These aluminum ladders are designed to be easily mounted on pontoon boats. The ladder folds up for easy storage and has a weight capacity of 250 lbs. Can be used as in the gate area of your pontoon boat or as rear entry ladder for a pontoon boat. This ladder comes with mounting hardware but does not come with stabilizing bracket if used as a rear entry ladder. You can reuse your old stabilizing bracket if you are using this as a rear entry pontoon ladder.