Thanks, Westwood.
I was definitely going to go with a terminal strip/box. I'm not sure about the "star" scheme difference you mention and will need to research it to know what to do.
My last trailer was converted into a car hauler--it had the benefit of a wider berth between the tires than this one--and I had the same experience you're intimating, as far as the ride, and did not use a WDH on it. The trick is, though, I kept my speeds down, too; I don't know what I'd have experienced doing 70 mph. It was great up to 65 mph, though, and, unlike this one, I was all up and down the highway at 140miles one-way with that one.
Right now, I just ordered the last lug from Vintage and I'm in $28 on those four. I have found four shocks for $160 (Lippert, from eTrailer), and four tires, class D, speed rating M, for $200, plus the install. Add to that $40 in paint, primer and sanding pads, a new jack and jack shoe for $32, and I'm pretty stoked and pretty set.
Oh, and I am replacing the inner seals--that was $10 (the bearings and races were all great, though in need of a going over with 2000 grit on a couple of the races where the bearings had sat on them).
I'll have to do some work on the brakes, like adding two refractor springs, but that *seems* to be it, as they seem to all be there (mostly), and seem to be in good shape, until I test them (I haven't completely gone over the magnets, yet, though). And then the wiring and lights, which, going the route we're talking looks like another $100).
One wheel does scrub some. I'm not sure about what that might involve, but we'll see.
So, $470, at present, with another $100 and perhaps some sundries to go, plus $48 to mount the tires, and that should mostly do it. I'm stoked. (I only paid $450 for the trailer, which I thought was pretty great for the beefed up frame.)
And the frame is solid/sturdy.
Man, I'm getting excited--I want to have it framed before January, which is doable if I stay about where I am and penny pinch in the meantime. :D I'm broke for now, though, and don't even have it for the wiring harness yet. lol Next week, hopefully. (We'll see on the axles on down the road... if you all will pardon the pun.)
