Trailering my boat down to the Keys next month. My 13 yr old Boatmaster trailer has been superb, and is ok for around town, but it’s not fit for the trip. Needs to new axle, hubs, rims+tires which will probably cost me about $900-1000. I can buy a new one for about $2200, but I can’t get a Boatmaster around here.
Need Aluminum, ss package. torsion axle for a 17 ft Action Craft. If I knew I could get $600 for my old one off craigslist I probably go new, but I have no idea.
Opinions?
Wesco in columbia, but I woul be very temped to redo that boatmaster. That’s what I had under my action craft and it was great, no issues ever.
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Remington 700 30-06
I just replaced the following on my aluminum I-beam trailer: axle, all hardware, springs, bunks, bunk carpet, bunk supports. Did it all for around $300. It took about a day but the trailer itself is a really good trailer and once I rebuilt, I have essentially a new trailer. I replaced the hubs and bearing last year. Still under $400. I can tell you where I got all my parts if you are interested.
Ok Doug…Where did you find the hardware? One of my bunk supports broke just yesterday. I put a band-aid on it to get it off the lake but I guess it’s time to replace them all…
are the leaf springs a pain to replace?
“Fish On”
I have dealt with a couple of places online, Sturdy Built Trailer Parts for the axle (actually cheaper than Wesco including shipping). It is a nice heavy-duty, 3500# galvanized 96"axle . They sell just about everything trailer related and have great customer service. They even emailed me to ask a question before shipping to make sure my order was correct. I bought some stuff from Champion Trailer Parts and have been very pleased with price, service, etc… The cheapest place I found bunk supports was etrailer.com. They were C.E. Smith so they were name brand. Check all of them out and compare prices. I will tell you, I looked all over and Sturdy Built had the best axles at the best prices. Good Luck.
Oh, Stumpknocker, leaf springs are not that hard to replace. Very easy if boat is off the trailer but can be dome while on, just a little less working room.
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Originally posted by DFreedomI just replaced the following on my aluminum I-beam trailer: axle, all hardware, springs, bunks, bunk carpet, bunk supports. Did it all for around $300. It took about a day but the trailer itself is a really good trailer and once I rebuilt, I have essentially a new trailer. I replaced the hubs and bearing last year. Still under $400. I can tell you where I got all my parts if you are interested.
I think it would be cheaper by far doing the repair on the existing trailer. Like DFreedom I too Did trailer repair last year and replaced every thing from the hangers on the trailer to,the axles to the tires on a tri-axle trailer(allthough it was leaf springs and not a tortion axle) and only had about $1000 in it. So I think replacing a single axle should not be more than $400. Good luck either way.
And you guys will have a blast in the Keys!!!
28 WA Hydra Sport
Twin 225 4 stoke Yammies
“Fin Loco”
nice…mine are in need of some attention
“Fish On”
Give Katie Pickers a call at Sport Trail (228) 467-1885 I completely rebuilt my trailer last year with new torsion axles and no one came close to competing with them on price and service
2020 CC Key West
Mako 243 W/Twin Suzuki DF 175’s