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Originally Posted by agelesssone
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.
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Merv, I would bet tire size is not the problem but rather the axle is too light and is flexing creating the weird tire wear. UFP in Winchester makes the axles for most of the boat trailer companies. One of the spindles may have been welded incorrectly. I had that happen once and it would wear the tire out very quickly. That's why it usually makes sense to replace an axle rather than just a spindle. You will eventually get things working (at least you can do the welding, Merv is a retired pipe-fitter).
All the boat trailer talk has reminded me that I have the parts at home to switch my trailer hubs from oil bath to the "Vault" system. Got all the parts and supplies from UFP down in Winchester. Guess I am one of the few who has not had problem with the oil bath system. It seems that when you have a problem, it is catastrophic. I just need more time. Work is really getting in the way of my fishing!