Hi David, Rebuilding a trailer is easy if, ......you have some tools; ....some mechanical know-how; .....and some time. I totally rebuilt a trailer for a ComPac16. Everything was rusted out: wheel rims; springs; axle, ..... As a neophite at trailer rebuilding at that time, my first step was to find some Know-How, which I found in the excellent GLEN L book - on how to build a trailer. Get one, and it will answer just about every question you might have. With that book as my guide I then bought a good hacksaw (I was in Florida when I bought the ComPac and away from my own shop and equipment). You need this to cut through the "U" bolts holding the axle: to cut off the bolts holding the springs in place; and whatever else has to be removed. Don't bother trying to undo rusted fittings. Just cut and be done with it. You're not going to be reusing those parts. With things taken apart, I took the axle to a trailer shop where they rebuilt it. They installed new stub axles on the axle tube; put in new bearings; and new wheel hubs. I bought the necessary hardware for mounting it all in place again: springs; bolts; "U" bolts - and a new wiring harness, and lights. I bought new rims and new tires. Removing the rusted bolts is the hard part. Assembling the new equipment is the easy part. I painted the trailer white, using Rustoleum primer and paint (white so that you can see it more easily in murky water when loading the boat on the trailer) The paint has stood up very well, though it's main use has been in fresh water lakes. ------------- On my M15 Trailrite trailer, the axle tube was severely rusted when I bought it,so I had my local trailer shop weld in a new tube after bringing the boat back to Connecticut from Florida. I put on new rims; new tires; and added new wiring. (This adds to peace of mind while trailering - you KNOW everything is in first class condition) This past summer I built a plastic pipe guide for the keel - see M archives for pictures and details - which makes retrieving the boat a lot easier since you are forcing the keel to be centered over the keel rollers. Side winds might pivot the boat a bit, but as soon as you start winching it in, the keel guides force the boat to stay in the proper position. It's a modification I highly recommend: makes retrieving easy under all conditions. My M15 has a winch strap eye in the bow fitting where you fasten your forestay. The winch strap hook goes into the bow eye. The winch strap pulls in a straight line, with the winch bolted to the vertical tube which doubles as the forward mast support (64" - height of tube from the trailer frame). A rubber "Vee" block is bolted to the top of the tube which holds the mast. Connie M15 #400 LEPPO ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.