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My first job in the fishing industry was a fly fishing guide in Wyoming and Idaho. I started at the very very bottom and my first job was to have to change all the bearings on everybody's trailer because that's really what got us to the river and back safely. So I learned how to change bearings and I got to be pretty good at it but I never really liked it. And I never really wanted to do it.

Now we're very fortunate that when we get our new Ameratrail trailers they come with a hub that is a six-year, 100,000-mile warranty grease sealed ready to roll for a hundred thousand miles. I can trust those bearings and I don't have to check them regularly at all. But a lot of people will operate out of a Marina and they'll either have their boat in dry dock storage or just tied up at the dock and they'll keep their trailer in storage.

Then when it's time to go explore someplace like going down to Key West are going up to Biscayne Bay or taking a long trip somewhere or maybe you're going to evacuate from a hurricane. They put their boat on the trailer and then they have bearing problems. If you're keeping your boat stored somewhere, make sure that you think far enough ahead to where that you can get that trailer to a mechanic and have them either service or at least check your bearings for you.

If you don't know how to do it yourself good bearings are really important. They come standard on the Ameratrail trailer and I'm glad I don't have to think about it anymore for six years or a hundred thousand miles.

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See you on the water,

Tom Rowland

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