WELCOME TO RIVER DAVES PLACE

Triple axle torsion setting

braindead

Well-Known Member
Joined
Feb 15, 2013
Messages
1,120
Reaction score
1,367
Buddy of mine bought a 21 schiada TT with a merc outdrive and triple axle trailer. He now has new torsion axles on it and is trying to get em dialed in. He broke his winch strap twice heading home from Sacramento and the boat slid back almost 8 inches on the trailer before he caught it, and no secondary strap attached because that's not aesthetically pleasing. :eek

We fooled around with the trailer jack a little and noticed that with the winch strap unhooked and the tongue completely lowered the front nose support for the boat pulls away from the boat about a 1/2 inch and you can actually teeter the boat, not much but some, on the front of the trailer bunks.

Based on this info Im assuming the front 2 torsion axles are clocked in the wrong position and should be loosened up to allow the trailer nose to drop with the tongue of the boat. But what's the best way to figure out how much they need to be clocked in order to spread out the load equally across all three axles or is it just trial and error?
 

AzGeo

Fair winds and following seas George.. Rest Easy..
Joined
Jan 28, 2009
Messages
8,298
Reaction score
7,921
all the torsion axles should be adjusted equally .

IF the trailer frame is being towed at a level height, and you reduce or re-adjust the center and front wheels to 'a level of lesser lift', most of the gross weight will be riding on the REAR axle, and will soon cause problems .

IMO, leave the axles adjusted to a 'level position' and FIX the problem at the HEIGHT of the TOWING BALL .

It is what it is ..........
 

braindead

Well-Known Member
Joined
Feb 15, 2013
Messages
1,120
Reaction score
1,367
all the torsion axles should be adjusted equally .

IF the trailer frame is being towed at a level height, and you reduce or re-adjust the center and front wheels to 'a level of lesser lift', most of the gross weight will be riding on the REAR axle, and will soon cause problems .

IMO, leave the axles adjusted to a 'level position' and FIX the problem at the HEIGHT of the TOWING BALL .

It is what it is ..........

Thanks for the help, I'll pass it on
 
Top