Glad to hear about your trailer decision. I ve had great luck with many mannings. I just had to have a new trailer built. My old 2002 manning was rusted out from the inside terribly. Just a word of advice that we did on my new trailer. Cap all the welds and seal the trailer up. It will come back 10 fold in the future.

8 years seems a little short life for a trailer..... Was this not something manning did wrong?

it was dunked in salt for a couple years and also got jacknifed in the tounge before i bought it. Easier to start over. All the other ones I've had were great. As said before, get 16 inch lt235/85 load range E tires

Water is 8lbs a gallon
Gasoline @ 70 degrees is 6.6lbs a gallon

Not much difference but still a decent amount when looking at 150+ gallons.

There is a table out there but fuel weighs different at different temps. But its usually between 6-7lbs.

I'm 3rd generation of a family fuel business so I am very familiar with the weights. The weights of fuel, specific gravity, octane, flash point etc all change in different altitudes and different areas of the country. We have also seen weight per gallon change with ethanol related fuels. Regardless my situation is that I have to worry about how much fuel, water, and coolers are on my boat and I dont like that. My new axles will allow 14,000# so I can trailer full, empty, with 30 cases of beer.....whatever I feel like. I am tired of worrying about making it TO the water.... now I just have to worry about the boat running when I get there lol

What do you mean, you have the same boat that won Round Long Island:drink::drink:

all depends how bad it was treated & punished

Im guessing this particular one i had was never flushed... :angry-smiley-038:

Goodyear Marathon's suck... Buy the Maxxis, and make sure you put the maximum air pressure in them.. Sidewalls flexing is what causes the heat and the failures.

MAX AIR PRESSURE IS THE KEY :drink: