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A handful of boat units and $1000 from the old trailer and done. It's probably worth as much as Pearl. Aluminum with galvanized uprights and SS hardware, alloy wheels, SS Kodiak Titan disk brakes X 4, torsion axles for independent suspension X 4, Tie Down Engineering actuator with solenoid reverse lock out (moving it around the driveway this morning I got a little irritated when the brakes didn't release, have to have the lights on for the backup lights to come on and trigger the solenoid - duh) and axles with Zerk fittings that inject new grease behind the bearings to force the old grease out the front. Awesome ride back from Florida. Loaded he boat in PSJ and took it back to AMW Trailers in Panama City to make some adjustments for fit. Everyone who worked on it came by to tell me how proud they were of it. It's the first sailboat trailer they've built in a long time and they said it was a lot more work than a powerboat trailer but they thought it was beautiful and worth it. Haven't gotten my weight ticket yet, but he says it should come in at 800-900 lbs. This thing is so nice that a trucker at a rest stop came over to look it over and give it thumbs up. The other photos in the New Trailer album were before he change to thicker top plates on the uprights and converted the roller bracket arm to fore and aft pivoting.
Lynn at AMW with their work of art.
Dave B. aboard Pearl 1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399 Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle
It definitely sits differently than the old trailer. The tongue is at the top of the I-beam and is about an inch higher than the old trailer, but the trailer frame itself is a little lower since it doesn't have axles sitting on leaf springs. The keel support sits 3-4 inches lower so I can get to the cable connection on the keel for easy cable changes. I can't think of anything I would change.
Dave B. aboard Pearl 1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399 Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle
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