<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Sorry Chris,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It’s the axle manufacturer, I meant to specify.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rick, the trailer structure is more than strong enough, the tires have much higher ratings, the brakes… well who knows. Yeah, souds more and more like a bad idea.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Lester</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 19, 2020, at 9:53 AM, Chris W. <<a href="mailto:spritenut1960@hotmail.com" class="">spritenut1960@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Lester, is it the trailer manufacturer or the axle manufacturer that is no longer in business? If the axle maker is still around they might give some guidance. - Chris</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div id="appendonsend" class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 1221.078125px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> on behalf of Lester Ewing via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, April 19, 2020 10:32 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:vSAAB@groups.io" class="">vSAAB@groups.io</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:vSAAB@groups.io" class="">vSAAB@groups.io</a>>; Spridgets via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Spridgets] Trailer question</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class="BodyFragment"><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><div class="PlainText"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Good Morning,<br class=""><br class="">I have a technical question about trailer axles and ratings. I am trying to decide if I can just put heavier duty springs on the axles I have to increase the weight carrying capacity. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">The axles are on the high side of the lower weight range and are thus larger in diameter. The manufacturer is no longer in the business of personal trailer axles. The new place wants me to give them data from a data plate which these axles do not have.<br class=""><br class="">Any thoughts?<br class=""><br class="">TIA<br class=""><br class="">Lester<br class="">------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br class=""><br class="">Donate:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" class="">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br class="">Suggested annual donation: $12.75<br class=""><br class="">Archive:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets" class="">http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" class="">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br class=""><br class="">Unsubscribe/Manage:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/spritenut1960@hotmail.com" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/spritenut1960@hotmail.com</a><br class=""></div></span></font></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>