I have a problem with my boat trailer that I would like to get fixed before open water season starts. Here is the situation and hopefully you guys can point me in the right direction.
I have a 18.5ft Monark King and a Karavan bunk trailer. last year while backing up to park the boat I hit a post with the trailer. I hit it hard enough to break the plastic fender off of the trailer. I looked over it and besides the plastic fender everthing looked ok. Obviously it was not. Later in the year I noticed the tire on the side where I hit the post was wearing very heavy on the outside of the tire while the other side was wearing on the inside of the tire (although not nearly as much as the tire that got struck). I thought well maybe I just need new tires so I purchased new tires for both sides of the trailer and everything seemed ok.
I took a trip up north with the boat and on the way home one of my bearings went out. It happened on the side that got struck. We stopped and I was able to get parts and replace the bearing and race ok. When I did get home I noticed that the tire was again very bald on the outside of the tire.
So I did some research on here and the internet and most people seem to think I need an alignment on the trailer, A new axle, Or my u joints are uneven. I tried measuring my axle from the Ujoint to the back of the trailer and it does seem like one side is farther back then the other(less than a 1/4inch). I've looked online for some places that do boat trailer repair and all I ever come up with are Big Semi trailer repair places and CPIer.Z marine. Can anyone shoot me some advice or pm me a reputable trailer shop that could help me out with this? I am by no means a mechanic but i'm not all that non mechanical either. I do my own bearings on the trailer after using the guides on this site(which are great btw)...I just want to be sure this gets done right as I don't want to have to buy multiple tires this year.
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Wanderer, thanks for your reply. I do intend for it to be 24 volt, with a thrust of 70-80. Spot lock is a must (my wife is looking forward to
not being the anchor person any more). With my old boat we did quite a lot of pulling shad raps and hot n tots, using the trolling motor. Unlikely
that we will fish in whitecaps, did plenty of that when I was younger. I also need a wireless remote, not going back to a foot pedal. We do a fair amount of bobber fishing.
I don't think I will bother with a depth finder on the trolling motor. I am leaning toward moving my Garmin depth finder from my old boat to the
new one, just because I am so used to it and it works well for me. I am 70 years old and kinda set in my ways...
Dang, new content and now answers.
First, congrats on the new boat!
My recommendation is to get the most thrust you can in 24V, assuming a boat that size isn’t running 36V. 80 might be tops? I’m partial to MinnKota.
How do you plan to use the trolling motor is an important question too.
All weather or just nice weather?
Casting a lot or bait dragging?
Bobber or panfish fishing?
Spot lock? Networked with depth finders? What brand of depth finders?
We have bought a new boat, which we will be picking up this spring. It is an Alumacraft Competitor 165 sport with a 90 horse Yamaha
motor. I will be buying and installing a trolling motor, wondering if I can get some recommendations on what pound thrust I will
want for this boat? Also, I will be selling my old boat, is there a good way to determine the value on an older boat ( mid-80's with a 75 horse 2-stroke
Mariner motor) I will appreciate any help with these questions.
I went ahead and watched some of the MLF coverage. Wheeler didn’t make the cut but the bigger story was the Poche/Avera fallout.
Kinda funny listening to both sides of the story and putting together the scenario, reading between the lines.
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Hi Everyone,
I have a problem with my boat trailer that I would like to get fixed before open water season starts. Here is the situation and hopefully you guys can point me in the right direction.
I have a 18.5ft Monark King and a Karavan bunk trailer. last year while backing up to park the boat I hit a post with the trailer. I hit it hard enough to break the plastic fender off of the trailer. I looked over it and besides the plastic fender everthing looked ok. Obviously it was not. Later in the year I noticed the tire on the side where I hit the post was wearing very heavy on the outside of the tire while the other side was wearing on the inside of the tire (although not nearly as much as the tire that got struck). I thought well maybe I just need new tires so I purchased new tires for both sides of the trailer and everything seemed ok.
I took a trip up north with the boat and on the way home one of my bearings went out. It happened on the side that got struck. We stopped and I was able to get parts and replace the bearing and race ok. When I did get home I noticed that the tire was again very bald on the outside of the tire.
So I did some research on here and the internet and most people seem to think I need an alignment on the trailer, A new axle, Or my u joints are uneven. I tried measuring my axle from the Ujoint to the back of the trailer and it does seem like one side is farther back then the other(less than a 1/4inch). I've looked online for some places that do boat trailer repair and all I ever come up with are Big Semi trailer repair places and CPIer.Z marine. Can anyone shoot me some advice or pm me a reputable trailer shop that could help me out with this? I am by no means a mechanic but i'm not all that non mechanical either. I do my own bearings on the trailer after using the guides on this site(which are great btw)...I just want to be sure this gets done right as I don't want to have to buy multiple tires this year.
Thanks.
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