what is the bolt pattern
I just found this
900.
sorry

Yes, 7K axles. I called up the trailer shop I deal with and he ordered them. Straight from Dexter I believe they`re a in Indiana, not too far.
I don`t recall what he had me measure but it wasn`t much . Would have been easier without the boat on the trailer but with a cat tunnel it`s not too bad

PowerBoatr,

It's not so much the GVWR that's the issue. I'm not opposed to stepping up in weight rating. It's the spring center and hub face spacing that's the issue. Not to mention that my current axles are 2X3 box tubing construction, and Dexter, and seemingly the entire industry, has moved on to round tubing, so I'll also have to order new U-bolts, as the ones I have are for box tubing. That's another $150 or so. The tubing shape itself isn't so much an issue, but to get a perfect match, requires a full custom build. The closest I'm gonna get to off-the-shelf is a "special order" D52, but that special order does not include the exact 3.5" spindle drop. It's either 4" or straight. I'd say, all-in, with shipping from TX, I'm probably looking at $1500-1600, and living with a loss of 1/2" in tire/fender clearance, or $3500-3600 for perfect match replacements.

Thanks. Brad.

Dan,

Sounds like an off-the-shelf option fit your needs. I guess my boat and trailer are more special than yours. Or just older, whichever... Either way, Dexter has nothing in-catalog that matches what I need. Spring center and hug face spacing is killing me.

I'm just holding out hope that Heritage can help me out. Fingers crossed.

Thanks. Brad.

Well that blows.
IMOP 1/2" isn`t going to make any difference.

I know this IS NOT your problem but just to add for anyone doing searches and reading these threads many years in the future as we all do.

After a few 1200 mile trips with mine after buying, I was getting some abnormal/ excessive wear on a couple of them. Oh great... I pulled off the wheels and low and behold there was a $hit ton of caked on grease from some dip$hit over greasing all of the bearings, the grease slinging on the inside of the wheels and then add the accumulated road grime. None of this could be seen and I keep my $hit CLEAN. These pics aren't even a fraction of it that was on every one of the 6 wheels. Absolutely ridiculous. Can't even imagine how unbalanced they were. I cleaned them all and actually had them all balanced. I know standard practice is to not balance trailer tires, but knowing how crappy tires these days are, every little bit can help. Not to mention the harmonics that can be transferred to the trailer and the boat rattling everything apart. After installing new tires on the ones that showed the most wear, the wear was drastically reduced on the 2400 miles thereafter. Could it have just been a couple bad tires? Plausible I suppose because China, but I bought the same ones (Carlisle 235/85R16 G).

But then someone's "co-pilot" who shall remain nameless, fell asleep at the wheel and rode the truck and trailer up a center median at 70.





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wow
thats really crappy

not to poke fun
you need a different trailer after what you are going to spend
boats are not cheap
hope you can find it without selling a kidney

PowerBoatr,

It’s actually a really nice trailer. Heritage builds a nice product. And I’m sure a new one would be $15K, if it’s a dime.

Yup. I get that boats are that proverbial hole in the water. And we’ll get through it. It is what it is.

I also want to clarify…. I no longer believe this is the result of the unfortunate incident at the ramp. I seriously doubt that whatever caused the damage to the left fender could have bent the axles on the right side. With that in mind, the CFO may insist we try a new set of tires and see what happens first.

Thanks. Brad.

Brad,

just to throw this out there, I’d try to give magic tilt trailer parts out of Florida a call. My trailer is over 10 years old. I put a third axle on. I measured existing axle width from end flush mt surface of hub to hub. Also the spring perch distance. They have square tube. Just look what they have and see if something works online.

As someone mentioned, if they are notthe same exact width, like 93 vs 92 or something….that wont matter. You just need to get the closest width and the spring distance and in reality, there is some side to side give with that too. Just after you get them, make sure tire looks straight up and down and toe in vs out compared to other axle is same…. Make sure nothing obviously wrong.

just another thought

What I learned was, every steep ramp with torsion axles grossly overloads the front axle. Almost every steep ramp will hang the back 2 axles, then the weight and fulcrum coming up and out just makes the axle give up.

My new trailer is on springs and equalizers. Spreads the load properly.