Time for the trailer.

The trailer makes it so that I don't have to keep the boat at a marina.  But the trailer needs to be maintained and cared for as well. So it was time for it to get some love and care!

Time for a new tire!

It is hard to believe that we have had this little boat for several years now! It is crazy how fast time slips by.

When we got the boat we where told that the one tire was recently replaced. But one tire had been on there for a couple of years. It was news to me that tires where only good for about 5 years! I always thought you just replaced them when they wore out. With a trailer or an RV that does a lot of time sitting and does not get a lot of miles put on them. The rubber will actually deteriorate as they sit and wait to be used.

So the one that was not replaced was getting cracks in the sidewalls. Even though there was a lot of tread still left on it, I didn't want it to blow out while driving down the freeway! So off to the Les Schwab that I have been going to for years.

Interesting company!

Luckily we have standard trailer tires on the trailer. Luckily no repeat of the RV tire problem! So they had the tire I needed in stock. They told me they would be able to swap the tire out with the boat on the trailer. It was nice not trying to deal with that!

Got the old tire swapped out for a fresh new one. It is good to go for at least 5 more years!

The other little change I did was swapped out the old trailer lights. They had a couple of issues. The light bulbs where not very bright and hard to see in the day. Also I kept forgetting to unplug the trailer before we launched the boat. So  I would heat up the light bulbs by using the brakes moving the boat to the water. Then dunk them in the cold water, and the glass bulb would brake. So I had to keep replacing them. Each time reminding myself to remember to unplug the trailer when we started setting up the boat for the water. The new LED trailer lights should help with both those issues!

Heading home and ready for more trips to the water!