wantabe351, After starting towing trailers around 1974, I've had lots of issues. Some self imposed! The worst... while on a trip to Evanston,Wy. (towing our 5er ) to spend Christmas with family, we "burned" a wheel bearing about 32 miles east of Kemmerer,Wy. Getting near dark, temps in single digits and falling! Called stepson in Kemmerer to bring me a short section of chain. We chained up the "offending" spindle assembly, and "limped" on to Evanston. We now carry a short section of chain....to make sure we "never" burn another wheel bearing, because we're prepared! ;) After Christmas, drove to Salt Lake for parts... and with temps from just below zero to single digits, rebuilt the spindle/ hub/brake assembly in the campground!
Coming in at a close second, happened two summers ago. We were passing through Summerset,Ky., and broke a hydraulic brake line on the 5er. Found a good parking spot, drove the truck to an auto parts store, bought some brake line and 2 quarts of brake fluid, and went back to camper. Jack-up trailer (thank God for the Bigfoot leveling system), remove 48 lug nuts torqued at 225 lbs., shape and replace broken line, with help from wife "bleed" brake system ( all six wheels, using a lot of brake fluid), replace 6 wheels, and replace/ torque 48 lug nuts, wash- up (did I mention it was summer in Kentucky). So... after 3 or 4 hours of repair, we were back on the road!
