New Axle A Must

Hello all!  Today I took my camera and camera wand out and took photos and video of the undercarriage of the trailer.  Upon looking at the video I found something terrifying, our axle had been cut and welded to fit the trailer.  I couldn't believe what I was seeing so I climbed under the trailer for a closer look and yes it was cut and welded and the welds were of course cracked and braking causing a bow in our axle and the wear on the tires.  I am just floored, speechless, and mortified that Crybaby (now Surf Side Custom Trailers) thought this was safe to put out on the highways under stress and high speed.

Axles are made from I-section, drop-forged from medium carbon or alloy steel and heat treated to give them toughness and strength.  We went to Harbor Freight and took photos of the trailer we purchased that they used to build our trailer and photographed the axle to show how the axle came and what Crybaby (Surf Side Custom Trailers) did to it.

Harbor Freight trailer with solid axle.

The weld on the right side of the trailer, you can see the weld failing and cracked.

Tomorrow we will be ordering a new axle to replace the welded one.  It was very easy to order and we're taking the opportunity to upgrade the weight of the axle because we'd rather overbuild it and make it to last.  We definitely aren't taking this even around the block with the current mess on the trailer.  We have to purchase new tires too because of the weld break making the tires wear on the inside.  

With the cracked welds you can see the tire wear it has caused.

We are so lucky this axle didn't break while we were on the road.  This shouldn't have been allowed on the road, but then just look back through my blog and you can see they shouldn't even be selling trailers.  It's scary to think that with just a quick name change on Craiglist they are back at selling these deathtraps on two wheels to the public.

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