1972 20 SF weight?

[Blue_Heron]

Originally Posted by CHANCE1234

...so I will start out with better tires first and go from there before I do a new axle.

I don't know what you might consider "better" tires, but whatever you do, don't put Goodyear Marathon tires on that axle. They apparently perform just fine on most trailers, but I can tell you from first hand experience they tend to explode at the most inopportune times when subjected to continuous lateral loading from an axle with too much in or out toe.

I went through four of them on an axle like yours before I figured it out. I kept returning them for a pro rated replacement. Only one of the four failed while the trailer wasn't moving down the road. Loud booms, tread flying everywhere, very exciting. Even had one that shed its entire tread but held air. It made it down the road (I-75) a mile or so on the steel belts to the next rest station. The fenders on that trailer look like Rodney King after the LAPD got through with him. I don't buy them anymore.

Dave