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Article: Road ready: the highway is no place to learn your trailer needs service, so give it a checkup to make sure it's ready to roll when you are.(SPECIAL SECTION: TRAILER TUNE-UP GUIDE)
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- Trailer Boats
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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I watched with envy as my neighbor prepared his boat for his annual spring trip south. He spent an entire weekend working on the trailered craft, cleaning out the boat, changing the lower unit lube, testing and replacing burnt-out navigation lights and installing a new combo sounder/GPS system. After watching him buff the final haze of wax from the hull, I wistfully wished him a safe trip to the sunny subtropics.
I heard him leave sometime before daylight the following morning and knew he was on his way toward a blissful week of boating fun--but was shocked to see his truck back by noon, sans boat and trailer. I dashed across the cul-de-sac to inquire what had ...