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<blockquote data-quote="Tin Man" data-source="post: 521275" data-attributes="member: 7021">I&#039;m thinking the guide posts provide:&nbsp; A visual guide when loading boat as well as trailer depth.&nbsp; They can even be marked to indicate, not only rear of trailer depth, but bunk depth, once various measurements have been taken. As boat is retrieved/loaded and enters the guides, they prevent stern of boat from blowing off trailer.&nbsp; Trailer depth when retrieving, should be that bunks catch the V of my hull at bow, thus preventing bow from blowing off trailer. At least that is how I place my trailer and load.&nbsp; It&#039;s the stern that wants to blow off trailer, not bow, when windy. If I had side guides that were 24&quot; tall from trailer frame (deep V hull), this may be prevented.&nbsp; My current 13&quot; guides are 18&quot; tall and do nothing to prevent stern from blowing off trailer.I&#039;m going to give the posts a try and see how they perform.&nbsp; If I&#039;m not satisfied with the results, I&#039;ll add side guides that are 24&quot; tall from frame.&nbsp; In my research, I found only one outfit that has guide bunks with a height range that is 19&quot;-25&quot;.&nbsp; All other side guides that I have found are 21&quot; max height; most are 16&quot;-18&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tin Man, post: 521275, member: 7021"] I'm thinking the guide posts provide: A visual guide when loading boat as well as trailer depth. They can even be marked to indicate, not only rear of trailer depth, but bunk depth, once various measurements have been taken. As boat is retrieved/loaded and enters the guides, they prevent stern of boat from blowing off trailer. Trailer depth when retrieving, should be that bunks catch the V of my hull at bow, thus preventing bow from blowing off trailer. At least that is how I place my trailer and load. It's the stern that wants to blow off trailer, not bow, when windy. If I had side guides that were 24" tall from trailer frame (deep V hull), this may be prevented. My current 13" guides are 18" tall and do nothing to prevent stern from blowing off trailer. I'm going to give the posts a try and see how they perform. If I'm not satisfied with the results, I'll add side guides that are 24" tall from frame. In my research, I found only one outfit that has guide bunks with a height range that is 19"-25". All other side guides that I have found are 21" max height; most are 16"-18". [/QUOTE]

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