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Thanks all for the great tips and encouragement. I'm sure all will be fine - just excited and nervous about buying something that's 11 years old.

thanks. Will I be able to find a bearing buddies size to match that old trailer?

Thanks, I appreciate all the info. The trailer is a 1997 venture double axle trailer. I don't know if it has brakes on it (looked like it on quick inspection, but I don't really know - I'll know more when I go back for the survey) I'll probably be making one long trip home from Maine, and...

thanks, that was a great thread about towing with Tundras/Sequoias. Some of what you're saying is over my head - I know very little about cars, and even less about trailers. ATF = trans fluid? trans-cooler?

offer was accepted - now I'm lining up my surveyor. Hopefully all works out. Then I've got to trailer from Maine to Mass (never trailered anything before, so that's another first for me). I'm nervous about the whole thing but I'm sure I'll be fine once I get everything going. I have a 2002...

put an offer in today - now just wait and see what happens I'll hopefully hear if my offer was accepted tomorrow and then I can get my surveyor lined up, etc. Can't wait! Now the expenses begin (surveyor, slip, etc.) :D

thanks. That's great advice about the Yammy's vs. Johnson/Evinrude. The whole thing is a bit overwhelming. I'm barely just learning the terminology now, so it's tough to follow some of the posts on the boards.

I'm hoping to buy my first boat next week. On Sunday, I'm lined up to see approx 10 used 208's, all between 1993-1998 vintage. I'll get a full survey and sea test on whichever one I buy. Any advice on what I should use to differentiate them all? Any particular years that were better/worse...