[Lance Pearson]

The boat is great but with the new repowered and heavier by 109 pounds engine, full fuel tanks, battery and oil tank, the trailer started to sway at speed and so I measured it, added 182 pounds of weight forward and got the tongue weight up from 175 which was too light to 300 and it tows okay for a single axle with good sized 2900 pound boat and trailer. However, it is old and will one day need replacement as parts fail. I emailed EZ loader about the trailer and they asked for photos then informed me I was lucky the original trailer still worked as it was badly overloaded. The trailer was designed for a max load of 2,000 pounds and I was carrying 2900 pounds on 40 year old springs, frame with some rust evident. In addition state law here says total weight of trailer and boat if more than 3,000 pounds requires brakes. Mine did not have them so if I did get in a wreck the dealer said that the insurance would deny coverage as illegal and overloaded in his experience. That did it for me as I did not ever feel like it towed as safely as I thought it ought to. Upshot, an hour later I was at our dealer's who sells three different brand of trailer, EZ loader, Venture and a cheaper c shaped painted steel type for smaller bass boats. I bought a Venture vrt dual axle with front axle surge disk brakes 4250 load capacity trailer for 21 to 23' boats which is being made in Maryland this coming week and when it's here the dealer will pull the boat, balance the boat and new trailer without the added weight in the nose and I'll pick it up. Everything says towing on a dual axle is like a dream. The ez load single must have been overbuilt to be wrong, too short, under capacity, for its entire life.