Posted by Hogleg on October 06, 2013 at 11:24:53 from (38.104.162.74):
I have a late 80's gooseneck horse trailer that sits significantly nose up when hitched to my 4x4 F350 (std height). Folks have suggested swapping the 4in drop axles to straight axles. Saw a trailer similar to mine with this done and it looked good.
The current axles are dexter brake axles, 3500lb. Brakes and hubs look quite good, no scoring or otherwise bad wear. Bearings look good also.
The question - would you swap the entire axle, brakes, springs etc or just buy new beams/ubolts and move the good parts to the new beams? A complete axles swap is going to be around $725 and will be very easy to do. Just the beams will be around $225 but a lot more work. Or should I go somewhere in between, say axles/hubs/brakes but reuse springs?
One of the old axles is bent so no a real good oppty to sell them used as a pair.
Ignoring the work aspect (my labor is free), what would you do and why?
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