that did the trick
by: Richard 09/05/2020
Great product, easy install lights are awesome and great service as usual from etrailer
Comments
These guides are amazing, makes launching boat no problem backing up, the lights well whats not to say they are AWESOME !!!!
Richard - 09/08/2021by: Flo06/16/2022
Thank you for your good service. Shipping was fast.
Great job.
by: John 05/01/2020
quality product. works great. the lights really help with backing up. guides are sturdy.
Comments
amazing product. 10 stars. no regrets!
John H - 05/02/202125
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