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Bearing Buddies

03-09-2009, 07:05 AM

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Yooper67

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Bearing Buddies

I put bearing buddies on my 25' TT and have towed the trailer about 4,000 miles since then (Michigan to Louisiana to California). In a few months I will be towing it back to Michigan and then to Louisiana.

Are the bearing buddies a good way to avoid more frequent taking apart, cleaning, repacking, etc or am I taking a risky short cut here? This is not a heavy trailer (about 5000#).

I know guys who run their boat trailers for years on years and just keeping the BB's topped off with grease and not worrying about them, Our TT is 6 years old, has probably been towed about 8,000 miles total, and spent 4 of its 6 years in indoor storage while were in Germany.

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