Trailer 'guide' question

[Simon Weston]

I lost a wheel whilst driving back from Abersoch N. Wales at the beginning of october, despite the trailer's brakes and wheel bearings being professionally refurbished only the week before. Having retrieved the wheel from a field I was unable to re-fit it because two of the wheel studs had broken. Called the AA who sent out a recovery truck which loaded the boat & trailer on the back and took Whacker the 105miles home to the Wirral! Can only praise the AA for their excellent service and Port Sunlight Trailers who came out the next day to check the brakes, repalce both wheels/studs and wheel bearings.

Simon

[Terry]

Coming back to the original message, I've just had a look this morning and my SBS trailer guide arms don't project more than the boats beam.
Terry

[last_tuesday]

Well, regardless of the legalities of leaving the guide arms in place, our boat is home. 1300 miles driven , more fuel than I care to add up, and a terrestrial form of jet lag

Trusty Saab proved as reilable as ever. Only mantainance required en-route - one low beam head lamp bulb.

Gale force winds, sunshine, hail, lashing rain & sleet over Drumochter, we've had the lot

[Rondonay]

Well done!!
Pauline

Oct 26, 2008 04:09:35 PM, forum-trailers@swift18.org wrote:

Well, regardless of the legalities of leaving the guide arms in place, our boat is home. 1300 miles driven , more fuel than I care to add up, and a terrestrial form of jet lag

Trusty Saab proved as reilable as ever. Only mantainance required en-route - one low beam head lamp bulb.

Gale force winds, sunshine, hail, lashing rain & sleet over Drumochter, we've had the lot

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[last_tuesday]

Does the fact that Windermere seems to have expanded mean that it will be cheaper to moor there next year?

The one thing your photo shows is that it is important to leave the guide arms in place, and also secure the craft to the trailer, and always remember to anchor your trailer securely. ( I would have thought that 6 times depth would be a reasonable length if you were to use a mixed chain/warp rode. I'll have to ask the boss, to see if they've covered the anchoring of trailers on her Day Skipper course )

I'll be digging a big hole in our drive tonight, to drop our anchor into, just in case.

I trust your boat is fine?

[giraffe]

It's the same picture on Coniston - jetties under water, our little club house flooded. I temporarily left my trailer on the beach and they're nowhere to be seen (beach nor trailer). I just hope it's not submerged long enough to knacker the bearings and brakes.

martin