We grease the wheel bearings after each trip but that still won't prevent problems. Got home from MT yesterday evening and husband was greasing the jet and wheel bearings and I here HOLY CRAP. 1 wheel was tilted out. There was a space behind the wheel were the bearings should be. Sure glad we made it home. Got everything unloaded and put outfit back in barn. Took wheel off hoping it was just wheel bearing. NOT. The wheel bearing was mostly gone. The hub destroyed and spindle shot. Now looking at new axle set up or new boat trailer. This 1 is 27 years old and don't know if the bolts holding everything together will even come undone. Looks like a challenge. Then finding new axle assemble that will work. May just go buy new trailer. Just shows that even when you take care of stuff it still breaks. Just glad it didn't do it on the road and we were in out driveway when we found it.