venture trailer,2015

borov · **Joined:** Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:03 am **Posts:** 10

hello bought a 268 vista with a new venture trailer in baltimore and shipped it over to norway,just have a question, is thoose trailer made to
be fully submerged and only be flushed with freshwater after bath/use?,think about bearing,lights etc. trailer has pads for supporting boat
best regards
vidar

alex8q4 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:23 am

Welcome, and hope you enjoy your new boat.

Yes your Venture Bunk trailer can be submerged in water. You should disconnect the lights prior to doing so.

We had a venture trailer for a short while. It seemed to be a good quality rig.

Cheers!

borov · **Joined:** Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:03 am **Posts:** 10

Hello,thanks for your help

vidar

Thalasso · **Joined:** Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:45 pm **Posts:** 333

Aluminum i hope
Salt water? Just make sure you rinse with fresh water after use. Especially the brakes.
Your bearings are probably super-lubes by Dexter. Not much if any maintenance. If grease starts leaking out the rubber caps it's time to buy new rubber.

LouC · **Posted:** Sat Mar 07, 2015 3:43 pm

If it's a Venture it's probably galvanized steel which is fine for salt water. The things that you need to watch for are the slide pins for the disc brakes and all the light fixtures should be fitted with separate grounds if you want them to work reliably for any length of time. If it's a spring axle trailer coat the leaf springs liberally with marine grease. Spray all the U bolts with a corrosion inhibitor.

borov · **Joined:** Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:03 am **Posts:** 10

Hello All,sitting here in poland and work now,so i am not with my boat ,but it`s a aluminum trailer,adleast the beams,but there is some led
lights(they should be fine ithink) but the normal light/brake light they will drain after the trailer has been submerged,but think they are made
to withstand salt water?,on trailer in europe you can take of the light before it goes in water,but it`s a very nice trailer

It`s a helpful forum,thank you guys for the help.
best regards
vidar

deafwish · **Posted:** Sun Mar 08, 2015 5:45 am

Hey Borov,

Share some pictures of your boat and boating area!

LouC · **Posted:** Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:12 am

If the brake/stop lights are not LED, I recommend that you remove the bulbs and coat the inside of the receptacle with marine grease, put some on the bulb contacts too this will reduce corrosion.
The main problem with lights on boat trailers is that the trailer frames are bolted together and the lights are bolted onto it. The frame is supposed to make the return path back to the vehicle electric system. The problem is corrosion where the lights mount to the frame and corrosion between the parts of the frame. Corrosion causes resistence and that causes lights to not work. The best solution is to run separate ground wires from each light back to the white ground wire on the trailer tongue. The ground is actually in the vehicle electrical system. An easier way is to run ground straps from the tongue to each frame rail of the trailer and from the rear of each frame rail to the tail light housings. I did this and I have not had troubles with the lights in salt water lights.
The other issue is that the trailer balls and couplers on US trailers are not in metric measurement,it will have to be changed to a metric coupler if your vehicle uses a Euro spec hitch.

borov · **Joined:** Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:03 am **Posts:** 10

Hello all, and thanks for reply, i will look in to this with the ground wires,i asked Diamond marine to replace coupler on trailer to fit 50 mm ball
on the car,so it`s ok, thanks for great help,i will post picture off my rig and also take some photos where we use to cruise,we live in a small village with
10 000 people ,sauth in norway with 1200 islands right autside the coast,so many have boats

Surface Interval · **Posted:** Sun Mar 08, 2015 4:02 pm

Borov, I would not recommend changing to the 50mm (2 inch) coupler and ball. They are rated for no more than 7500 pounds, and some are less. Your 268 on a trailer loaded with fuel, water, and all your necessities for a weekend will probably be about 10,000lbs. Having the hitch break can be the beginning of a real bad day.

LouC · **Posted:** Sun Mar 08, 2015 6:47 pm

Yep you will have to go up to the right size coupler for the load of the boat.
Here in the US as the trailer class rating increases so does the size of the shank and the ball, of course the coupler increases in size to match the ball.
I dont know if Venture builds Euro Spec trailers but I know Load Rite does.

borov · **Joined:** Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:03 am **Posts:** 10

Hello and thanks for answer,i will try to find aut about the ball on the car(load limit),but anyway this trailer is only for storing,loading and unloading,trailer will not be used to drive long distance on the road,have only 3 mile to the sea so think i am ok

regards
vidar

ric · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:29 am

You definitely need to post a lot of pictures of all that beautiful scenery.

john55c · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:56 pm

ric wrote:

You definitely need to post a lot of pictures of all that beautiful scenery.

+1

borov · **Joined:** Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:03 am **Posts:** 10

Hello all,i will post some picture when season start,3 weeks more

regards
vidar

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