Seasport skipper 19 podding project

[Brando]

I made these and put them in the center hatch forward end.View attachment 115366

Nicely done

 

[kaelc]

I thought electric over hydraulic disc brakes would be less maintenance than the surge drum brakes. Seems like I’m changing the brake assemblies on mine each year or every other year and I do flush them after every dip.

Yes, but I think surge disc brakes are even less maintenance than both. Disc are easiest to spray down and take apart each year. Where you have a surge actuated, I think the mechanisms are a little more bomb-proof than a hydraulic pump. They are definitely cheaper.

If you tow a ton on the highway, a bit of gravel, then a dual-axle EOH trailer is recommended, but they aren't cheap. If you are towing in town only, single might be the way to go.

 

[Buckethead905]

If you look after your EOH actuator then there is no more maintenance than a surge system with disks. The biggest upside is the performance you get out of an EOH system. they aren’t even in the same atmosphere. Whenever I’m not actually towing my boat, I cover up and protect my EOH actuator.

 

[Flashman]

I thought electric over hydraulic disc brakes would be less maintenance than the surge drum brakes. Seems like I’m changing the brake assemblies on mine each year or every other year and I do flush them after every dip.

Spraying everything except the drums and brake pads with a thick layer of goopy corrosion inhibitor (fluid film, CRC corrosion inhibitor etc) once a year will have a huge impact on drum brake assembly life. I made it 5 years only having a single wheel cylinder fail on me before I had to do a full replacement on a dual axle roadrunner trailer. Coat everything, springs, pivots, the whole works with a couple coats, stick the straw inside the wheel cylinder boots and spray a bunch in there too.