Another aluminum trailer double axle mod

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Lee Ward
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Another aluminum trailer double axle mod

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We do a bit of towing in the Ozarks, and it is always a white knuckle experience for me, between the bow waves of trucks, crosswinds and the worries about a blowout on one of those grades.
A couple of years ago I started this mod at right about the same time we were building our house. Big mistake. Fast forward a couple years and I finally had time to finish it after the house building headache was done. My only unchangeable spec for the whole house was a garage for the Mac. :D
The axle mod was not all that difficult, although the tire-fender-boat clearance issues did give some cause for pause. As a matter of fact it caused the long delay, as I sorta got discouraged during the fender fabrication process. I just bought the same axle from ETrailer and centered them on the old mount position. I rebuilt all the bunks when I made the new ones, the old ones were in bad shape. I also added stainless calipers from ETrailer. It's finally done, I just pulled it out yesterday. We can't wait to road trip with her again. Only thing left to do is choose the wheel color.

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Tomfoolery
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Re: Another aluminum trailer double axle mod

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Lee Ward wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:18 pmOnly thing left to do is choose the wheel color.

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What's the problem with wheel color?

That's the old junkyard trick - as long as wheels/wheel covers are the same on each side, you're good, since you can't see both sides at the same time. :D :D
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Lee Ward
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Re: Another aluminum trailer double axle mod

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That’s true Tom, but I don’t know if my OCD will allow it.
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