In case it helps your budget, Northern Tool has trailer tires at a very competitive price (less than WM). A friend builds the BBQ trailers (huge BBQ on wheels) so I asked him (my toys needed new tires) and that's where he found the best price for trailer tires. Now I get a catalog update regularly (junk mail). They're on the internet too. fyi Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harvey Wilson" <HarveyWilson@compuserve.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:50 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M-17 trailer wheels Hi Bill..

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I had a similar situation with my Trail-rite. I ended up replacing both the springs and shackles, plus hubs and wheels. I got some slick hubs from Turbo Lube.<<

I'm thinking of replacing the hubs and wheels. W-Marine has hubs with nuts instead of studs...hopefully easier to remove if this happens again....but I'm not on salt water <GG> Methinks the tires are radials, and W-M's tire & wheel sets are bias ply. <sigh> I'll also look into the Turbo Lube hubs if they're not too expensive. Harvey/ Ga M-17 Stargazer #294 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats