[Rhodes22-list] Trailer Trouble

[Larry Gioia]

I’m starting to think everyone on this list has had a blowout at some point!  David, does your trailer have brakes?  I’m wondering if others on this list have single-axle trailers with no brakes like mine. 
  
Larry

> On Sep 12, 2023, at 5:32 PM, DAVID BERG <davidmberg at mac.com> wrote:
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> This past summer I towed my 2003 single-axle Triad trailer 220 miles each way from Minnie up to Lake Vermillion near Tower MN. I wasn't petrified until I blew (exploded and destroyed) a tire on the way home on the 4 lane going 65 mph. 
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> I have since replaced the Carlisle Load range D with Goodyear Endurance Load Range E. From my first (limited) experience these seem like much better tires.
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> The boat and trailer weighed in at 3880 lbs on the CAT scale at the truck stop. It tows pretty nicely with my 2022 Telluride. Got to make sure there's enough tongue weight. It was hard to get the boat all the way onto the trailer due to low water at the launch, but I took off the outboard and moved it to inside the boat. That helped.
> 
> David Berg
> Blue Loon
> Minneapolis, MN
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of Larry Gioia via Rhodes22-list
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2023 1:24 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Trailer Trouble
> 
> I’m the same, single axle trailer with no brakes came with the ‘86 R22 I bought in St Pete in 2020 - towed it 45 minutes to small lake (Keystone)  I’m on, but got a flat with only 5 miles left to go, spare barely held air had to inflate it a lot, after I arrived I replaced the wheels & tires & spare. Haven’t taken it anywhere since, it stays in the lake tied to my small boathouse dock, use it just for haul-out maintenance, but it really didn’t tow that badly behind Mercedes GLE 350. Can’t go CT to ME like Peter - maybe 1hr distance would be okay? 
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> Larry
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> Keystone Lake
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> Odessa FL
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>> On Sep 10, 2023, at 8:06 PM, THOMAS POLISE via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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>> Good luck Peter with the rebuilt.  I am personally petrified to take my single axle trailer on the highways. I’m sorry I didn’t get the double axle and your story reinforces that. 
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>>>> On Sep 10, 2023, at 5:44 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
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>>> When I bought the new trailer and recycled boat from GB in 2016, I believe the trailer was around $6000.  That was with drum brakes, which had to be replaced after a couple of years of salt water dunking.
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>>> All the new stuff on the rebuilt trailer is, of course, much higher 
>>> quality than the original equipment.  If you don't believe me, just 
>>> ask the guy I paid the $7000 to :)
>>> 
>>> --Peter
>>> 
>>>>> On 2023-09-10, at 16:22:32 EDT, THOMAS POLISE wrote:
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>>>> Wow, what does a new double axle trailer cost?
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