Trailer springs
Check your bloody trailer springs. If you have a spring type setup and not a set of them fancy torsion jobs.
I have had no issues for 10 years with this trailer. Did I say that out loud? I pull the boat out of the barn for a little clean up and notice the tire is on the fender. Broken spring. Took it all apart and all four springs were broken where the bolt holds the individual leaves together. Basically the u-bolts holding the axle to the springs was keeping everything flying in close formation. Not easy to inspect with the boat on the trailer as you have to get on the ground and climb underneath the boat but I will pay closer attention to that area of the spring from now on. This trailer was an accident waiting to happen and I would not have appreciated starting the weekend off with a roadside breakdown.
That said I need opinions. Are the coated springs any better than the painted? AND There is a little slop in my shackles. The holes in them are egg shaped by about 1/16". Replace it all? What do you think? Thanks
Vic
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