I want swap a straight
axle onto my 17 foot
Boler. currently there's a drop knuckle sprung under
axle there currently with
brakes. I assume this is the factory one - are the
brakes fairly universal? the bolt pattern is your standard trailer pattern, 5 on 4.5.
Basically I want to buy an appropriate
axle without
brakes, and swap on the brakes I currently have as they work fine and new ones are a few hundred bucks.
I'll probably retain the sprung under aspect but I want to gain the extra 3 or 4 inches of ground clearance - I currently have to run a 10 inch drop for the
boler to sit almost level when driving - big drops like that are pretty bad for towing
weight not to mention the poor ground clearance.