Boken Axle Fun!

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Wood Zeppelin

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You know when you see the broken down boat trailers on the side of the highway and worry about the poor guy, and wonder what you'd do if it was you!? Well it happened to me today. And what an interesting experience it was! I learned a few things:

(1) Not all towing companies can handle a disabled boat/trailer combo, even my little 16' Angler!
(2) Allstate "motor club" roadside assistance doesn't cover boat/trailers (or at least not without a good fight).
(3) The guys who would tow it wanted to charge $175/hr, round trip for their tow truck, in heavy traffic near Tacoma.

Lucky Solution! Lucky because we broke down about 300 yards from the marina/boat ramp. I'm scared to think what might have happened at freeway speed. Solution: A very helpful guy from Breakwater Marina suggested we take a wood block he had laying around and use at as a "sled" in place of the wheel that broke off at the spindle. SEE PICTURES! I put my jeep in low range gears and went very slowly. The reason it worked so well is that the spring u-bolts dig into the wood, securing it in place. It slid well over the asphalt, down to the marina parking lot, and even down the boat ramp! Launched the boat, went fishing (of course!), moored the boat so now it's easy to fix the trailer!

PS how do I post the pictures?
 
Glad to hear that your potential disaster had a good outcome and everyone/everything was safe.

To post photos from your album into the thread, do the following:
1) Go to the photo in your album that you want to post.
2) Right-click on the photo and Copy Image Address.
3) Go back to the thread and start your post.
4) Paste the Image Address in your post where you want the photo to appear, with the forum BB codes "
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Code: 
[ATTACH=full]120259[/ATTACH]

If you hit the Quote button on my post, you'll see that this is the code I used for this photo from your album below.

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I had the same thing happen to me. Wheel fell right off!

The thing that saved me is my trailer has two axes so I was able to limp along until I could get to a safe place.

Love the block of wood idea !
 
Wood Zep, was your boat moored at Pt. Defiance/Tacoma Yacht Club today? The 16' Angler I saw had black trim and a 9.9 Honda kicker.
 
I’ve always admired Bambina! In fact I put a picture of it on my wall as inspiration to buy my first C dory! I prefer the blue trim and mine has black...
 
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