cost to rebuild magic trail boat trailer

#Cost to rebuild magic trail boat trailer cracked#

For those not familiar with the Performance trailer, at least on mine, the crossmembers are not hung by U-bolts, but bolted through only the topside of the crossmember through the I-beam frame flanges. The bunk brackets are attached by galvanized U-bolts which we know have the potential to eat into the crossmember due to the dissimilar metal corrosion and some evidence of that may be apparent without removing the brackets.

#Cost to rebuild magic trail boat trailer cracked#

then I started looking more closely at crossmembers and thought, ya' know maybe I should replace the two 80' ones while I'm at it since the rear one had been damaged by someone hitting the guide pole, which cracked the outside couple inches of the underside of the crossmember where the guide pole is attached by the U-bolts. I got the axle and brake items delivered from Expediter in Palm Beach, who was recommended by Dexter, who bought out Tie Down's axle division. Not too many reviews on them yet but I, and the shop that installed them on new rims for me, have been impressed by the apparent quality of the tire. I think Goodyear is trying to get as many of these on the road as possible after the USA startup a couple months ago. The new Endurance tires are made in the USA and are 8-ply, D rated, look great, and cost less than the Marathons. It has two new Marathons on it, but they are now made in China and I've seen some less than good reports of the inconsistent wall thicknesses and other problems with them. I just got the new Goodyear Endurance tires for the trailer. So, I thought since I wasn't around for the first ten years of the trailer's life and don't know it's complete history, I would just replace both torsion axles and put on new, integrated hubs, stainless brakes and new brake lines while I'm waiting for the boat to be ready. The Kodiak 225 calipers were sorta rusty, the pad brackets were very rusty and crumbling and the rotors were pretty bad. To the point I couldn't get any of them to budge, they didn't look very good at all and were crumbling. The bearings on the integrated hub assemblies looked fine, rolled smoothly and quietly, but the inner castle nuts on all four 'replaceable' spindles are completely rusted to the spindles and beyond repair. well, the rewiring of the lights turned into a more detailed check of the trailer in general. I didn't want my polished up and refurbished Seafarer to come home to a less than optimal ride. While I had it in the shop for some rather minor touch-ups, I decided to do a 'little' trailer work. Hey Bob, John, Dave, and anyone else familiar with trailer issues,Īs some of you know, I'm in the process of getting my 2006 228G Seafarer in shape.