Part I
POSTMORTEM: I'm sure the majority of boat owners can relate to the evolution of boat trailers since the first Neanderthal invented the thing to haul a dinosaur carcass back to the cave. There have been very few improvements over the ages. True, we now have rubber tires on rims rather the wooden wheels and surge brakes instead of using a club to slow this thing on down hill passages.
By the year 1997, modern man had advanced technology to the point of landing a man on the moon :shock: . On a bright sunny day in this modern age, I looked at my boat trailer and said to myself, "Wouldn't it be great to have disc brakes on all four wheels and a means to activate them from the towing vehicle." :lol: I am so tired of towing my 22ft. C-Dory on a trailer utilizing drum brakes activated by a blind unit which responds to impulses. On a rough section of our Golden State Freeway, that unit is capable of applying trailer brakes a zillion times a minute :shock: and who can enjoy towing a boat down the road when you're getting whiplash from the trailer brakes :sad .
Well, with all this determination flying around in my pea brain located near the tail, I read an article in Western Outdoors about a trailer manufacturer in Southern California who was building boat trailers capable of taking on the road to BAJA and surviving. WOW!!!!
I grabbed my coat, kissed the wife goodbye and jumped on a plane to Los Angeles. At my destination, I was looking at a virtual JUNK YARD! Well, Western Outdoors said all this good stuff about the builder, it must be true! Being the modern, gullible, rational, male that I am, I had but one quest! Here's my check for $5,000, I want the very best for my C-Dory and me. Build it with disc brakes and all the goodies because on todays California freeways you're never sure where you are!
TO BE CONTINUED - maybe!!
POSTMORTEM: I'm sure the majority of boat owners can relate to the evolution of boat trailers since the first Neanderthal invented the thing to haul a dinosaur carcass back to the cave. There have been very few improvements over the ages. True, we now have rubber tires on rims rather the wooden wheels and surge brakes instead of using a club to slow this thing on down hill passages.
By the year 1997, modern man had advanced technology to the point of landing a man on the moon :shock: . On a bright sunny day in this modern age, I looked at my boat trailer and said to myself, "Wouldn't it be great to have disc brakes on all four wheels and a means to activate them from the towing vehicle." :lol: I am so tired of towing my 22ft. C-Dory on a trailer utilizing drum brakes activated by a blind unit which responds to impulses. On a rough section of our Golden State Freeway, that unit is capable of applying trailer brakes a zillion times a minute :shock: and who can enjoy towing a boat down the road when you're getting whiplash from the trailer brakes :sad .
Well, with all this determination flying around in my pea brain located near the tail, I read an article in Western Outdoors about a trailer manufacturer in Southern California who was building boat trailers capable of taking on the road to BAJA and surviving. WOW!!!!
I grabbed my coat, kissed the wife goodbye and jumped on a plane to Los Angeles. At my destination, I was looking at a virtual JUNK YARD! Well, Western Outdoors said all this good stuff about the builder, it must be true! Being the modern, gullible, rational, male that I am, I had but one quest! Here's my check for $5,000, I want the very best for my C-Dory and me. Build it with disc brakes and all the goodies because on todays California freeways you're never sure where you are!
TO BE CONTINUED - maybe!!
I politely spoke to the owners as I didn't want to spend another night in a motel.
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