Third wheel for boat trailer

I saw one once at the 4wd show at Rosehill about 5 years ago (before I had a trailer). I haven't been able to find them since. Good luck. Dave

G'day Drew,

Mate I've never seen one up close but reckon that one could be manufactured from a swing away jockey wheel asembly. If you shortened the assembly to allow it to swing then in theory it should by able to sit above or below the draw bar. Probably wouldn't need to be able to wind up or down, just needs a stub welded to the leg.

I suppose if you did this close to the winch post then you should be able lock the wheel in place when travelling.

Just an idea.

Kind regards

Hello Drew

Just had a walk around the Port Hedland Port Authority tinnie . Their rig is a bearing hub welded to a plate which is secured to the draw bar with two 'U' clamps . It has the virtues of being simple , cheap , light and strong . On their rig the centre of the bearing is central to the draw bar and this gives sufficient ground clearance under the wheel for normal driving conditions .

Drew ,i'm currently making one in the LIA (karratha).give me a call on 0407771599 and i can show u