[Rhodes22-list] Saga of the Annapolis trip

[R22RumRunner at aol.com]

Artemus,
Question? You mentioned bearing grease on the tires. Were the axle seals  
bad? That may have been what started the whole episode.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 9/29/2009 8:10:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
R22RumRunner at aol.com writes:

Art,
Sounds like normal salt water corrosion to me. One of the  joys of lake  
sailing is that we don't have problems like that. Come  to think of it, I 
don't  
have problems like that because I don't have  brakes on my single axle 
Triad 
trailer which is now 20 years old and still  rolling.

Rummy


In a message dated 9/28/2009 6:45:34 P.M.  Eastern Daylight Time,  
czerwonky at earthlink.net  writes:



>>  
>> Lee,
>>  
>> Well, here's a so sad  story...
>> 
>> I  began my trip to the area and the show on  Friday.  About 20 miles  
out,
>> as is my custom, I checked  bearings and brakes of the  trailer, only to
>> find them hot as a  poker with copious  amounts of bearing grease slung 
on
>> the tires,  like on both  sides.  Like, not a happy boater to be found.
>>   
>> Chapter two - the setting is downtown Pendleton SC, with only  one  horse
>> and a boat with wounded trailer...
>>  
>>  I talked with the local mechanic who seemed very happy with  my sad 
story.  
>> Do not think he can cut it.
>>  
>> I called  BoatUS, where I have been a rather motley member  since 2003, 
and
>>  they told me the trailer-assist fee I  have been paying for road  
mishaps
>> just hit the jackpot, and  that I will be covered for a  piggy-back to 
the
>> barn at  Hartwell.  I did have to stew for  three hours on the square in 
 
the
>> bright sun, but was loaded on a  53' lowboy  backwards, humiliating but
>> practical, and got the boat  in  the barn safely.
>> 
>> Chapter three - this September   morning at Hartwell is a light rain, but
>> I'm inside the  covered  barn.  After taking the trailer wheels apart  
with
>> my swiss  army knife (16 tools total), I discovered that  rotors were
>>  grooved, shoes mostly worn, calipers  mis-shapened, and caliper  pistons
>> corroded.  Still not  a happy boater.
>>  
>> Chapter four - on to Annapolis,  but not the show or the notorious  
Friday
>> skipper's  lunch.  This is the greatest loss - missing  Mary Lou's  
dance...
>> 
>> What did I learn from this   happening that would be helpful to others - 
>> 
>> 1.   Thankfully I did my bearing check before it was too late.
>>   
>> 2.  I decided to call BoatUS assist - Unlimited is  $500  coverage on the
>> road.  I think this extent is due  to my  unlimited towing coverage on 
the
>> water - well worth  the cost if  you consider costs of towing.  Much  
better
>> than the risk of  additional damage possible if I  had tried to go 
without
>> the BoatUS  lift.
>>  
>> 3.  Diagnosis of the problem (which  occurred after  only ~2000 miles 
usage)
>> was greasy but not that   difficult with the right tools.  I learned 
enough
>>  to  determine the best and most cost-effective solution and   
resolution.
>> 
>> 4.  I found the real source of  the  problem was that I was wearing the 
same
>> Gucci  loafers I wore at  Annapolis '06 when Stan's trailer took a swim  
in
>> Spa Creek.   
>> 
>> So I hope to  see you, if possible, at Kent Narrows  either this coming
>>  Sunday or Monday for a brew at a local McD,  maybe even with Mary Lou  
and
>> Fred, if they are around.   Likely to be with  Allison, for sure, but 
sans
>> boat.  We might  even game  for a tack or two on the Bay.
>> 
>> I will bring   towels along if this sad story has affected you as it did
>>   me...
>> 
>> Anonymous
>> 
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