FreeBeeTony
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Yesterday while trailering my '78 20' Grady White Gulfstream on my '84 Loadrite tandem trailer, I heard a god awful sound, like the trailer broke in half! When I got out of the truck to see what happened, I noticed all the way in the rear on the right side the main tube went downward behind the axel. When I got home I removed the fender and jacked-up the end of the tube and it straightened out somewhat. The tube is pretty rotted. I was thinking of trying to put a smaller tube inside the original tube after I straighten it to prevent it from bending again when under load. I will try to post pics. I hope I can fix this, I just bought the boat & trailer and just finished rebuilding the engine! Now that the boat is running I can't trailer it! I don't trailer very far to drop it in the water, only 2 miles. I am hoping the fix I suggested will get me at least through this season. Any other ideas out there? http://www.geocities.com/ajv003/Trailer.html