Re: leaf springs

Dennis W. Farrell (dfarrell@ridgecrest.ca.us)
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 11:46:46 -0800

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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John: two place I know of are
Champion Trailers http://www.championtrailers.com/
and AROS Trailer in El Cajon (near San Diego) CA. I don't believe they have
a web site.
Champion is in Louisiana. I've dealt with both and been generally please
with their service and price. On something as heavy as springs you'll have
a noticeable shipping charge from Louisiana. In the
Ventura/Oxnard/Camarillo area there should be someplace(s) which sell
replacement springs, including your local auto parts houses. You'll need to
know certain dimensions of your springs. Suggest you look at Champion's web
site to get a feeling for the dimensions you'll need where ever you buy
them. I'd suggest being careful to avoid either under-capacity or
over-capacity springs - buy them to match the total weight of your boat (as
loaded for going sailing) and your trailer.

-- dwf
"In a power boat, you get there in a hurry, in a sailboat, you are already
there" V-17 #36; M-15 #189; P-15 #1086 "PELICAN" - Ridgecrest, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: JPMteach26@aol.com <JPMteach26@aol.com>
To: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Friday, April 02, 1999 11:05
Subject: leaf springs

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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>Hello All,
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>I am going by momory on the email address so please forgive me if this ends
>up someplace that it is not appreciated.
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>The leaf spring on my origional Dilly trailer broke while traveling over
some
>bumps in the road. The boat is a P15 and was made in 1983 so I will assume
>that the trailer is of similar age until told otherwise.
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>Question: Where is a good place to get replacement leaf springs for these
>trailers of ours? (I e-mailed IM but got no response and couid not find
>Dilly on the internet - well, at least not the trailer maker!.)
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>Thanks for your help,
>John McCarter
>P15 #1278 Ventura, CA
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