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Yep. I checked mine this morning before I pulled out the drive way.
good start especially in this hot weather....
Perfectly right Vet. Just such a simple check would save countless misery along the side of the road with a blown tire. Another good check is after you've gotten to the launch and before you put it in the water is to put your hand on the hubs to check for warmth. Warm they should be but never hot. Hot means you have a problem. If one is warmer than the other, it's time to take a closer look.
"gene"
someone told me they use one of those laser thermometers to check the temp on their bearing hubs......been meaning to pick one up at Harbor Freight.....
Don't forget your spare.
And tackle box did that this morning remembered half way to the launchQuote:
Originally Posted by jig rig
Very good! Thank you Gene, excellent idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"
Besides a spare tire....I carry a complete spare hub ( with bearings, races, and seal installed and packed with grease) with me...any bearing trouble and I can quickly change the hub.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...s-img_1255-jpg the big trip.
Well never mind. Attachment 169130 starting out for toledo bend at the same place.
Clever.Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
I've been pulling a boat since the early 70's and I blew my first trailer tire in May less than five miles from the house. I had a spare. Put it on, got to Rayburn and back just fine. Reinforced exactly what we have always heard: never combine a bias ply tire with a radial. That radial worked the brand-new bias ply spare like a rented mule. In less than 100 miles its stiff sidewall flexed the bias-ply's more flexible sidewall back and forth and scrubbed more than half of the tread off the tire from the middle of it to the inside radius. It would not have gone another thirty miles I don't think. I put the remaining radial on its wheel and bought two new radials for the boat. A WORD OF CAUTION: Guys, check your spare tire carrier's welds before you pull away each trip. I had one crack in the mounting plate weld. It was mounted under the bow of my old Skeeter BayPro. When it and the spare tire went under the boat trailer it catapulted it so high that I was looking down inside my boat at its deck through my rearview mirror. No boat damage by the grace of God, but bent both trailer axles. I took the opportunity to replace those cheap McClain axles with ones I spec'd ordered from Ranger Trail. Oil bath hubs. Never had a axle or bearing failure, or even had to PM the bearings after that.