Total Trailer Fail - Inspect your Shorelanders

[Scoop]

My 2018 POS Shorelander trailer broke in two!!!! The scary part is the safety chains would not have helped since the break was beyond that point. Everyone - see below photos and inspect your trailer. Just above the cInder blocks in the photo the trailer cracked and bent about 30 degrees. The rear wheels were 1 foot in the air since the front part dropped about a foot. The pictures are showing the trailer after I jacked up the front and put it on cinder blocks.

Totally unsatisfactory for a 5 year old trailer - it could have departed the tow vehicle and went into oncoming traffic and killed someone. Fortunately it broke when I launched the boat at a ramp. My buddy pulled the trailer forward and immediately noticed it. It appears to have broken when the weight of the boat was removed.

The trailer is 5 years old with about 10,000 miles on it.

I need to replace the 4-5 foot section that inserts into the main trailer and ends at the folding actuator section. I cant seem to find frame parts for the trailer.

Is there anyway to talk to a human being or at least e-mail someone at shorlander?

 

[Cambo]

10,000 miles in 5 years ? How far is the boat ramp?
How many hours do you have on the boat ? What did shorelander say did you contact them?

 

[Cambo]

See if you can report it here

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[Ronnie]

My 2018 POS Shorelander trailer broke in two!!!! The scary part is the safety chains would not have helped since the break was beyond that point. Everyone - see below photos and inspect your trailer. Just above the cInder blocks in the photo the trailer cracked and bent about 30 degrees. The rear wheels were 1 foot in the air since the front part dropped about a foot. The pictures are showing the trailer after I jacked up the front and put it on cinder blocks.

Totally unsatisfactory for a 5 year old trailer - it could have departed the tow vehicle and went into oncoming traffic and killed someone. Fortunately it broke when I launched the boat at a ramp. My buddy pulled the trailer forward and immediately noticed it. It appears to have broken when the weight of the boat was removed.

The trailer is 5 years old with about 10,000 miles on it.View attachment 201738View attachment 201738

I need to replace the 4-5 foot section that inserts into the main trailer and ends at the folding actuator section. I cant seem to find frame parts for the trailer.

Is there anyway to talk to a human being or at least e-mail someone at shorlander?View attachment 201739

UH, HOLY SHIT !!!!!

Glad nobody was hurt.

I was about to replace my glavanized 2010 MFI trailer with a painted 2017 Shorelander but now I’m not sure if I should.

I assume you boat in saltwater but I thought that a galvanized trailer would be less prone to it.

Good luck with the repair or replacement. I hope Shorelander covers, for what it’s worth I just made a recall claim on the 2017 via a phone call an email to them and they approved the claim for new fenders right away. I’m the second owner of the trailer.

 

[Cas1986]

Just curious, how do you load the boat? Could if powering on the trailer could have added stress??

 

[Cambo]

That bolt hole drill location looks like it added to the failure.