Hi, well, I'm new here, I just bought a 13' 1973 Boler last week, this is my second one. Sadly about 10 years ago my first Boler, that we got from the father of my wife, was stored inside for winter and the roof of the building went down because of too much snow
weight on it, several trailers, boats collection cars were destroyed. Then with the insurance we got a 15 feet Bonair that was really nice, kept it for 3 years, but my Jeep Cherokee needed to be changed, we downsided for a 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara,
sold the Bonair and went for a pop-up trailer that we kept for 7 years and got tired of having to open it back home after closing it under rain.
I was surprise to find so many Eggs on sale near by (Bolers, Trilliums,
Bigfoot 13', ...) I got my hand on a 13'
Bigfoot that was in real good condition except for the
windows, gave an account on it, installed a brake controller in my car, went to pick it, and the wife of the seller didn't want to sell it anymore.
After visiting a dozen of Bolers, Trilliums and
Bigfoot 13', I did choose the one that had the less work to do.
A 13 feet 1973 Boler, it was mentionned that the axle had been changed recently. Unfortunately I didn't check it properly, it was looking fine, but the Boler was jacked. I noticed that something was wrong when I got home. Yes the Dexter axle had been changed but for a 22.5 up angle, and found out that the arms were hitting the frame.
I went to see a VR suspension specialist yesterday, they called Dexter and had a pretty interesting discussion, then they called Flexride. Briefly, Dexter is voiding the warranty installing the axle with leading arm configuration, not Flexride. The previous axle being welded to the frame, they choose to go with Flexride, they will weld the new one as well, but I will have the possibility to adjust the start angle and be able to replace the cartridge. Electric
brakes will be added as well. The work should be done in 2 weeks.