Recovery help needed today.

[Gravy]

So my enclosed trailer smoked a wheel bearing out Friday night on my way to the Sage Rifers national Enduro in Cherry Creek.
(Just northwest of the sand dunes).
It took out the castle nut and killed the spindle and I had to abandon it at Sage Riders Camp.

Aaron Hair at Best Deal Springs in Payson is building me a new axle today (hopefully by 3pm) and the plan is to go out and swap the trailer axle this afternoon.


It might help to have a couple people to position the new axle.

If anyone is interested in helping out, it should be a fun quick recovery and I can PM you the GPS coordinates.

 

[Gravy]

I've got rear stabilizers on the trailer and floor jack and some jack stands all loaded.
It's spring under,
so the plan is to hitch the trailer,
drop the stabilizers down,
drop the front of the leaves.
I'll likely cut the old ubolts off with a battery powered angle grinder
and then zap the new ones on with an impact and get out of there.

But if anyone has any good ideas I'm up for suggestions.

 

[mbryson]

I've got rear stabilizers on the trailer and floor jack and some jack stands all loaded.
It's spring under,
so the plan is to hitch the trailer,
drop the stabilizers down,
drop the front of the leaves.
I'll likely cut the old ubolts off with a battery powered angle grinder
and then zap the new ones on with an impact and get out of there.

But if anyone has any good ideas I'm up for suggestions.

Sounds like a good plan. I'm headed out of town or I'd offer a hand

 

[jeeper]

I think that will work fine. I'd like to see the trailer get as high as possible to make it easier. Jack and jack stands? Maybe new leaf bolts incase they have to be pounded out and get marred? Breaker bar to lose the stuck bolts?

 

[Kevin B.]

I wish I could come help. I have to work at 3 and can't get out of it.

 

[ID Bronco]

I wish I was closer, would love to help you out.

 

[Spork]

Cherry creek by Little Sahara? My google-fu is failing me.

Since I'm probably closest I better volunteer. I'm about an hour from Little Sahara, I'll PM you my cell. Do you need me to bring anything?

 

[anderson750]

Cherry creek by Little Sahara? My google-fu is failing me.

Since I'm probably closest I better volunteer. I'm about an hour from Little Sahara, I'll PM you my cell. Do you need me to bring anything?

39°45'55.86"N, 112°21'51.18"W

 

[Spork]

@Gravy is the replacement axle ready?

 

[Gravy]

Axle is ready. Me, Glockman and jeeper on our way to pick it up.

 

[anderson750]

Axle is ready. My Glockman and jeeper on our way to pick it up.

They didn't get enough of the desert on Saturday.......well maybe Chad didn't since he didn't do the 2nd loop.

 

[Gravy]

If anyone needs an axle, Aaron Hair at Fleet Pride in Payson is your guy.
He had me an axle built exactly to my specs in just one day.
The swap went so smooth.
We hitched up @jeeper s truck
Jacked up the rear end and set it on @glockman s giant floor jack stands.
Shoveled out a hole under the ubolts in the sand and snaked the axle out over the springs. The whole thing swapped in 20 minutes flat.

Thanks for everyone who helped.
Especially @Spork who arrived as I was tightening the last lug nut. 😎

 

[Spork]

Good to see everyone, even if I was just there to supervise the last lug nut. Went over to Ashtons after for a burger after, it was a bit of a detour but worth it.

 

[jeeper]

I was blown away at how fast and efficient three rednecks could be.

 

[rholbrook]

I wished I would have seen this and realized it was you Stratton @Gravy . I do know all kinds of things about trailers and how to get parts or even new trailers. Maybe a phone call some time to me can help you understand what I'm up to.

 

[DAA]

Trailers suck...

- DAA

 

[Tonkaman]

I’m glad to hear everything went so smooth for you 👍

 

[Gravy]

Okay here's a completely wild story. I pulled this thing into my driveway and parked it and the very next day I had some guy knock on my door that was moving the neighbor's piano out across the street. He said "I know you don't know me but I used to own your trailer like 5 years ago, For maybe 10 years I used it to move pianos," and he proceeded to give me the whole history of this clunker... Which explains a lot... He sold it when the same wheel bearing went out on him after abandoning it in Brigham City. He didn't even fix it, just had some random guy pick it up as is...
Wild.