02-13-2021, 12:36 PM
John, Paul,
Yep, Bear River was not as kind to us last year. Possibly for a few reasons, but the biggest one was the massive increase in fishing pressure due to the covid shutdown. Hopefully that will let up at least a little bit this year.
We have put our names in for the contest again this year, but won't be dedicating quite as much time . And I don't think I'll be putting the boat on the river as much this year. Depends on water level and flow.
At the end of the season last year, I took rig in to get new trailer tires and wheel bearings repacked with new grease. The mechanic at Les Schwab found alot of fine grit / sand in under the bearing caps.
I've done bearing maintenance on my trailer every 2 years at least. Have always had grease that was dirty, and a couple times had hard wear evidence on both outer and inner bearings, but never found sand in the old grease.
[b]Took me awhile to figure out where that may have come from, and best I can figure: I put the boat in at the BRBR ramp more times last year than years before. Several times, in order to float the boat, the trailer axle was into mud. That mud was pretty silted and had lots of grit. Each time I left the river , I stopped on the way home at a car wash and did high pressure clear water wash to remove all the mud from trailer and bottom of boat hull. But that didn't help the bearings. [/b]
[b]Good luck to you both. [/b]
Yep, Bear River was not as kind to us last year. Possibly for a few reasons, but the biggest one was the massive increase in fishing pressure due to the covid shutdown. Hopefully that will let up at least a little bit this year.
We have put our names in for the contest again this year, but won't be dedicating quite as much time . And I don't think I'll be putting the boat on the river as much this year. Depends on water level and flow.
At the end of the season last year, I took rig in to get new trailer tires and wheel bearings repacked with new grease. The mechanic at Les Schwab found alot of fine grit / sand in under the bearing caps.
I've done bearing maintenance on my trailer every 2 years at least. Have always had grease that was dirty, and a couple times had hard wear evidence on both outer and inner bearings, but never found sand in the old grease.
[b]Took me awhile to figure out where that may have come from, and best I can figure: I put the boat in at the BRBR ramp more times last year than years before. Several times, in order to float the boat, the trailer axle was into mud. That mud was pretty silted and had lots of grit. Each time I left the river , I stopped on the way home at a car wash and did high pressure clear water wash to remove all the mud from trailer and bottom of boat hull. But that didn't help the bearings. [/b]
[b]Good luck to you both. [/b]
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Or so it says on my license plate holder
Or so it says on my license plate holder