How to Store a Trailer

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Hi, I'm Albert Hedgepeth with Expert Village. Today we're going to talk a little bit about trailer maintenance. We're going to talk a little bit about storage of a trailer. Since most people are not able to actually put their trailer in dry storage, a lot of times trailers are outside in the weather and any elements for long periods of time without use. So whenever you re-approach your trailer after its been in storage, a couple of the first things you might want to look at are getting all the components inside the head unit and the coupler re-oiled and re-greased to make sure they operate properly and function. Go ahead and check your brake oil. You're also going to want to go ahead and grease the crank. This can become locked and rusted and the gears can kind of seize up on you. And going ahead and re-lubricating them before you go out is just going to make launching your load a little easier. You're also probably going to want to go ahead and oil up your jack. A lot of times this is the same thing as the crank. It can get seized up and there's nothing worse than being out and trying to drop your load and not being able to work a piece of the gear that?s on the trailer. The next thing that you want to consider is tires while you're storing your boat and looking at them right as they come out of storage. Making sure that they aren't dry rotted, that the valve stems are good and remember that if the tires have been sitting in one location for a while, that they're probably not balanced, but a lot of times just getting them out on the highway, getting them hot and running a little bit will go ahead and re-round them. The best way to actually park a trailer is to put the tires on a piece of wood. You really don't want the tires sitting on gravel because that will just go ahead and eat up the tires and dry rot them. As long as you pull it out of storage and you go ahead and check these three to four major components, most of the times that first trip's pretty good.

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