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Originally Posted by clarktm1275
I would call a tow company and have it flatbeded to the nearest trailer repair shop. This is seriously a repair to leave to the professionals.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by clarktm1275
Look up trailer repair in the yellow pages and have a towing company flatbed it to the trailer shop to prevent further damage. They trailer repair shops have special tools to make sure the job is done correctly to D.O.T standards.,
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lol i needed that laugh call a tow truck um can you pass that stuff you smokin this way too lol
agree with you 1000000% Destroyer
Destroyer 
Senior Member
Sorry Clark, I gotta disagree with you. By the time you pay for the flatbed, the labor @ $85 an hour, and the spring(s) you could almost buy a trailer. As to the "professionals"... well, that's a matter of opinion. Anyone that gets paid for doing a job is a "professional" in that job.. even if they just walked in off the street the day before. As to the job itself, let's see.. The main spring is usually a "slider" type, so you have one bolt attaching it to the trailer and another bolt up thru the center attaching it and the other leafs to the axle, and two u-bolts holding it all together. Paying someone hundreds of dollars to undo two bolts and two nuts, remove the damaged spring, slide a new spring in and then reinsert two bolts and tighten two nuts is (IMHO) just a waste of money.
Put the trailer up on jackstands, remove the tire for clearance and accessibility, undo the bolts & nuts, remove the damaged leaf, slide the new leaf in, redo the bolts, tighten the nuts on the u-bolts, remount the tire, put trailer back down.. A good backyard mechanic should be able to do the whole job in less than 3 hours and have time for a cold one
AFTER the job is done.
Did you even bother to read the preceeding post? What "special tools" do trailer repair shops have I wonder? Ratchet Wrenches? What D.O.T. standards are you making reference to?
Maybe someone doesn't have the time to do the job. That I would understand...but to come in here and make it sound like this is a job for pros only is simply wrong. It's a simple repair that any wrench turner can do safely, quickly and legally, providing they have simple hand tools and the proper replacement part(s).
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