Boat Thread

[Black Aeronaut]

not so sure it's a joke..

$2000 - new fish finder, nav, gps, transducer for same
$1000 - new marine VHF, marine VHF handheld
$300 - new switch and breaker panels (this will go up when I pick up ~500 ft of 12ga and ~40 ft of 8 ga
$700 - 2x new battery..  

And I haven't even cracked the shell on the motor to start getting that checked out..  Oh! and I need a new axle..

Getting a new axle, having worked in a boat trailer shop let me tell you this, get an axle that the spindles have their own grease fittings, DO NOT GET BEARING BUDDIES the problem with bearing buddies is that they cause you to push the grease from front to back, causing you to blow out the rear seal on your bearings.

I've heard the same while doing my own research for building RV trailers.  Avoid Bearing Buddies. etrailer.com is a pretty good place to shop online from what I've seen.