Topic: MY beautiful new trailer...already broken
So I bought a shiny new enclosed car hauler that I absolutely love. Before it held its first car, this happenned:
That is driver rear axle shackle. The weld is sad and horrible. The trailer had made a 1000+ mile trip to Huntsville with about 3000#'s of furniture and back so I have to assume the tack welds on the inside held it to the frame because that seam weld was only holding on the undercoating.
So the Manufacturer's response was that is obviously is a warranty repair but I have to drive it to the nearest dealer (32 miles away) or find real welding business locally that will come out, submit a quote to them, I pay the welder (assuming they accept the quote) and they would reimburse me.
These are 5000# axles, the trailer weighs about 3200# and I have somewhat permanently installed about 300#'s of fittings inside. How would you handle this?
A) Put the shackle up in place, lay down a couple of tacks (I do not weld that well and am in a time crunch), drive it to the dealer
B) Remove the other wheel on that axle, drive it that way
C) Put the wheel back on that side and drive it...let the dealer make all warranty repairs including new damage cause by driving it there
D) C-clamp it in place and drive it that way to the dealer
Just goes to prove what I always tell people that drive only new cars for the reliability...new stuff breaks, too.
Oh, and I can never see my own images at work so if they do not come through I will re-post from home