[Rhodes22-list] advice needed

[Bill Effros]

Ron,

Good point.  We CT boat owners are reasonable to deal with, but our 
water eats up the trailers.  Not only did my Porto Potty explode this 
summer, but my trailer did also.  I think I mentioned it on the list 
when it happened.  Spectacular!

More recently, Bruce's trailer wheels seized, and he had to spend a 
pretty penny to replace them.  He pulled his boat a month ago, and the 
wheels seized again (although not nearly as severely) before I borrowed 
his trailer 3 weeks later to pull my boat on Bruce's trailer.  Today 
when I moved the trailer 2 weeks after pulling my boat, the wheels had 
seized again, again.

I had to drag the trailer with the boat on it 8 feet over the gravel.  I 
had to put my truck in 4 wheel drive to keep the truck's wheels from 
spinning.  Once I could back up the truck, the trailer wheels freed, and 
they turn normally again.

Cheryl -- this is a real consideration.  Ron's boat got home sound, if 
not safe.  Some others have had trailer mishaps, and their boats have 
not made it back in one piece.  We all look at these trailers and think 
they must be good for just one more trip, but often they aren't.  
Especially if they have not been used for the purpose in many a year.

Rik Sandberg can look at a trailer and tell if it's safe.  Roger 
probably can, too.   I can't.  Chances are you can't either.  If the 
trailers have been dipped into fresh water from time to time they should 
be fine.  But salt water, and especially salt water around here, does a 
lot of hidden damage.

Bill Effros

Ronald Lipton wrote:

> Cheryl,
>
>    I bought my boat in much the same circumstances, bought it
> sight unseen in connecticut and trailered it to Chicago. The sellers
> were reasonable and I could have walked away if I felt they
> misrepresented the boat.  I was most worried about the trailer, and I
> had a yard located about two blocks from the seller check it and
> repack the bearings.  It turned out that the boat was fine, but the
> trailer was badly rusted and the yard did not properly recap the
> hubs.  It was a real marginal, nail biting trip.  The brakes were
> shot, pieces started falling off the trailer, and the only thing holding
> on the bunks was the boat itself, which I discovered after the boat
> was launched.
>
> caveat emptor
>
> ron
> On Nov 28, 2005, at 7:29 PM, Cheryl O'Grady wrote:
>
>> We have located a used R22, 1988, refurbished in 1998, with furling 
>> genoa
>> and IMF.  He says it is in very good condition, but it is in
>> Connecticut.  What kind of risk do I take to buy it sight unseen?
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Cheryl
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