Weight CD 25 Real Life.

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Hi guys. I've been watching this discussion with interest. I have a 7,000 # Pacific trailer under my 25.

After having all bearings checked in Colorado, I left for a 2,500 mile trip to Maine. One by one, each hub started to heat up (I have this annal tendency of checking bearings at every stop). One bearing set was re-packed at a tire shop in KY after it got so hot that the bearing-buddy blew off. In Oakridge, TN I had the other three bearing sets checked and had damage on three inners and one outer.

I continued on my trip and two hours from S. W. Harbor my left rear bearings caught on fire--this was the one fixed at the tire shop and was probably due to poor workmanship (I had to apologize to my kids for the bad word that daddy said when the boat trailer was on fire).

2500 mile trip home went fine with bearings all staying cool. Then I took the trailer to a shop to have an extra set of breaks put on (only had brakes on one axle) and just for the fun of it, I asked them to check the bearings. Every bearing had damage and one could have let loose at any time. That's when I started to think that this trailer was not heavy enough for the boat.

The Pacific trailer is well built, but I'm about to order a couple of heavier axles. It's just not worth worrying about that stuff (I'd also like to get rid of the bearing buddies). I also like the idea of upgrading the tires from load D to E.

Anyway, it sounds like most of you guys haven't had any problems with 7,000# trailers, but that's my experience.

Thanks,

John Carroll
C-Dory 25
"Willie Potts"
 
you know, I had a pacific trailer with my first boat, a Catalina 22. Not galvanized either. When we got our next boat, it came with an E-Z, which I thought was a much better trailer. BTW, it came galvanized, after pacific said no-one bought a galvanized trailer.

You might want to get a higher grade of bearings. Not larger just a better grade.

Boris
 
We too have a Pacific 7000lb trailer with single disc brakes. My take on it is that its fine if you are just making local trips with an unladen boat, no water and minimal fuel.

If the plan is to use the trailer with the boat at cruising weight, which for us means lots of stuff on board, with fuel in the tank and water on board, etc then the trailer won't be adequate.

How do we know - well we loaded Chack Chack up on our Pacific trailer in Columbia Mississipi for the portage around the flooding that occurred this fall below Demopolis as a result of hurricaine Ida and had about a quarter inch clearance between the fenders and the tires. The thing would smoke going around corners - the boat was heavy, and the trailer overloaded.

Our solution is a new aluminum Float On trailer with a 9950lb capacity that Marc at Wefings is having built for us this week.

That should be up to the task.

And thank you Boris for posting your numbers they will be very helpful for others when they are determining trailer size.

Eric
 
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