ANOTHER STUDEBAKER ADVENTURE

[jclary]

[mausersmth]

Pics! I want pics!
Please?

A. Charles Eck, Jr.
Essex, MD

Studebakers were made to drive! (Besides, they don't get lost as easy in the Wal-Mart parking lot!)

'64 Cruiser 'Louise'
'57 Commander 4 door sedan 'Bluebird'
'66 Ford F-250
'53 John Deere 50
'41 John Deere H All-Fuel
'41 John Deere B All-Fuel

[COMMANDERPINK1]

Would have rode shotgun if I lived in the area

[clonelark]

Good luck on your trip, maybe you'll see something along the way,and make a U turn. LOL

[jclary]

A question for some of you folks with experience pulling trailers...I am currently using a set of Studebaker full wheel covers on my trailer. Since I am planning to drive about 2,000 miles pulling the trailer, I am thinking about removing them so that I can occasionally stop and check the bearing temps with one of those "Non-contact" infrared thermometers just to be on the safe side. What do you guys think?

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[mbstude]

Checking the bearing temps sounds like a smart idea, John. Good luck and have fun. I remember at the Asheville meet, you said your wife wasn't too thrilled with the whole idea. Hope you can hide it before she sees it.

Matthew Burnette
Hazlehurst, GA

[DEEPNHOCK]

Are there inner fenders on that trailer?
You could just shoot the inners....
But...
You can't lose your hubcaps somewhere on the road if they are safe at home....
I do a tire sidewall temp feel and a hub temp feel every gas/pit stop..
Good practice.



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[Dick Steinkamp]

quote:Originally posted by jclary
I am thinking about removing them so that I can occasionally stop and check the bearing temps with one of those "Non-contact" infrared thermometers just to be on the safe side. What do you guys think?

I think it's a good idea. I always feel all 4 hubs on my trailer when I make a stop. But...

...that didn't help on my last trip to California. About 2 hours after I had made a stop (and felt the hubs), a car pulled along side of me and frantically pointed at the trailer. I pulled off at the next exit. Smoke was coming from a hub. I limped to an RV dealer (close by thankfully) who pulled the hub apart and pronounced the bearing (now in pieces) as DOA. He replaced the bearing, repacked all 4 hubs and I was back on the road.

I have those "bearing buddy" type hubs. They have a grease fitting in the middle. You squirt grease in them until the spring thingy (technical term ) compresses some. I always gave them a shot or two before a trip to make sure there was some tension on the spring, and hence (I thought), plenty of grease around the bearings.

The RV dealer told me that that was pretty much BS...that you really have to disassemble the hubs and repack the bearings manually every 5,000 miles or so. That there is no way the "bearing buddy" adequately lubes the bearings. My experience says he's probably right.

So...repack those bearings, John. Have a safe (and fun )trip.

Dick Steinkamp
Bellingham, WA

[jclary]

It has probably less than 300 miles since the last re-pack on the bearings. The rear axle has electric brakes. I have adjusted the power rheostats on the brake control in the truck to "Maximum Power." On pavement (in my driveway) when energizing the trailer brakes alone, I can feel resistance, but the wheels will roll. When I am on the gravel part of my drive, the trailer wheels will drag. Without touching the truck brakes, it will eventually roll to a stop. I hope that is sufficient and as designed. The old 4 horse trailer had similar brakes but I never thought to test them this way.

John Clary
Greer, SC

Life... is what happens as you are making plans.
SDC member since 1975

[jclary]

quote:Originally posted by jclary

A question for some of you folks with experience pulling trailers...I am currently using a set of Studebaker full wheel covers on my trailer. Since I am planning to drive about 2,000 miles pulling the trailer, I am thinking about removing them so that I can occasionally stop and check the bearing temps with one of those "Non-contact" infrared thermometers just to be on the safe side. What do you guys think?

Just got back in from removing the hubcaps. I found where I had been keeping my Black Widow Spiders![:0] There was one about the size of a dime living in each wheel... Guarding egg pods. Good reason to wear gloves when removing those hubcaps!

[DEEPNHOCK]

I would find some kind of wierd satisfaction putting a Black Widow spider through a 12 hour centrifuge experience[:0]....
(Because cats won't fit under a hubcap)
Oh, did I just say that!?[|)][][|)]
Jeff[8D]

quote:Originally posted by jclary
Just got back in from removing the hubcaps. I found where I had been keeping my Black Widow Spiders![:0] There was one about the size of a dime living in each wheel... Guarding egg pods. Good reason to wear gloves when removing those hubcaps!

[jclary]

Hey Jeff, that's not really necessary! I have found that if you place a Black Widow out in the bright sunshine on a reflective surface with no nearby place to crawl under, the sun will kill her in short order! I guess it is why you rarely see them out in the open.

[mausersmth]

Nice looking trailer! (Though I would prefer to delete the spider
option!)[:0] Looks like an N series Ford taking a ride...
Guess my father started me on liking tractors![] (Esp. green two
cylinder ones! I like the grey ones too!)

A. Charles Eck, Jr.
Essex, MD

Studebakers were made to drive! (Besides, they don't get lost as easy in the Wal-Mart parking lot!)

'64 Cruiser 'Louise'
'57 Commander 4 door sedan 'Bluebird'
'66 Ford F-250
'53 John Deere 50
'41 John Deere H All-Fuel
'41 John Deere B All-Fuel

[starliner62]

"I would find some kind of wierd satisfaction putting a Black Widow spider through a 12 hour centrifuge experience...."

Thanks Jeff, I needed that!!

Jamie McLeod
Hope Mills, NC

[bison]

John you should be going through ONE of those college football towns , any chance your going to stop and see a game although its probably not a good idea towing a nice trailer like that , you know with homecoming just around the corner ps have a safe trip