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Single axle trailer guys. Need opinion
Hey guys. I'm looking for a trailer for my '79 center console and I've found a couple good deals on few single axle trailers. One actually has a '77 Cuddy V-20 on it that comes with the trailer. I pulled my boat home on my dual axle trailer I borrowed from my Striper and she pulled great. Didn't even know she was back there. When I was a kid we had a V and I also had one back in the early 2000's and they were both on dual axle trailers.
So will a single axle trailer be enough? I know these beasts got some weight to them. Also a side note I only travel a mile to the ramp majority of the time, almost never further then 10 miles.
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Current boat(s): 1985 V-20 Cuddy/ 470 IB/OB 1972 Egg Harbor 38’ Sedan/ 454 Crusaders 
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05-12-2016, 05:03 AM
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Correctly set up and correctly maintained it will be fine.
I still have the original trailer sold with mine in 1975, granted the only things original are the frame, axle, tongue and winch stand. Just always keep in mind that you are going to be at the upper limits of capability of a 3500lb trailer. Boat 1920lbs 60 gallons of fuel 480lbs Engine +400lbs You still need to make weight allowances for other things like batteries, coolers full of whatever, fishing gear, safety equipment, etc. Depending on the manufacturers ratings you may need to take into consideration the actual weight of the trailer which will average over 500lbs. Getting the tongue weight correctly proportioned is critical. I'll eventually convert mine to a dual axle but that won't improve it's actual rating.
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 '75 Cuddy with '00 Johnson Ocean Pro 150 horse Benny
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05-12-2016, 09:04 AM
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Agree with Tsubaki, a good solid high capacity single will be good, just don't get cheap with the spings, axle, wheels and tires, etc. When a spring breaks on a tandem you can limp it home sometimes, on a single you're screwed with the boat on it.
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1985 Wellcraft V-20, Evinrude ETEC 150: SOLD 1979 Marine Trader 44, twin Ford Lehman 120s 2006 Panga 14, Tohatsu 20
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05-12-2016, 09:14 PM
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A single 3500 lb axle will almost certainly be overloaded a little with fuel gear cooler ice etc.... At 35 mph for 1 mile who cares... 55 for 10 miles probably still ok... 75 for 300 miles... No thanks but then you can buy fuel and ice close to the launch instead of at home...
You can get away w a single but a tandem is worth having.
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05-12-2016, 10:37 PM
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I have (2) v's. One on a single, one on a dual axle. The single used to go to Florida every year to my uncle's house in the Fall, and back to New Jersey in the Spring. Never had a lick of trouble with towing it 1600 miles each way, twice a year. Just remember some common sense things. Keep gear inside the boat to a minimum, (fuel tank almost empty, no water in the live wells, etc etc). Just common sense items. ALWAYS have at least one spare tire, tire repair kit, 12V compressor, bearing buddies on both wheels, a grease gun with at least one unopened cartridge of wheel bearing grease and at least 2 spare axle bearings with you. A membership to BoatUS is a great idea, and get the towing insurance option for an additional $14 a year. As long as the trailer is set up (tongue weight) properly and the trailer is at the proper position under your boat you should have zero problems. Especially for only a 10 mile tow. (That's just getting the wheels warmed up)
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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