Towing the Distance

[skippa]

Re: Towing the Distance

Say Skippa,why did the bearing have to be replaced?
Seems a short life span
David

David,

I'd rather change bearings in the comfort of my own garage instead of the side of the hwy with cars and trucks buzzing past. Was bad enough changing a flat and it always seems to happen in just the worse place too. As you can see by the pic the wheels are only small for hwy work and for the Mission Beach trip we had the boat fully loaded with camp gear too.

It may have been an over kill, but geez we had a great trip with the only hickup being the flat just south of Rocky.


Cheers,
Tony

[CROOZY]

Re: Towing the Distance

YEH DO IT MAN !, I TOWED A CRUISECRAFT 685 ( 2.7 T ON ROAD ) FROM BRISBANE TO HOBART IN 4 DAYS BIGGEST DAY WAS 720KMS, NO PROBS APART FROM STUFFIN FUEL IN THE NISSAN PATROL PETROL. TIP... CHANGE ALL BEARINGS AND SEALS B4 YOU GO AND GREASE BUDDIES EVERY MORNING B4 TRAVEL + CARRY A FULL SET WITH YOU.
HAVE FUN, KEEP THE WIFE HAPPY

[plat-a-puss]

Re: Towing the Distance

just traveled from southern nsw to katherine in the NT. 10,000 km trip in 3 weeks ,towing a 5 mt fisher plate boat on a tandom special trailer. tow vehical was a nissan patrol 3lt turbo (very impressive) bearing packed b4 going along with spare set of springs and spare beaings (didnt need any of these spares ,but u know the old saying ,if we didnt have them we would have needed them) .fuel cost was approx $1500 to get there and back not including the traveling we done .we had 3 drivers and drove 40 hrs straight long time in a car i do not recommend this unless u have 3 drivers

[Feral]

Re: Towing the Distance

Went down to Coffs and back with the boat trailer in a day, (to pick up a boat) 1200k round trip. Only issue is I would not tow the trailer that far empty again without locking up the pivot joint, flogged it a fair bit doing 600k with no boat on it.

[Thommo99]

Re: Towing the Distance

We just recently moved to QLD from VIC and towed the boat from Melbourne to Gold Coast over 2 days. The boat is a Whittley Voyager 580 and the tow vehicle is a Prado 4000 V6.

We had no problems on the trip,  checked everything (wheel bearings etc) before we left and at every stop along the way.