EZ loader trailer question

[parishht]

Do you know which model you have?

[bigshrimpin]

Post your information on Uship and see if you can get someone to move the boat "as-is" with the trailer.

[bigshrimpin]

If the trailer is in that bad a shape . . . Buy a good trailer (new or used) drive up there block the boat up, put the new trailer under it and call a scrap yard. It's going to cost you almost as much to replace the axles, hubs, bearings, tires, leaf springs, U bolts, etc. don't forget the Hotel room for 2 nights (no gaurantee that the rest of the trailer is in serviceable shape) as it would to buy a good used trailer. . . . Is the guy going to let you do work in his yard? (saw the old bolts off . . . replace the axles) . . . That's a lot of work to do and drive 6 hours each way.

[kraken]

Originally Posted by bigshrimpin

If the trailer is in that bad a shape . . . Buy a good trailer (new or used) drive up there block the boat up, put the new trailer under it and call a scrap yard. It's going to cost you almost as much to replace the axles, hubs, bearings, tires, leaf springs, U bolts, etc. don't forget the Hotel room for 2 nights (no gaurantee that the rest of the trailer is in serviceable shape) as it would to buy a good used trailer. . . . Is the guy going to let you do work in his yard? (saw the old bolts off . . . replace the axles) . . . That's a lot of work to do and drive 6 hours each way.

actualy the trailer is in great shape but the boat was used in brackish saltwater and the galvonization on the axles must have been eaten away. The brake housings and everything not aluminum, which isnt alot, has just deteriorated. The hauling part of the trailer looks brand new, just the axles are in such bad shape.

[bigshrimpin]

have you seen the trailer? why do you believe that the axles need to be replaced? Have they rotten through and split?

[kraken]

yeah, I have seen it personaly and knew ahead of time that they would have to be replaced. The axles are actualy folding up because of the weight of the boat. Both axles are completly destroyed.