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Have you ever thought of adding a helper spring?

New springs but then add a helper to help with future spring sag

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Originally Posted by Jamie77905 (Post 4217255)

Have you ever thought of adding a helper spring?

Yes, but then why not just go with new springs?

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Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER (Post 4217174)

What about going to drop axles like I have, instead of the straight tube?

I will tell ya, I've pulled my Buddy's Scarab III around, which also happens to be on a trailer that is underbuilt for the boat, and it's no lightweight. My 38 Fountain on my myco trailer, weighs 13k lbs with no fuel in the boat. His Scarab III feels every bit as heavy back there as my Fountain, maybe heavier .I think those NADA weight numbers are way low. I"ll bet you go weigh that boat/trailer combo, and you got at least 12500 there, prob closer to 13500. The boat itself gotta be at least 10k lbs.

My buddy's trailer under his Scarab, was made for that boat. I dont even remember the brand name. But, it has triple 3500LB axles. The axles look terrible from the bow with all the weight on them. Total piece of crap. He mainly uses it for storage only. I think somewhere, back in the day, someone was lying about how much those Scarabs really weighed.

I noticed in the pic that you don't have shackles between the springs and equalizers. If i can do that i think it will give me the clearance i need.

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Originally Posted by ramos45 (Post 4217265)

I noticed in the pic that you don't have shackles between the springs and equalizers. If i can do that i think it will give me the clearance i need.

They do have shackles, but only on one side of the spring.

Gotcha

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Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER (Post 4217290)

They do have shackles, but only on one side of the spring.

Skip the 5x2 tube running on the inside that is doing very little compared to putting some 2x2 running along the top with some spacers. Look for a thread where the guy just made a goose neck for his Cigarette out of his bumper pull and beefed it up this way.

Rear axle hitting when jacked up in the driveway ? What about when loaded on the truck?

Is anybody else getting annoyed by these post before quotes and double posts that have been happening the last couple weeks besides me?

I think I have a few double posts in this thread, it is annoying.

Is the frame a C channel? If so, you may want to box it in addition to the truss on top.

Once you stiffen the frame I'd check the balance of the boat on the trailer to make sure it is sitting over the axles. I wouldn't go spring over unless it was absolutely required.

When I lived in Henderson I'd run down the hill from Boulder to the lake all the time and never had any problems with brakes. Neither did my buddy with a 36 Outlaw. EOH will definitely help but I think the improperly balanced load is giving you braking problems.