Free Minners!!!!

[Wannabe...]

I just dropped my boat off at the shop. At the last FJ, I walked up to the boat and noticed the outside right tire was slick as Torch's head for the first 1.5 inches on the outside.......the tire, not Torch's head. His is slick all the way around.

Anyhow, looks like either my axle has slipped on it's hangers, it's out of camber or I've got a bent axle. The left tire is wearing the same on the outside, but no where near as bad as the other.

Either way, at least 1 new tire is in the works and maybe an axle as well.

So, I'm standing around talking Crappie, when the guy asks me, what's that smell? Did you leave a fish in your livewell? That's when it hit me. I left 3 dozen minners in the livewell in case I has a chance to go fishing Sunday or Monday before my surgery. Doh!!!!!!

Did you know a minnow will liquify after about 17 days? Me neither. Not fully of course, but the fins will.

Ewe.

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[satdoc1]

Bet that stinks bout like yo posts!

[majflyboy]

Let it gell a bit, suck it up in a syringe, shoot that in yo jig tubes.

[duckhunter]

some real poo there....

[Speck]

Now you smell like a catfisherman.:D Seriously, I had the same problem when I first bought my boat. Since we both have G3's, I bet you have the same thing happening. I took my trailer to a friend of mine who owns a trailer fabricating shop. He check it out and told me the axle was undersized for that boat. It had a half ton axle but my friend explained that with a loaded boat going down the road and bouncing, it puts alot more down force on the axle than it can actually handle. He recomended that I replace it with a 3/4 ton axle. I did and went from replacing tires every 1.5 years. to still running the same set of tires for 3 years now and they still look new. the wheels dont splay out under a heavy load anymore thus the trailer is running on the full tire instead of just the outsides.

[Wannabe...]

That's what's got me wondering Speck. Normally, an axle has a slight bend to it, so that when the trailer is loaded, it flattens out to run flat. Without a load, the tires would wear on the outside. Now mine DID wear on the outside for some reason as if the axle is oversized for the load. The bearings had just a tad of slack, but nothing bad. I'm betting the shackles have slipped. But I told the dude to fix it and if that means a new axle, so be it, but I needed it before Saturday after this one so get on with it if it had to be ordered.

Stewpit trailers. Sure do miss my WE trailer. That thing was built right!

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[torch]

I just replaced the axle in mine, if only one side wearing I bet its a shackle issue or bearing. Usually when axle bends both tires get ate up.

[C N]

Your carrying too much "STUFF" in your boat. I decided to do a trade on my rig to a tandem-axle trailer. No more problems!

[Minnerman]

About a week after our last tourney I noticed that my partner/brother had left a fish I'm my livewell. If we could have weighed that nanny in we'd won hands down. She was swole up to bout 3lbs. He just laughed. I just gagged and cried. Dang it stunk.

[Wannabe...]

Both are wearing Torch, but he right is bad bald, the other you have to rub it to tell the difference, but it is there. I think it's gonna turn out to be the axle. You'd think it would be wearing on the inside if it was bent though.

Oh, what the hey....I mean, how much could an axle be really....15, 20 bucks?

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