There are E-Buzzards circling this place

It's so dead.

Here's one to cheer you up. Unhooked the boat last night and the trailer rolled about 4 inches, which is about .17" more slack than the emercency brake cable had.

It's a $40 parts kit replacement, or I can get an entire tongue assembly with new master cyclinder and shock absorber completely assembled for $160 delivered.

Catch is, the old one is welded on, so some serious grinding would have to be done to remove the existing one plus welding the new one on.

And....I'm not sure that the brakes are actually working to start with..maybe that I need new drums, shoes or both. I know the hydralic reservoir in the existing master cylinder looks like a coffee can with 1/2 water and 1/2 nails that have sat for about 3 years.

Dunno. Could be that I bolt it back together and leave it for now. Surge brakes are a joke any how, but that's a lot of boat behind my truck.

Wannabe...

why are surge brakes a joke ?

Take it to Minnertroller and have him weld the hitch open. Your brakes probably don't work anyway. They will go out in no time.

Bad finicky and tend to fail and stop working frequently. About 1/2 or more you see on the road are either diminished or not working at all.

Wannabe...

Simple... You a banker.. just go buy a bigger truck.. F-350 .. CHEVY 3500HD.. Then you have no brake problems..
Your welcome feel free to ask me for advise anytime..

good advice

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Originally Posted by CRAPPIEHUNTER68

Simple... You a banker.. just go buy a bigger truck.. F-350 .. CHEVY 3500HD.. Then you have no brake problems..
Your welcome feel free to ask me for advise anytime..

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That's just plain ignernt. An F250 would be just fine.

Wannabe...

Shouldn't be a problem for you the way you been throwing money round lately LOL

Do boat trailers have electric brakes similar to those on a camper, where you need an electronic brake control in your truck?

Very true

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Some do, but they are optional.

You've got surge (hydraulic) over drums, surge over disc and electric over disc generally. Most of the new boats have disc with surge on the mid level and electric on the high end, but you can get them however you want them.

Wannabe...

Get the Toyota Tundra 5.7L. Supposed to have brakes that will stop anything. I believe all those advertisements. Don't you? LOL!!!!

Told ya you need a big boy truck.

Had elec. brakes on campers never had any probs.

I know that with electric brakes and a controller in your truck, you can apply the trailer brakes by themselves and adjust their strength. That's on a camper trailer, I've never fooled with brakes on a boat trailer.

My GMC truck came from the factory with a electric brake controller ..... it was part of the towing package.

Get a Kodiak disc brake kit and change out those drum brakes. Champion trailer should have anything you need. I like the disc surge brakes.

Pull it with that yeller 4wheeler

Had surge brakes on a 25 ft Celebrity ski boat trailer. They worked great. Only pain in the butt was having to physically lock them out when backing. Other than that, I like them

A 25ft Ski Boat? Wouldn't have thought there were enough celebrities in Buffordville to need a boat that big to take 'em skiing. ??????

Wannabe...

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Bad finicky and tend to fail and stop working frequently. About 1/2 or more you see on the road are either diminished or not working at all.

Wannabe...

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Or, in the case of my Ranger...missing altogether. Brakes on my trailer had corroded from salt, so the last owner removed them. My f-150 pulls and stops it fine though.

Dual disc kit is about $500. Looked it up yesterday. That's actuator, lines, discs, calipers, the whole 9 yards.

Wannabe...

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Or, in the case of my Ranger...missing altogether. Brakes on my trailer had corroded from salt, so the last owner removed them. My f-150 pulls and stops it fine though.

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Are going to replace them or just roll on and see how it goes?