Re: Mechanic-ing The Farm Shop Goose Neck Trailer

On 3/10/2024 11:57 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:

On 3/10/2024 11:30 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:

On 3/10/2024 11:15 AM, Leon Fisk wrote:

On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 10:47:38 -0700
Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> wrote:
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I pulled the wheel and saw the drum was
labeled Hadco 412.  I couldn't find that part anywhere.

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Seems to be really old... some discussion here in an Airstream Forum:
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"I recently went through a simular issue with what you are doing with
your brakes. There is an available solution to go brand new backing
plates; They are Hays / AL-KO 12"x2"
Part numbers 185100 and 185150
ETrailer.com sells them
RedNeck Trailer Supply sells them
They are specifically designed to work with the zero offset drums that
we have on our vintage travel trailers. You get brand new "guts" that
work great while allowing us to keep the vintage look of our original
drums."
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https://www.airforums.com/forums/f439/1950-clipper-backing-plates-124782.html
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Maybe give you some more info, help with a decision🤷
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That was a really good lead.  Looks like eTrailer might have had those parts, but not anymore.  They dominate search results, but it always goes to a different product.  It also looks like AL-KO no longer sells brakes.
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  Yeah, nothing from eTrailer.  I just caught a sales/support person online and instead of answering my question about the drum/hub they tried to sell me the brake assembly.  Finally they admitted they couldn't help with the hard part when pressed.
 Its looking like stealing the axles from the other trailer may be the best option.
 Easier maybe might be to just buy new axles, but I can't find a 5200lb drop axle assembly with brakes.  Even if I settled for the deck being 4 inches higher (not desired for hauling vehicles) they are almost a grand per axle.  2 days vs $2000...
 The thing that makes the search harder is eTrailer has spent a lot of money on search engine optimization.  They absolutely DOMINATE the search results, but many of the links go to totally different products when you click on them.
 

It gets harder...  The trailer is slightly narrow than I thought, and the spring centers are a lot narrower than I thought.  There is no stock axle available for the application.  Even if I buy new axles I have to modify them.
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