Ehhhhh, he's ok I guess.

I was expecting to have to have it trimmed and tailored to fit but I don't think so. I still need to pull it over the eyelet at the bow and pull it back all the way and see how it really fits but I don't think I'll have to mess with it at all.

Congrats! Great looking rig, enjoy!

Have you noticed anything different...... new boat less Tank posting.........:ernaehrung004:

I'm still here. Been boating a bit though. ;) :D

Went out last weekend. pretty bumpy, wind chop and about a 3.5 swell. but fun run. Saw John Teague who was out on his new to him Fountain. Saw a cool yellow Schiada and a *****en like 40's wooden boat with twin Johnsons on it. Oh, and this big'ol yachts been docked up in the harbor for the past two months. People use it quite a bit to go out to the islands and what not.

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I'd be a buyer on the wood boat...............

I'd rather see you in the yacht. ;) :D

We're gonna leave that to J-lo.......

Ouch

Been there man and it sucks, 4 hr trip turned into 12, ruined the center axle and had to replace it, on the current trailer the spindles are replaceable ......:D

Nice! Just did full service on my trailer. New tires, brakes, etc. Enjoy you new baby!

Tank, invest in these for the tires, if stored outside:

I highly recommend them; have them on all of our trailers that see UV light from the sun.

how do you like those torsion axles, never had a trailer with those

Torsion axles are great, just dont put LT tires on them, up grade to 14 ply tires and its night and day. soft sidewalls also put undo tension or the torsion axles while turning in a tight spot.

Only problem is if you toast a bearing and it damages the spindle, you end up replacing the whole axle, around $800-900 plus the lead time to replace the axle, disassemble and reassemble. The spindles are welded in, and they will not let you just replace a spindle assembly because of the rubber inside the torsion tube.

I would actually like to get away from mine and into a leaf sprung axle setup.

I have a Pacific step bottom trailer, I bought two of their spindle / hub kits for my spares and are replaceable
https://www.pacifictrailers.com/

I've had both leaf spring and torsion style trailers. I was forced to replace the axle on my leaf spring trailer once when I destroyed the bearings/hubs/axle. I like the torsion, it works. I never really noticed an abundance of bounce with my leaf spring trailer. Really didn't notice the difference. Only real difference I notice on these trailers is flat bunks vs. tall bunks. The tall bunks allow the axles to be shorter and the wheels to tuck up under the boat. Nice to not have as wide of a trailer, but the wider trailers tow nicer and the flat bunks load better. It's a PITA to load on the narrow I-beam tall bunk trailers like South Florida (which I've had two of).


If you look close at the pic I posted of the bearing / wheel gone it looks like the nut is straight up rusted onto the spline and it looks like the spline is damaged from corrosion. I was prepared to replace the whole axle but luckily, when it was all taken apart and cleaned it was in very good shape. I lucked out.

That's some cheap piece of mind right there. Had the valve stems on our Top Gun trailer rot out from storing out doors. Those would resolve that. I found a set of 7 Alcoa aluminum trailer wheels for $700 on CL. I want to swoop them up and get rid of those cheesy chrome / rusted wheels.

Thanks Jon....See you in Key West??

I like these silver and grey kind of match the boat, and pretty inexpensive.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Pack-Trai...5/143320922233

I do like those. Wonder how they'd look on.

the 5 star that myco used to use was the best to me, they are inexpensive and my wheel guy can paint them because we all cut that one corner too tight and curb them...also make sure your center cap has drain holes...https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...3cd7b8b1a9.jpg
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We gonna be able to get some beers and catch up in KW this year?

I've always liked the 5 star rims Myco uses. Know where they get them?

summit, jegs, etrailer.com probably has the best pricing. im sure someone on here has some sitting around that they did a rim upgrade on

Well, that's going to cost you more $$ than staying in the presidential suite at the Pier House for a week!!!! LOL

Have fun man. Sucks we'll miss you again. Still planning a trip to south Florida with the whole family to see everyone out that way. Hopefully next year, maybe spring break.

https://recstuff.com/trailer-wheels is where I buy trailer wheels.
Or shop there, and then buy elsewhere for a better price.

If anyone is going to replace 15" wheels, go ahead and make the jump to 16" wheels. You have a WEALTH of options on running WAY better tires on 16" wheels.

I'm late to the party here... but,Congrats, Tank....and welcome back to the Cig. Family!!!

Thanks brotha! It's good to be back. How's life? How's the CC?? You know I was ready to pull the trigger on that when Sean had it. Such a cool boat.