Reply With QuoteWhat breed of trailer do you have? Boy that looks low!
You could also fit some spacer blocks between the axle and the spring. 2" would lift everything well clear of the bumps.
It's mainly catching in the middle legs between the wheels. If the speed hump is all the way across the road that's no problem, but a few I have to go over are the rubber ones that are split across the road. And the way they are configured I can't always line up the gap so I have each side wheels go over together.
Hard to explain but the humps are about 3-4 ft square.
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What breed of trailer do you have? Boy that looks low!
You could also fit some spacer blocks between the axle and the spring. 2" would lift everything well clear of the bumps.
What could go wrong.......................
Those are ridiculously low. I would simply cut them off, paint and then rustproof. Get new ones if you ever need to lift the whole boat.
Or springs over the axles
It's a dunbier Chimo, as far as I know it's a stock standard model ?Originally Posted by Chimo
But I totally agree it seems low, given that the legs I want to trim are only inches (1 or 2) off the road.
Maybe I'll call them up and ask about it ?
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Yeah that's an option I guess, I'll call them ( dunbier) and see what they say.
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Looking at your pics I'd put money on it your front ones have already been cut off. Mines a dunbier sr too and it was my front ones I cut and are now only as short as yours.
Kids who Hunt and Fish, Don't Deal and Steal.
Have the tyres been replaced with lower profile car tyres instead of truck tyres?
Thanks Fed
No the trailer is standard with supplied rims and tires.
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I'd cut them off leaving 1/4" for any future minor adjustments.
If the rollers are set right on the hull just cut them off, had to do the same with my last trailer due to shape of the driveway. Word of caution though, don't use a grinder, sparks and fibreglass don't go well together!
Or take boat off first if using grinder....
Thanks Crunchy and all,
Job done, I had a recent birthday gift card from a big hardware place and picked up a reciprocating saw. Great tool. Anyway now there's 130mm clearance. I just used the leftover spray can I had to seal up the raw end. I will check out the sink stick though, they sound handy.
You can see in the pics the axle is over the spring, so if I have any more dramas I can swap that over and get another 50mm or so clearance but I doubt I'll need to - I hope 🤞
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You can see the off cuts show the damage where they caught on the rubber road humps.
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Is it my imagination or are those cross members 50 mm and bending, I'm sure they should be 70mm for a boat that size. Just had a closer look and now I'm not sure, is that roller assembly on the axle.
I'd just cut them off, spray gal then spray a rust treatment over the top (Tectyl 506) but I'm a bit Dodgey when it comes to trailer maintenance.
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