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    My trailer tires have a flat spot if the trailer sits for 3 days. It's pretty significant if the boat sites a week but it's no worse after 14 days of sitting than it is 3 months. I know this because I pull my boat forward 3' or so to hook it up to the pickup. My thought on this is with a 3 mile drive across town the tires are massaged back to round before I get on the interstate 80mph, and I am a self coined "autocondriac " a hypochondriac but to vehicles, I am very attentive and sensitive to my machines. Even successfully tuned two motorcycles fuel mapping with just interstate pulls.

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    Damn I didn’t mean to get someone all fired up.. btw I moved from NC to north Idaho and that is reason I am asking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 65Stang View Post
    Damn I didn’t mean to get someone all fired up.. btw I moved from NC to north Idaho and that is reason I am asking.
    Where about? Fishing is just ramping up here. It will be killer until end of November.
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    North of sandpoint. I have been very happy with the bass fishing here and the lack of pressure on the fish. Lake pend oreille is huge!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 65Stang View Post
    North of sandpoint. I have been very happy with the bass fishing here and the lack of pressure on the fish. Lake pend oreille is huge!!
    Nice. I mainly fish the PO, love that lake. Giant fish, LM and SM, pike and walleye.
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    My understanding is when you hang your suspension in the air it is not natural and can weaken it when put back down.
    Sort of like hanging by your feet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ranger Rod View Post
    My understanding is when you hang your suspension in the air it is not natural and can weaken it when put back down.
    Sort of like hanging by your feet.
    That's one I've never heard.
    If you Jack up the axle it's no different.
    Not to mention an inversion table has done more for my low back than anything else.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fishnfireman View Post
    That's one I've never heard.
    If you Jack up the axle it's no different.
    Not to mention an inversion table has done more for my low back than anything else.
    I was referring to stands on the frame. I think on the axel would be the same pressure as tires on the ground.
    I get this from storing cars.
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    #29
    I use RRoad timbers cut to length under each axle plate. Puts the tire about an inch off the floor. I can service the bearings if needed. Doesn't bother me to keep the springs loaded it has leafsprings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick H View Post
    IF I can find the video I will post the trailer tires with flat spots from sitting.
    Add an extra 10PSi to the tires that will help prevent/lesson flat spotting.
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