I can't believe that I've towed this trailer all over the eastern US for the past 40 years without ever installing brakes. I've been pushed through two intersections when I had the trailer overloaded with roofing supplies and also one time heading down a hill into the intersection with it raining outside, all I had on board that day was a Old Town canoe. Both times simply could not stop. I just steered around the other vehicles in front of me and made it safely out of harms way. But Now that I am getting old, I"ve decided enough of just getting by with what I've always had. I was sitting by a campfire one day looking at my trailer that now has my TD mounted on top of it and thinking about the mobile home axle that I've gotten plenty of use out of over the years and how I've been keeping my guardian angels busy the whole time. With a mobile home axle and hubs, if you loose one mounting bolt on the wheel, the whole thing is going to go. Besides the safety issue and the fact that Mobile home wheels are notoriously out of balance and shake like the devil, the bearings and seals are extremely hard to match up and come by. I'd of been happy with just new hubs, but those mobile home axles are hard to match new hubs up with. So finally installing a dexter axle with brakes. I guess it's better late than never. If I'd of known that it wasn't going to be that big of a job I would have done it years ago. I have some twelve inch wheels with relatively new tires on them just sitting around from my old pop up. When the tires wear out, I'll upgrade to 13 inch wheels. Too soon olt, too late smart. But hey, I am still alive and still enjoying my time sitting around a campfire with some friends.
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