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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#31 Post by rob28 » Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:59 am

drakus wrote:Nice system. Now the stupid question. Comes with no wood or carpet for the rails, correct?
That is correct. The lumber is dirt cheap and I think I paid less than $100 for a lot more carpet than I needed - I still have enough to do 3 of my bunks.
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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#32 Post by drakus » Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:02 pm

did you use 2x4 or 2x6?

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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#33 Post by rob28 » Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:50 pm

drakus wrote:did you use 2x4 or 2x6?
2x4. I think I had 3 x 10ft lengths. 2 for the long guides and 1 cut up for the angled end pieces and the cross brace support. It should tell you in the instructions how much you'll need. It also shows a piece of angle being used as a cross brace support on their website now, so I'm not sure if that's changed in the last year.
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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#34 Post by drakus » Tue Jul 29, 2014 2:54 pm

Thank you for the info. Looks like i will be ordering one this weekend after I get back from a short trip to Knoxville.

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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#35 Post by deezee » Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:12 pm

Received mine yesterday. Instructions say to mount while boat is still on the trailer. It did come with a cross brace as well. Hopefully I'll have it installed tonight.
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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#36 Post by Gonefishing » Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:26 pm

It took me about 3 hours to do mine. And. It works great
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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#37 Post by RcgTexas » Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:03 pm

Looks good and looks like it'll work good as well. I would be a little nervous about that length of pipe below the axle though. :paranoid
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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#38 Post by rob28 » Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:38 pm

RcgTexas wrote:Looks good and looks like it'll work good as well. I would be a little nervous about that length of pipe below the axle though. :paranoid
That was my thought too, so as soon as final adjustments were made, I cut it to length as there wasn't as much hanging down.
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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#39 Post by RcgTexas » Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:18 pm

:thumbsup
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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#40 Post by deezee » Wed Aug 06, 2014 8:21 am

Just following up. This system works great and 4C Innovations were awesome to deal with. :nana
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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#41 Post by Gonefishing » Fri Aug 08, 2014 6:43 pm

Yep that X2. Just Waite till you are. Loading and the wind. Is blowing. You will love it
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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#42 Post by Reiner » Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:28 am

Hello,
I want to ask what other guide system everybody uses to load the pontoon back up. I had problems on my second outing getting straight on due to wind from the side and being new to owning a pontoon. Just checking if there are additional options to the 4C system. I own the Lowe SL 210 with try-toons. The only guide I have currently is a straight up post with carpet about half way in the middle of the trailer to guide the outer logs from the inside. I would like to have something in addition more towards the end of the trailer to prevent being sideways already half way up over the trailer. Hope my discription makes sense to understand.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#43 Post by OK Toon » Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:11 pm

Reiner wrote:Hello,
I want to ask what other guide system everybody uses to load the pontoon back up. I had problems on my second outing getting straight on due to wind from the side and being new to owning a pontoon. Just checking if there are additional options to the 4C system. I own the Lowe SL 210 with try-toons. The only guide I have currently is a straight up post with carpet about half way in the middle of the trailer to guide the outer logs from the inside. I would like to have something in addition more towards the end of the trailer to prevent being sideways already half way up over the trailer. Hope my discription makes sense to understand.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
A quick fix would be to install 2 sets of posts (1 towards the front and 1 towards the rear of the trailer) about 6" in from the inside of your outer toons. Then install 2x4 boards (untreated) connected from the front post to the rear post (on the side facing toward the outer toons) -- cover those with carpet. These will keep the boat from getting over too far either direction on the trailer. The center toon should not hit either set of posts since the outer toon on the opposite side would hit the guide first.

Here's a sketch of what I'm talking about
- the blue lines are the trailer frame and cross bars
- the red dots are the guide posts
- the green lines are the guide boards
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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#44 Post by Reiner » Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:56 pm

OK Toon wrote:
Reiner wrote:Hello,
I want to ask what other guide system everybody uses to load the pontoon back up. I had problems on my second outing getting straight on due to wind from the side and being new to owning a pontoon. Just checking if there are additional options to the 4C system. I own the Lowe SL 210 with try-toons. The only guide I have currently is a straight up post with carpet about half way in the middle of the trailer to guide the outer logs from the inside. I would like to have something in addition more towards the end of the trailer to prevent being sideways already half way up over the trailer. Hope my discription makes sense to understand.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
A quick fix would be to install 2 sets of posts (1 towards the front and 1 towards the rear of the trailer) about 6" in from the inside of your outer toons. Then install 2x4 boards (untreated) connected from the front post to the rear post (on the side facing toward the outer toons) -- cover those with carpet. These will keep the boat from getting over too far either direction on the trailer. The center toon should not hit either set of posts since the outer toon on the opposite side would hit the guide first.

Here's a sketch of what I'm talking about
- the blue lines are the trailer frame and cross bars
- the red dots are the guide posts
- the green lines are the guide boards
Thanks, that is something I was thinking of as well and is easy to do.
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Re: 4C Innovations bunk guide system

#45 Post by ROLAND » Sat Oct 18, 2014 3:20 am

The 4C innovation set up looks like a good one, but I haven't really found any need for it... The first year I had my boat I had nothing but trouble getting the boat on the trailer... Part of the problem was just learning how to do it, but I also added these pvc trailer guides to the back end of the trailer.... I just line up the right side of the boat about 4 inches inside the right trailer guide and she glides right on... works for me...
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