Thanks Guys......

[prefers shiners]

We all get so much help here on CDC so I just wanted to personally thank everyone for the help I have received....especially lately from PawPawGene and the other I believe was "G"......PPG suggested to me that when I remove the boat off the truck hitch that I turn the wheel on the "trailer tongue jack" perpendicular to the trailer tongue.....I had always turned the wheel parallel to the tongue....see the picture.....this one little suggestion has helped me a lot while putting the trailer back on the truck hitch.....why didn't I ever think of that.....thanks Gene.....



The other thing, I think "G" mentioned it somewhere, was to buy a trailer hub with bearings all greased up ready to put on.....I thought, we carry a spare tire, why not bearings......I know I worry a lot about having bearing problems maybe at night, or on a lonely road or a weekend when you can never find a parts house open....well, that same thing happened in 1958 to me & my buddy......we had gone halves on a ski rig (1958 14 ft. Glasspar with a 40 Mercury) and one night the bearings went out.....15 miles from town on a deserted road.... the boat got left beside the road and off to town to find bearings.....he had just bought a 1958 Olds 88 convertible, white, red interior with 3 deuses on top of a rocket 88....at least we rode in style.....we were out there at midnight with flashlights, laying on the ground, sawing and chiseling the bearings off the axle.....not fun.....so, today I went and bought a complete bearing hub for a spare ($35).....now, if they go out, I just pull the bad one off and slip the new hub on......it is a good feeling to be prepared.....here are a few pictures of that boat (my first) with my buddy (& his girlfriend) and me.....I am the skinny one in the second picture at the wheel....all of 135 pounds....20 years old......the last picture is on Grenada Lake in Mississippi, May, 1959.....and I did catch a few sacs.......on shiners & a cane pole......Thanks "G".....

["G"]

Just be sure you have the right hub and bearing assembly to fit your axle spindles.... There are three different sizes that I know of.

["G"]

Also....a little duct tape on that hub on both sides will keep the dirt out and the grease in while you have it stored where ever your carrying it.....duct tape both ends then put whole thing in a large zip lock bag.

[prefers shiners]

Just be sure you have the right hub and bearing assembly to fit your axle spindles.... There are three different sizes that I know of.

I got it from the same guy that does all my trailer work.....just had them replaced and showed them my receipt with all the info on it.......


Thanks for the heads up.......it's in a heavy plastic bag.....

[RMGeorge]

The spare hub is an excellent idea! Thanks for the post.

["D"]

Good idea Bruce. Love the pix.

[Tracker123]

Cool pictures Bruce. Would love to see a picture of the Olds 88 ragtop.

[shadow]

Man Bruce, that is a classic! And the boat aint bad either! lol Thanks for the pictures and story.

[prefers shiners]

Cool pictures Bruce. Would love to see a picture of the Olds 88 ragtop.

I don't actual pictures but here is one in white.....also a you tube of a pink one.....



Oldsmobile 1958 Convertible CCS - YouTube

[Tracker123]

Nice, nice, nice! Love it. Don't you wish you had that car now. Thanks for posting!