Re: Towing a sailing dinghy behind a Discovery?

On Apr 29, 7:29 am, "Adam H" <adam.t.har...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Spare wheel & bearings are a good idea.

A VERY good idea - Have 'been there' when one of your boat trailer's 4
wheels goes bang. delicate to get off the motorway and a pain to get a
replacement wheel at 7pm.....

A

Many years ago I used to tow a 24' trailer sailer in Australia on a
single axle trailer. One Christmas day I was towing it at a bit faster
than its recommended speed. And noticed a wheel that looked very like
one of my trailer wheels overtake me and then head off into the sugar
cane field I was passing. It took some time to find the wheel and I
was surprised how well the brake drum survived its contact with a
bitumen surface for what was quite a distance. The hardest thing was
to find replacement wheel studs and nuts on a Christmas day.

.

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