My .02 on th trailer issue..... When I picked up my boat last month, they had a checklist of items that they go over with you and make you sign (at least they did when I picked my boat up). One of those items was check the lugs every 100 miles. I said sure, right, like I'm really going to do that. I drove to Vicksberg exit (Havasu to PHX route) about 100 miles or so. I was filling the truck up with gas and looked at the trailer while filling, then thought, just check them for the hell of it. It took me 10-15 mintues to tighten all of them. Some were fairly loose. I personally watched the guys tighten them just before driving off, and because the trailer was new, it needs to be done just the way they did. Once I got back to PHX, I checked again, and loose lugs again, yet not as bad, but still needed to be tightened. Everytime I check now, there are less and less loose, but I have now put about 600 miles on the trailer.
Check you new trailers!!!
By the way, NB, your boat looks great!
That sounds rather odd, that they keep coming loose...... Granted mine says the same thing and I checked them and they were all tight....