The thing is I bought the boat from an older gentleman who had some issues getting it on the trailer.

He rammed into one of the post and bent it about 60 degrees downward… so if I break/crack the steel bending it back, I want to have my welder handy.

Also, he pulled it out of the water once with the toon sitting on the opposite post and punctured the toon, bending down the brackets the loading boards sit on. So I have to pry the (4) brackets out to replace the boards. It just does not sit right on the trailer now.

I am replacing the rear loading boards and setting the post(s) back into position. The (4) posts currently have (4) boards going vertically and I want to connect the posts with boards going horizontally for loading purposes.