painted the tongue

looks OK I can live with it.
sure as hell isn't going to rust
red-oxide primer, 3 coats of rustoleum, sanded in-between.

back to the top for an update...

towed the boat about 25 miles today,

holy crap!
I got alot of brake back there!
It's a good thing!

I kinda figured I had plenty of braking surface when I had to pretty much set the gain to .01 or 0.0 (off) with the trailer empty when I came back from the welder, or full lock-up...

I've got the gain down to 1.7 loaded and the trailer is still leading the truck by a bit!
Don't know what the h ell I'd ever use the "boost" feature for?

all seems well. It's nice to have all that stopping power and no more surge coupler clunk or drum brake problems...

well worth the time and $

trimmed out the bottom of the boxes with some angle stock simply set in-between the box and the uni-strut.

hides the butt ends of the struts and made for a surface for a marker light, the same 3 diode amber as the fenders.

everything minted out, boat/trailer.

TTT for some of those posting questions about disc/EOH disc conversions.

Awesome trailer info! Hey rippem, what is a good trailer website that you found with the best prices?

Nice work and great thread. One question, what exactly are the boxes on trailer used for?? Trailer jack, spare props..??

iboats
trailerpartsdepot
southwestwheel

boxes are getting filled with
roadside repair & emergency parts and supplies
cleaning stuff of course
other odds & ends

an absolutely horrible boating season weather-wise has left me hanging out in the shop too long looking for further ways to bling and feature out my tow.

added these additional LED fender side marker lights and long overdue new diamond plate step pads.

I looked hard to find a small light that had the right near flush appearance and shape style for this location.

The original step plates were practically beyond restoration polish wise. Thinking about sending them to my buddy and having then PC'd "wet black" or bright silver for spares.
The originals were attached with aluminum rivets...
I went with allen drive/"button head" 1/4-20 capscrews. All SS of course!
Neoprene washers under the heads to keep from SS/aluminum contact.
I can remove the plates in 5 minutes to polish them instead of in-place, and risking adjacent paint damage.

finally swapped out to the "elephant ear" towing mirrors. I had ordered the truck with the DL8 pwr, pwr fold, heated, signal sporty mirrors, but there's no denying I need big telescoping dual glass towing mirrors! I'll dig them pulling the sled trailer also...couldn't see sheet around that with the other mirrors even with CIPA slide-ons added!