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Fishysam

Posted 11/25/2015 7:55 AM (#793949 - in reply to #793898)
Subject: Re: trailer question

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I need the piece of mind with tandem axels for driving 2 hours away regularly. In fact last season I lost a bearring 125 miles away from home. Stopped evaluated the situation and Sunday at 10pm I drove back on 3 wheels. That got me home at 45mph. Also know of a boat that had single axel bearring fail. That tire passed the tow vehicle and by the time they stopped the trailer/ boat/ motor were totaled. The harder to move tandem axels are because if you try to move the boat it really resists turning because the two tires each side want to go separate ways and if you can't push it past were you want to stop it will spring back 10-28 inches depending on how smooth the parking area is. As trailering goes I feel like single axel trailers do a better job for smaller tow vehicles. I have found with my two tandem boats that they are really going to squat my 14 ram and my dads heavy glass boat doesn't squat the truck also generally you can't lift up a tandem trailer by hand.