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| Author: | zif001 [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 9:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | winterizing trailer |
as part of my winterizing process, i have the boat done. i am looking at the trailer & after spending boo coo dollars on bringing it to road ready status. i ponder if taking the tires off would be worth the hassle. what are your thoughts? it seems to me, taking the boat weight off the trailer & tires off the trailer would have to give the tires longer life. also, any one out there have a starcraft trailer or i guess any trailer that has some purple paint on it. i need to do some rust treatment & repainting. zif001 |
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| Author: | pickledboater [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winterizing trailer |
zif, I jack up the trailer and put blocks under the axel and leave the tires on. This accomplishes two things, first gets the weight off the tires for storage and also if one happened to loose air over the winter it stops the trailer from dropping and setting the outdrive on the ground, as I store with the drive in the lowered position. |
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| Author: | 230 Mike [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winterizing trailer |
I raised mine one year but haven't since and I've never seen any ill effects. |
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| Author: | LouC [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 3:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winterizing trailer |
I've never jacked mine up, to me that's unnecessary. One thing I do like to do though is cycle the surge brake actuator every so often over the winter (screwdriver can be used to cycle some actuators). This moves the pistons in either the calipers or wheel cylinders and makes them less likely to be seized in place come Spring. I also grease the wheel bearings and take a look at what comes out of the super lube hubs, if the old grease is not milky then its all good but if it is then it's time for new seals. If you did just these 2 things it would save a lot of trouble. And better to do it now, then to find corroded bearings come spring. Same reason why the drive gets pulled each season. |
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| Author: | john55c [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: winterizing trailer |
We take the tires off of both our trailers and block them for the winter and store the tires in the basement for the winter. They have lasted quite a while without dry rot. It takes 10 minutes to do it, so to us, its worth it. |
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