I have a 4.3 metre tinny and was looking at buying a new trailer, does anyone have experience with the many brands.
thank you

mike_e said..
I would avoid the cheaper imported ones. I believe the bearings are not good quality and in some models the hubs aren't compatible with our standard Holden & ford setups. Trailer city @ rydalmere are good quality, well priced & good service. (I have no affiliation with them). Reasonable second hand ones come up on gumtree from time to time. Good luck.

Hi, if the cheaper ones are significantly cheaper then quality bearings are not expensive and easy to change and the addition of bearing buddies will make them last and last and last . As to the holden/ford comment, have you looked at the selection of cars on the road today, and if the wheels are galvanised, who cares.

On boat trailers the wheel bearings will always be Holden for the light to medium trailers and Ford for heavy duty ones no matter what size or bolt pattern. Same goes for the galvanized hubs. The problem is with the Chinese bearings that come with new hubs and bearing replacement kits that come from places like supercheap! The tolerances on these are appalling! When replacing the wheel bearings spend the extra and buy Australian made ones. The Chinese made galvanised wheels on new boat trailers don't last long either.
It might be a better solution to buy a good used boat trailer and refresh the wheel bearings and fit new springs and hangers etc.