Re: M_Boats: Need some "Sage" advice
Jerry, I believe the issue is clearance with the trailer axle. Most of the trailers I have seen 17's riding on have the axle located below the board - we could ask for a 'swing-away axle' with integral air jacks (race car style) to lift the rig straight up for the service of the board uphaul - yeah that's the ticket ! Executed in some fancy unobtanium. I will pay at least $79.00 dollars for that option. (sarcasm intended to be humorous).(did it work?) That is my opinion - and it is right! Take Care Have Fun Wear your PFD for safe sailing! GO. "LB/GF!" M-17 # 316a 'that ain't bad gelcoat -it's "patina"! Team Geezer Racing.....Old and in the Way
Folks, I have had my M-23 trailer inspected and it needs new brakes. And a couple other minor items but mostly brakes. In fact, one of the drum brakes simply has no internal parts as they were at some point removed. So we would be talking completely new brake assemblies and a surge coupler and all the lines to connect. To have the shop do it is around $1300. Can you lend me your opinions about refurbing this double axle trailer vs. purchasing new. Thanks Robbin M-23 '78 #072 "The Other Woman" (my wife's name for the craft) M-10 Tonka
Robbin, If you want to rebuild the brakes yourself, check Eastern Marine's trailerparts.com site. I found the things I needed to rebuild my trailer for much less than any local source. Whitebeard
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 11:28:38 -0500 From: robbin.roddewig@verizon.net To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Trailer rebuild
Folks, I have had my M-23 trailer inspected and it needs new brakes. And a couple other minor items but mostly brakes. In fact, one of the drum brakes simply has no internal parts as they were at some point removed. So we would be talking completely new brake assemblies and a surge coupler and all the lines to connect. To have the shop do it is around $1300. Can you lend me your opinions about refurbing this double axle trailer vs. purchasing new.
Thanks Robbin M-23 '78 #072 "The Other Woman" (my wife's name for the craft) M-10 Tonka
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I ordered a special trailer for the 17 once that had a wishbone setup and the bote set quiite a bit lower, but the customer complained about tire wear and had it set back to the normal setup. Neal Clark of Tucson made a trailer this way and that's where I got the idear. I believe Neal's worked fine. 'm unhappy with the trailers that Sal got for the first two Sage's, including mine, because they sat too high on the trailer, so I plan to do some work on mine. jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: <GILASAILR@aol.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 4:50 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Need some "Sage" advice
Jerry, I believe the issue is clearance with the trailer axle. Most of the trailers I have seen 17's riding on have the axle located below the board - we could ask for a 'swing-away axle' with integral air jacks (race car style) to lift the rig straight up for the service of the board uphaul - yeah that's the ticket ! Executed in some fancy unobtanium. I will pay at least $79.00 dollars for that option. (sarcasm intended to be humorous).(did it work?)
That is my opinion - and it is right!
Take Care Have Fun Wear your PFD for safe sailing!
GO. "LB/GF!" M-17 # 316a 'that ain't bad gelcoat -it's "patina"! Team Geezer Racing.....Old and in the Way _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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