I had wanted to do something to the trailer like putting on bigger wheels and tires because the lower unit was only about an inch off the ground with the old 8" rims and tires and the power tilt no longer worked and the motor isn't set up for manual lift. I had some old 14" Ford rims laying around with bias ply tires on them. I took them to a garage and had used tires put on them and now VIOLA! Plenty of clearence for the skeg. However, the damn tires rub the frame so I had to order 1/2" wheel spacers. It NEVER ends!!!