Single or tandem axle trailer?

[Zach@n3]

My dad was towing his old boat home (manufacturer not to be named). He always puts new tires on rigs when he first buys them. It had the proper Goodyear trailer rated tires. They were about 8 years old at the time. He heard a bump but both of the tires were inflated. It was dark out. He proceeded to tow it the rest of the way home with no tread on the other tire. Lucky break I would say!

[Jalmeter]

All great advice. Thanks everyone !


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[shag]

Tandem with a good heavy duty jack with wheels. You can lower the front of the trailer to where the rear wheels have little weight for maneuvering by hand (without the boat that is).

[Chexi]

On a long drive on the Sunday of a holiday weekend with another mfg's boat on a single axle trailer, I had all of the wheel studs snap off of one wheel in succession. One must have been loose and snapped, which caused a wobble that started the chain reaction. Fortunately, I heard it happening and was able to slow down to where the last stud snapped when I was going about 1 mph on the side of the road. Had this happened at speed, it would have been really ugly. As it was, my wheel flew off and fortunately didn't hit anyone.

I was also fortunate in that the flatbed tow truck that arrived (which was useless in my predicament) came with a knowledgeable driver who drove me to the nearest town where we happend to find a replacement hub that matched perfectly. It was the only one they had. He then put it on for me and had me on my way in a total of about 2.5 hours from the time I pulled over. He received a very nice tip, and I counted myself extremely lucky, as in I would never be that lucky again. That was the day I decided that I would never tow outside of my hometown with a single axle trailer again.

However, for running the half mile trek to my launch on my home lake, I would gladly use a single axle trailer, and it would be a lot better to have one for maneuvering in my driveway.

[Jalmeter]

Most of the time I will just be at home, But sometimes I will drive 50mi round trip to the river. Its only $750 morre for the tandem and potential piece of mind.

[Zach@n3]

I think the tandem under that will be more than 750 for sure on the resale side of things. Go for it.

[Jalmeter]

I think the tandem under that will be more than 750 for sure on the resale side of things. Go for it.

thanks zach, kinda what I was thinking

[s_kelley2000]

Ya for just a $750 difference I think the tandem is the way to go.