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Thursday, 06 May 2010 17:09 |
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Boat trailers come in many guises from a basic un-braked bunk trailer to a braked twin-axle, multi roller swing beam trailer. You can even add to this remote control operation, which will turn your trailer into a self-powered turn-on-a-sixpence trailer that can be controlled from a remote key fob during launch, recovery and hitching operations.
If you want the best of the best you can add ‘bearing savers’, which will continually feed the wheel bearings with grease, and even ‘flushing devices’ that connect to a fresh water hose allowing you to flush out any salt water from the bearing housing after launch-retrieval operations. Bearing flushing and bearing saver devices are simple to retro-fit and can be useful.
Of course, most of us will be happy with a basic trailer with a few rollers to make the launching part of our sport easier, but additions such as remote controlled power, have their place. The powered trailer can allow you to enjoy your hobby into later years when heaving a heavy trailer becomes difficult, or simply make the sport more enjoyable at any age.
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Thursday, 06 May 2010 16:14 |
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After a lifetime or two of trial and error, Stewart Suffield brings us squarely up to date with his definitive guide to the art of trailer boating . . .
In half a century on the road I’ve piloted virtually everything from mopeds to milk floats, bubble cars to limousines, and mowers to trucks, frequently savouring more than 1,000 miles a week. For a sizeable chunk of those miles I have been towing, and again that has involved everything from caravans to race cars, with even the odd combine harvester thrown in. And in a rather vague and faintly boastful fashion, that brings us very nicely to the subject of this month’s main feature - towing boats.
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Thursday, 06 May 2010 15:47 |
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 Compared with the first-generation X-Trail, the latest range could be considered rather sparse. We now have just three models - the entry-level Acenta and the better-equipped Tekna models, the latter available with a choice of two power outputs. But it’s the Acenta (available only in 173bhp guise) that we have been particularly keen to investigate. This cheapest X-Trail retails at £23,445, placing it in direct competition with the Outlanders, CR-Vs and Freelanders of this world - so how does the Nissan fare against the latest competition?
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