Polaris1

Your story is amazing. You've overcome so much, this is not going to stop you. Give it hell!! best wishes from south of the border.. Darren

If I hit it with a hammer ,it would dent. It was literally rusting away. I guess if yours doesn't dent and seems structurally sound then it would seem to be ok. They are very easy to change if you have a floor jack and a couple jackstands. Maybe some heat to heat up rusted nuts. In the overall picture, money spent on that is cheap compared to a new trailer. Cheers.

Had a friend of mine break the axle on his sled trailer due to rotting apart, so I started paying closer attention to mine, it's a 2008 Triton clamshell. Axle itself was very rusty so I replaced it. Cheap insurance. Although finding a galvanized one was a challenge. The aluminum frame was rotted away due to the insulator between the axle and frame wearing away, so that needed some repair. This trailer has a ton of miles on it from several trips from Pennsylvania to Cochrane, Quebec, etc. But I'm not planning on buying a new one. If it was me, if there's any doubt, if you're stuck on the side of the road with a broken trailer, $800 would seem like a bargain.

Or start driving Fords

bramsay is a trusted (to me anyway) source on dootalk. He grooms out of New Liskeard. He posted yesterday that they have a very good amount of snow.

The same thing happened to us at the Super 8 in Kirkland lake a couple years ago. Informed them what our intentions were when I made the reservations then when we checked in were told we couldn't leave truck and trailer there. I said never mind, we'll go somewhere else. They changed their mind rather quickly. I've been doing touring trips in Ontario for 25 years and had never had a problem until then. Their lot is fairly small , though.

Awesome pics for those of us seasoned Ontario riders south of the border....

We had no complaints staying there. If they still do it, jump in the hole in the ice. It's not as bad as I expected. It's a little pricey,especially if you sit in the bar until they boot you out but well worth it in my opinion.

Good news as far as I'm concerned. I never cared for that guy.

I take the tires off of mine and put it on blocks until I'm ready to use it.Takes all of 10 minutes. I suppose someone could still take it but they're going to work for it.