[Rhodes22-list] Trailer Trouble

[Chris Geankoplis]

Peter,
          I know how talented you are any if you could have, you might have
done the repairs yourself; and made a great video of the project. But being
out of state, it wasn’t possible. $7,000 is a lot of money but you now have
the proverbial “bullet proof trailer”.  I hope you get that week on the
water while the weather is still
A beautiful New England Fall.

Chris Geankoplis
Xenos
On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 12:50 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
wrote:

> I feel I owe the list the final chapter (I hope) in this story.
>
> I picked up my boat and trailer from Brian's Trailer Repair in Berwick, ME
> on Friday, almost exactly 6 weeks after having lost a wheel on the Maine
> Turnpike on my way to Rockland.
>
> Long story short, we decided to replace pretty much everything that makes
> a boat trailer a trailer:  new axles, hubs, springs, disc breaks, tire
> rims, actuator, break lines, plus other miscellaneous hardware and lots of
> labor.  At every point where I was presented with options, I chose whatever
> seemed most robust, which I'm sure also meant most expensive.  The total
> bill came in at about $7,000.
>
> I hope to get in one more week long cruise starting in a few days, but
> we'll have to keep an eye on hurricane Lee.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>
> > On 2023-07-21, at 21:39:35 EDT, Peter Nyberg wrote:
> >
> > So, yesterday I was towing my boat from Connecticut up to Rockland, ME,
> as I do
> > several times a year lately.  Shortly after crossing the Maine - New
> Hampshire
> > border, something about the behavior of the trailer caught my attention,
> but I
> > can't really say exactly what it was.  When I glanced in the rear-view
> mirror,
> > the first thing I noticed was a tire and wheel rolling freely down the
> highway
> > somewhere behind me.  The second thing I noticed was a shower of sparks
> coming
> > from behind the forward trailer wheel on the driver's side.  I decided
> that I
> > should probably pull over to the break-down lane. The trailer handled
> the loss
> > of one wheel pretty well, so fortunately, it was a pretty low drama
> situation.
> >
> > My trailer is a dual-axle galvanized Triad. manufactured for General
> Boats in
> > 2016.
> >
> > I maintain an 'Unlimited Gold' membership with BoatUS, so I called them
> to
> > arrange for transport for the boat and trailer to a trailer repair shop
> about 20
> > miles away.  The bill for the 'tow' was over $700, so I'll come out
> ahead on my
> > membership this year.
> >
> > As the attached (I hope) pictures might show, it was the axle itself
> that
> > failed.  I have the wheel hubs serviced every year, and check them
> periodically
> > when towing to make sure they're not getting hot, but of course the
> thing you're
> > checking is not the the thing that fails.
> >
> > The trailer shop in Maine is still in the process of figuring out
> options, but
> > I'm pretty sure that they won't be cheap, and they won't be quick.
> >
> > Be careful out there,
> >
> > Peter Nyberg
> > Coventry, CT
> > s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
> >
> >
> >
> > <a
> > href="
> http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20230721/5e2e51fe/attachment.jpg"
>
> > target="_blank">Axle.jpg</a>
> >
> > <a
> > href="
> http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20230721/5e2e51fe/attachment-0001.jpg"
>
> > target="_blank">Wheel.jpg</a>
> >
>
>