Two questions: Hub temp and hitch lube
OK, two days until I leave for my trip from Wisconsin to S. Texas and back towing my 19' KZ Sportsman. It is a single axle trailer and since this will be my longest trip with the trailer by far, I am...
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I think that you are overthinking all of this.
I probably would not check the hub temps at each rest area, but if you want to, go ahead. Just don't go back to check them. Maybe every other stop for gas? Until you figure out that it is not changing.
My brother in law used to unplug everything in the kitchen - drove my sister nuts when they where first married, the VCR got unplugged too - so the clock was always flashing too. He was "Worried" about something he had no need to worry about!
Just enjoy the trip. With new lube on the bearings (that probably only need to be lubed every 25,000 miles) you will be fine. . .
Boat trailers require much more frequent lubrication (and even have a place to grease them through the hubs) because the boat trailers get submerged in water each time you launch or retrieve the boat.
Have fun on your trip!
Fred.
I probably would not check the hub temps at each rest area, but if you want to, go ahead. Just don't go back to check them. Maybe every other stop for gas? Until you figure out that it is not changing.
My brother in law used to unplug everything in the kitchen - drove my sister nuts when they where first married, the VCR got unplugged too - so the clock was always flashing too. He was "Worried" about something he had no need to worry about!
Just enjoy the trip. With new lube on the bearings (that probably only need to be lubed every 25,000 miles) you will be fine. . .
Boat trailers require much more frequent lubrication (and even have a place to grease them through the hubs) because the boat trailers get submerged in water each time you launch or retrieve the boat.
Have fun on your trip!
Fred.
