Is my trailer safe to tow my pontoon boat (20-23ft with a 40hp Johnson, it's not heavy) about a mile on a 25mph residential street to get to the boat ramp? The trailer only needs to be used once to get the boat into the water, and the mile trip back. When we (me and my dad) got it around 2 years ago, the guy we bought it from towed it a few miles to my house on 35-40mph roads and it arrived safely so I'm not too concerned except that it's been sitting since we bought it; however it doesn't seem much worse than like we bought it. The boat is resting on a wooden frame (We bought it like that) bolted onto the trailer beams which are solid; with surface rust. The old crossmember things that connected the left and the right sides of the trailer had rotted completely and fallen off so they're wood now. The part I'm concerned about is the axle and leaf springs. They aren't flaking or rotted but look bad. An hour ago I hit all of those areas a lot with a lot of force with a hammer and they seemed solid, so I just need to know if they're solid enough to survive the short trip to the boat launch and back.
The front of the trailer also is perfectly fine, almost no rust and the only rust there is surface in a few places. And both tires are good, no dry rot and were made in 2014. Sorry for the bad pictures, that's the best I could get without crawling deep under the boat and getting bitten by something. If I can, I'll try to take better pictures later, especially if they're needed.
Left and right sides of the trailer are looking the same.
The front of the trailer also is perfectly fine, almost no rust and the only rust there is surface in a few places. And both tires are good, no dry rot and were made in 2014. Sorry for the bad pictures, that's the best I could get without crawling deep under the boat and getting bitten by something. If I can, I'll try to take better pictures later, especially if they're needed.
Left and right sides of the trailer are looking the same.
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