Broken Welds

dezul · **Posted:** Sun Jul 10, 2016 11:19 am

I hope Malibu shores this up and it is only a single incident. I still have a little heartburn from them leaving boatmate. Boatmate is a good company also made in East TN.

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r33pwrd · **Posted:** Sun Jul 10, 2016 11:46 am

dezul wrote:

I hope Malibu shores this up and it is only a single incident. I still have a little heartburn from them leaving boatmate. Boatmate is a good company also made in East TN.

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I agree my boatmate warranty stuff has been done very fast and all paid for.

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AJWest · **Posted:** Sun Jul 10, 2016 12:04 pm

r33pwrd wrote:

dezul wrote:

I hope Malibu shores this up and it is only a single incident. I still have a little heartburn from them leaving boatmate. Boatmate is a good company also made in East TN.

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I agree my boatmate warranty stuff has been done very fast and all paid for.

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dezul wrote:

I hope Malibu shores this up and it is only a single incident. I still have a little heartburn from them leaving boatmate. Boatmate is a good company also made in East TN.

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Back in 2008 Boatmate's axle source, UFP, had a bunch of bad axles go out with bad torsion components. They knew the axle serial numbers and I ended up with a trailer with 2 of the bad axles. One axle failed at around 6 months the other around 10-12 months. They shipped me new axles both times (11 days one time, 14 days the second). Now here's the bad part. Both times my axles failed the torsion mechanism allow the tire to rub the fender while towing. Smoke went everywhere and had to pullover. The excessive heat from the tire rubbing the fender also burned the paint off the top of the fender each time. Fortunately I was only a mile or two from my boat storage each time. I jacked up the trailer and removed the fender each time just to get the wheel of both times on the side of the road to limp it back to my storage on 3 tires. The crappy part after getting my axles is that either I had to put them on myself (kind of a pain inside a boat storage unit in the Texas summer) or have a flatbed tow truck pickup my boat & trailer and tow it to a trailer shop ALL AT MY EXPENSE no reimbursement but they said my trailer was under warranty.

r33pwrd · **Posted:** Sun Jul 10, 2016 12:07 pm

AJWest wrote:

r33pwrd wrote:

dezul wrote:

I hope Malibu shores this up and it is only a single incident. I still have a little heartburn from them leaving boatmate. Boatmate is a good company also made in East TN.

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I agree my boatmate warranty stuff has been done very fast and all paid for.

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dezul wrote:

I hope Malibu shores this up and it is only a single incident. I still have a little heartburn from them leaving boatmate. Boatmate is a good company also made in East TN.

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Back in 2008 Boatmate's axle source, UFP, had a bunch of bad axles go out with bad torsion components. They new the axle serial numbers and I ended up with a trailer with 2 of the bad axles. One axle failed at around 6 months the other around 10-12 months. They shipped me new axles both times. Now here's the bad part. Both times my axles failed the torsion mechanism allow the tire to rub the fender while towing. Smoke went everywhere and had to pullover. The excessive heat from the tire rubbing the fender also burned the paint off the top of the fender each time. Fortunately I was only a mile or two from my boat storage each time. I jacked up the trailer and removed the fender each time just to get the wheel of both times on the side of the road to limp it back to my storage on 3 tires. The crappy part after getting my axles is that either I had to put them on myself (kind of a pain inside a boat storage unit in the Texas summer) or have a flatbed tow truck pickup my boat & trailer and tow it to a trailer shop ALL AT MY EXPENSE no reimbursement but they said my trailer was under warranty.

Mine also had bad axles.. they paid for everything for me but I did not need towing.

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gibbs114 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:45 am

The photos have been sent to Malibu. Dealer says they will have to send it back to the factory to get the repairs done and end of season. For now I will run without a spare. I expect to here more from Malibu this week.

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rssumme · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2016 9:03 am

gibbs114 wrote:

The photos have been sent to Malibu. Dealer says they will have to send it back to the factory to get the repairs done and end of season. For now I will run without a spare. I expect to here more from Malibu this week.

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Did you speak to Jeanie or Hart? Thats just crazy. Have you inspected the rest of the trailer?

gibbs114 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2016 1:16 pm

They all have seen the pics via email. The boat center is the best so I know they will take care of me.

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rssumme · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2016 1:19 pm

No doubt! Best in the business!

admin · **Joined:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:00 am **Posts:** 1115

Carry spare in the truck for the summer.. Bring boat to the dealer in the winter.... then let them do all the stuff Alex says....

Vlinder · **Joined:** Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:14 pm **Posts:** 57

Too much heat causes failures like that. That plate looks too thin. Mine is 1/4 inch. Would make me wonder if they compromised the trailer frame itself welding the plate to it. Id be asking about it anyways and getting a response in writing.

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