USING A VW TRUCK AXLE FOR A "BETTER" BOAT AXLE
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USING A VW TRUCK AXLE FOR A "BETTER" BOAT AXLE
Hey guys. Some of you know me. I'm rebuilding a trashed CD25 and have a blog where I follow the reconstruction of the CD25. I just put up a post about using VW truck axles as a replacement for boat trailer axles at http://capedory25.blogspot.com/
Comments such a "D*mn! That's the most trashed CD I've ever seen!" would be greatly appreciated. Or comments on the axle post as well...
I'm in Miami and so far the entire CD "Fleet/Fan Club" consists of...
DanPat
zeida
Boyd
Sea Hunt
Dan and Pat were the crazy ones who drove all the way to New Jersey to pick up a trailer in a 22 hr non-stop ticket to CD ownership...
If anyone else here is from S. Florida hit my e-mail button and we'll keep adding to the Fleet..
Thanks
DSD
Comments such a "D*mn! That's the most trashed CD I've ever seen!" would be greatly appreciated. Or comments on the axle post as well...
I'm in Miami and so far the entire CD "Fleet/Fan Club" consists of...
DanPat
zeida
Boyd
Sea Hunt
Dan and Pat were the crazy ones who drove all the way to New Jersey to pick up a trailer in a 22 hr non-stop ticket to CD ownership...
If anyone else here is from S. Florida hit my e-mail button and we'll keep adding to the Fleet..
Thanks
DSD
Boy, the next word that comes out of your mouth better be a brilliant Shakespearean masterpiece.
'Cause it's definitely getting chiseled on your tombstone.
'Cause it's definitely getting chiseled on your tombstone.
CD 25 project
It sounds as if you and I are facing exactly the same project. I also purchased an insurance totaled CD 25 that had sunk. I found, much to my delight, that someone else has also rebuilt one and posted a very thorough photographic record of his trials and tribulations. You will find this wonderful resource at
"http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/debhgxc/a ... c15e&.tok="
It is definitely worth the time spent to review.
I would be interested in keeping in touch and exchanging information and tips.
Greg and Marie Lutzow
Nokomis, FL
"http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/debhgxc/a ... c15e&.tok="
It is definitely worth the time spent to review.
I would be interested in keeping in touch and exchanging information and tips.
Greg and Marie Lutzow
Nokomis, FL
Greg Lutzow
Nokomis, FL
CD25
"Beau Soleil"
sailing off a mooring in Sarasota Bay
With nothin' but stillness as far as you please
An' the silly mirage stringin' islands an' seas.
Nokomis, FL
CD25
"Beau Soleil"
sailing off a mooring in Sarasota Bay
With nothin' but stillness as far as you please
An' the silly mirage stringin' islands an' seas.
VW PU axle is unsuitable....
A VW pickup axle is unsuitable for a trailer to haul a Cd-25. The PU is barely 2000lbs with a load cap at around a 1000lb. That's 1500 per axle, MAX.
The Cd-25 dry empty is a little over 4000lbs add on the extras plus the trailer and you will break two VW axles. Oh yeah, and if you think your 25 is trashed now, wait till you see it on the side of the road when the axles go. ;)
Try mobile home axles, they are also cheap and are readily available, as they are generally removed from the trailer when they set them up on a permanent location...usually somewhere on the outskirts of Bugtussel Tenn or Houston tx. heh
g'luk
The Cd-25 dry empty is a little over 4000lbs add on the extras plus the trailer and you will break two VW axles. Oh yeah, and if you think your 25 is trashed now, wait till you see it on the side of the road when the axles go. ;)
Try mobile home axles, they are also cheap and are readily available, as they are generally removed from the trailer when they set them up on a permanent location...usually somewhere on the outskirts of Bugtussel Tenn or Houston tx. heh
g'luk
Didereaux- San Leon, TX
last owner of CD-25 #183 "Spring Gail"
"I do not attempt to make leopards change their spots...after I have skinned them, they are free to grow 'em back or not, as they see fit!" Didereaux 2007
last owner of CD-25 #183 "Spring Gail"
"I do not attempt to make leopards change their spots...after I have skinned them, they are free to grow 'em back or not, as they see fit!" Didereaux 2007
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Re: VW PU axle is unsuitable....
eeekk!!...Didereaux wrote:A VW pickup axle is unsuitable for a trailer to haul a Cd-25. The PU is barely 2000lbs with a load cap at around a 1000lb. That's 1500 per axle, MAX.
The Cd-25 dry empty is a little over 4000lbs add on the extras plus the trailer and you will break two VW axles. Oh yeah, and if you think your 25 is trashed now, wait till you see it on the side of the road when the axles go.
Try mobile home axles, they are also cheap and are readily available, as they are generally removed from the trailer when they set them up on a permanent location...usually somewhere on the outskirts of Bugtussel Tenn or Houston tx. heh
g'luk
I didn't mean to use them on a heavy boat!!!
speedboats...22 footers...etc...
I'll be using trailer home axles, just like you suggest, for my cd 25, ...
Glad you pointed that out...
Boy, the next word that comes out of your mouth better be a brilliant Shakespearean masterpiece.
'Cause it's definitely getting chiseled on your tombstone.
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Trailer Axel(s)
DD,
For a boat that weighs two tons +, plus the trailer weight, it might be beneficial to consider axel(s) that can accommodate backing plates for installing brakes. Especially if you plan to transport at higher speeds or for long distances. FWIW
Good luck,
O J
For a boat that weighs two tons +, plus the trailer weight, it might be beneficial to consider axel(s) that can accommodate backing plates for installing brakes. Especially if you plan to transport at higher speeds or for long distances. FWIW
Good luck,
O J
VW axles
If I could be so bold as to add to the last sentence of O J's reply it would be to append the words:
. . . or also down steep hills.
Good Luck
. . . or also down steep hills.
Good Luck
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Thanks guys...
I have a 40 ft travel trailer I'm stripping down to use for a new transport trailer...
It has self-actuating brakes and sich...
I slid down a mountain in Oregon, hauling a heavy load, and the turn-off was actually a rest-stop....(Blinded by snow, I thought it was one of those emergency stop lanes)
Needless to say I "rested" for a while...
I'll keep the trailer down south, where it's safe to use, for pulling the CD out of the path of hurricanes...
Northern driving scares the heck outta me..
I have a 40 ft travel trailer I'm stripping down to use for a new transport trailer...
It has self-actuating brakes and sich...
I slid down a mountain in Oregon, hauling a heavy load, and the turn-off was actually a rest-stop....(Blinded by snow, I thought it was one of those emergency stop lanes)
Needless to say I "rested" for a while...
I'll keep the trailer down south, where it's safe to use, for pulling the CD out of the path of hurricanes...
Northern driving scares the heck outta me..
Boy, the next word that comes out of your mouth better be a brilliant Shakespearean masterpiece.
'Cause it's definitely getting chiseled on your tombstone.
'Cause it's definitely getting chiseled on your tombstone.
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