Gotta love boats

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29 minutes ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

I agree, Thing is I'm always greasing them and I have plenty of buddys that tow as much or more than me that never grease their hubs.  Don't you love the guys when the lakes are flooding and they back in off a gravel bar and just leave their trailers in all day while they are fishing.  Water always finds a way in.  I see guys at Bull do that all the time but yet I'm the one stranded on the side of the road

If I’m launching anywhere with current I drive my boat off the trailer.  Otherwise it’s the rope to the trailer dip and go.   The less they are submerged the better.  

[fishinwrench]

Everybody that has pulled a boat for any distance at all has a Wheel Bearing story or three. 😅 

People drop boats off here all the time, on trailers that I'm afraid to leave the driveway with......And I DON'T !!!!

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I added my trailer to my AAA roadside plan and it wasn’t very much additional.  

[MrGiggles]

9 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I have the EZ lubes.   The problem with tandem axle for me is the ability to move the trailer around in the garage.  I’ve seen the trailer dolly’s but my little Jon boat only weighs like 1500 - 1600 pounds.  Wouldn’t mind oil bath hubs though.   I think those are much better???

From the little I know about them, they are pretty expensive if you wreck one. But being able to see the oil level through the cap, and if there's any water in there would be nice.

The only experience I have with oil filled hubs is on those older Polaris 4x4 ATVs that had them. No bigger piece of junk ever made, there's a bunch of seals in there, getting one to hold oil after any amount of neglect is next to impossible. 

[GotaFish]

So based on the conversation in this string I am thinking I should probably be looking to replace the bearings on the trailer I use to haul my 2005 Shawnee.  Other than adding some grease once in a while I have done nothing to the bearings in 19 years

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1 hour ago, GotaFish said:

So based on the conversation in this string I am thinking I should probably be looking to replace the bearings on the trailer I use to haul my 2005 Shawnee.  Other than adding some grease once in a while I have done nothing to the bearings in 19 years

That's gotta be some kind of record!  😆   Do you have EZ Lube hubs?

[GotaFish]

I am not sure what hubs I have.  Just stick the grease gun on and squirt in a little grease.  I do know that my Dad tells me every time he sees the trailer that I need to replace the bearings.  I also know that in the same time period my Dad has replaced the bearings and hubs on the trailer used to haul his Champion at least a dozen times, including replacing the entire axel.  At least one time his bearings burned up on the way home from the shop after the bearings were replaced. 

[jdmidwest]

Trackers have the grease zirk fitting on the axle hub.  I looked it over, and it squirts grease in the bearing,  somewhat.  I still strip them down and repack every season or next.

19 years on bearings is probably a long time.  Depends on how far you pull your boat.  A good indicator is tires.  Most Bias tires only last a season for me, radials up to 3 or 4 years.  Bearing inspection and replacement is about the same schedule.  You can usually see the slop in the bearings with tire wear, unless the bearing lets go prematurely.