Disaster of a trip to Lake Power and Lessons Learned

[Evening Shade]

Man this is some really good info. All boaters should read this thread.

[Tallredrider]

The antiseize...important! Those lug nuts can be a bear after being dipped repeatedly in cold water while hot, it seems the hard water penetrates and turns into concrete with rebar in it.

[bwski]

I put a toolbox on the front post of my trailer with all the necessary tools for a roadside repair. It has a bottle jack, a socket for the lugs and wrench. I also put a tire pressure monitor in there and a wrench to remove my plug. It is plastic and I just used u-bolts around the post to hold the jack in place. It works well and it makes finding the tools easy every time.

[WakeUT]

Just got back, far too many people that have no business driving a boat. outs got swamped 3 times by pulling riders way too close to ours while our kids were swimming.

Purely anecdotal, but why do so many terrible drivers drive Mastercraft?

[Skidave]

Purely anecdotal, but why do so many terrible drivers drive Mastercraft?

Ha! I know one guy like that in a MC and a real A$$ in a Moomba that swamps docks and has no clue he is doing it.

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[Nautiquehunter]

Keep in mind all trailer tires are only rated for 65 mph max speed and doing 65 for hours at a time in summer heat is very hard on the tires. I read that the RV people put LT rated tires on their travel trailers for interstate travel . You can check and weigh the pros and cons about that yourself. Thanks for the information on checking lake levels I have seen lake lanier swing 15 feet from year to year 100 feet is crazy.

[mf01]

Keep in mind all trailer tires are only rated for 65 mph max speed and doing 65 for hours at a time in summer heat is very hard on the tires. I read that the RV people put LT rated tires on their travel trailers for interstate travel . You can check and weigh the pros and cons about that yourself. Thanks for the information on checking lake levels I have seen lake lanier swing 15 feet from year to year 100 feet is crazy.

A lot of the new trailer tires are rated to 81 mph. I replaced my travel trailer tires with Carlisle HD (rated at 81). The big thing is age with trailer tires. Most say to replace in the 3-5 year range.

[JBell]

Real bummer and sorry to hear. As stated earlier Lake powell is actually at 100 ' below full pool. Hasn't been at full pool since the 80s I think though. Lake powell is one lake that Navionics maps set at the correct water level is really important. Going there next week and just found out that the navionics on my boat can't be adjusted for water level so it looks like I'm mounting an ipad with the navionics map loaded for accurate depth.

We RV a lot and a TPMS monitor has been a life saver for us. Totally worth the money to know how the tires are doing while driving. It's important to check the wear on your tires as well. I look every trip. RVs are notorious for having axles out of alignment from the factory and it will make a tire wear unevenly. Would bet the same thing happens with these boat trailers.

[mf01]

Real bummer and sorry to hear. As stated earlier Lake powell is actually at 100 ' below full pool. Hasn't been at full pool since the 80s I think though. Lake powell is one lake that Navionics maps set at the correct water level is really important. Going there next week and just found out that the navionics on my boat can't be adjusted for water level so it looks like I'm mounting an ipad with the navionics map loaded for accurate depth.

We RV a lot and a TPMS monitor has been a life saver for us. Totally worth the money to know how the tires are doing while driving. It's important to check the wear on your tires as well. I look every trip. RVs are notorious for having axles out of alignment from the factory and it will make a tire wear unevenly. Would bet the same thing happens with these boat trailers.

What Navionics map (or app) are you using?

I sold my travel trailer about a month ago, so I pulled the TPMS sensors off of the wheels. I contacted the TPMS company (TST) and learned that the sensors won't work on a boat trailer (submerged in water). I could use it on long trips, just need to take them off before launching the boat.

[Tallredrider]

What Navionics map (or app) are you using?

I sold my travel trailer about a month ago, so I pulled the TPMS sensors off of the wheels. I contacted the TPMS company (TST) and learned that the sensors won't work on a boat trailer (submerged in water). I could use it on long trips, just need to take them off before launching the boat.

And you are also supposed to remove them before it rains?

I had an old Extreme trailer for my 2006 Malibu that kept blowing the right front tire every year or 2. I installed a TPMS system and found that tire to be consistently 20 degrees hotter than the other tires. It looked like the axle was straight, but it obviously wasn't. I loved that boat, bu the best parts of selling it was getting rid of that crappy trailer.

And I submerged them every time I launched the boat and they kept working fine. Mine were the kind that are installed on the inside of the rim, so if I get water in there, I have bigger issues. They were the same as you have on your car.

[JBell]

What Navionics map (or app) are you using?

I sold my travel trailer about a month ago, so I pulled the TPMS sensors off of the wheels. I contacted the TPMS company (TST) and learned that the sensors won't work on a boat trailer (submerged in water). I could use it on long trips, just need to take them off before launching the boat.

Yeah you would have to take them off when you launch.

It's the Navionics boating app. You can download areas for offline use. Works on your phone or Tablet.

[mf01]

And you are also supposed to remove them before it rains?

They are water resistant, not waterproof. They do offer a sealed version, but you can't replace the battery. You basically pitch the sensors every 3 years. I haven't decided if I'll go that route.

[scottb7]

Remember this thread?

Just saw this article.

It's Time to Drain Lake Powell (msn.com)

[Tallredrider]

It is nothing new. I find Ingerbretsen pretty hypocritcal when he talks about the great things now coming visible at Lake Powell and he travels to them by boat on the lake that he wishes to drain. If the lake were drained, less than 1% of the 4 million people who visit the lake per year would be able to visit any of those areas he talks about. I have a slight environmentalist streak in me, but it stops when I see people like him who think the primary goal is to stop people from visiting it at all. He wishes to drain the lake, not to have people see the wonders below, but to keep people out.

[Skiandsurfallday]

Great advise on this thread. Another preventative thing you can do is store your trailer indoors, boat on it or off. If you can’t, put a plastic bag over the master cylinder (surge brakes) to eliminate the chance for water getting in.