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Originally Posted by aero320
Have you caught any fish lately? My wife won't let me retire.
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Haven't caught any fish lately. Haven't been fishing much lately either. With all of the bait (small fry) in the lakes, fishing has been very tough.
I spent yesterday replacing the 13 inch wheels on my boat trailer, which entailed cutting off the old fenders, buying replacement fenders, cutting 2.5 inches out of them (shortening them from 32inches to 29.5 inches), buying a set of 14" rims and tires, buying a set of heavier springs, replacing the set (that was too light for my boat) that came with trailer, mounting the new fenders to the trailer and rewelding the footboards back onto the trailer.
Hopefully this will fix the problem of wearing out a set of tires every 800 miles. The 13 inch setup wasn't working for the weight of my rig.
The trailer was custom made for the boat. The original purchaser of the boat (who defaulted on the loan and never picked up the rig) had told the boat dealer that he wasn't going to trailer the boat back and forth to the lake, he was going to take it to the lake in the spring and retrieve it in the fall so make the trailer as cheaply as possible. Hence the "too light setup" for the rig.
Here's hoping this cures my tire wear problem.