Trailer front V stop need ideas

[badbowtie]

I have a 1987 shorelandr trailer that I need to replace the front v pads I called shorelandr and he looked up the parts for my trailer and they are discontinued. I need some ideas of some rubber that will not mark or poly that is 6"x6" square and 2" thick is the factory sizes that I can cut and drill. I am just can not think of anything that is like what I need. You can see it in the picture it is right were the spare tire mounts to.

 

[ultra_1968]

Re: Trailer front V stop need ideas

I'm not a super mechanical guy, but could you get one of those mats that pick up bed liners are made from?

 

[Sixmark]

Re: Trailer front V stop need ideas

Call me crazy but why don't you just replace the metal "Y" shape piece with one of the poly types?

 

[badbowtie]

Re: Trailer front V stop need ideas

You can not use a truck bed mat because it is not thick enough but I even kind of thought about the V stops. I guess I will just have to measure what I have and go pick up a bow V and fab the brackets to fasten it.

 

[jeeperman]

Re: Trailer front V stop need ideas

If your just wanting to replace those black pads, you don't need anything that is 6x6x2.
You could use some 1/2" or so thick pads of starboard, mounted to the existing steel under those black pads.

 

[dlngr]

Re: Trailer front V stop need ideas

I would take the whole thing off,and mount the spare tire somewhere else. You have a good bow-stop [the yellow one] The lower one is not needed.

 

[badbowtie]

Re: Trailer front V stop need ideas

I don't need the one with the tire mounted to it even though this is a roller trailer. If that can be conformed I will just take it off.