Swansboro is a boating town, and that shapes the work we do here. Along with the usual batteries, brakes, and check engine lights, we see a lot of boat trailers with salt-damaged wiring and bearings, and tow vehicles that work hard every weekend in the season.
Roadgun Mobile Repair comes to your home or dock-side parking anywhere around Swansboro, along NC 24 and the White Oak River, so you do not have to haul a vehicle or a trailer back toward Jacksonville for service.
Boat trailer repair near the water
Salt water is the enemy of trailer bearings, brakes, and lights. Every dunk at the ramp pushes water into hubs and connectors. Over a season that turns into grinding bearings, corroded surge or electric brakes, and lights that flicker or quit.
We service and replace wheel bearings, inspect and repair trailer brakes, and rewire lights and plugs on boat trailers where they are parked. Before we leave, we test everything with your tow vehicle if it is on hand. Having it done before a trip beats limping home from the ramp with a smoking hub.
Tow vehicles and daily drivers
Pickups and SUVs that tow boats wear brakes and cooling systems harder than daily drivers. We replace pads and rotors, belts, and hoses, and check cooling systems before towing season. For daily drivers, we handle the everyday problems: dead batteries, no-starts, brake noise, oil changes, and warning lights.
Coastal air and summer heat age rubber and battery terminals faster than inland driving does. A quick look during an oil change visit often catches a cracked belt or a corroded terminal before it strands you.
Why a mobile mechanic in Swansboro
Getting a vehicle to a shop and back from Swansboro takes a big part of a day. A mobile visit keeps the vehicle at home and keeps you on your schedule. For trailers, it also solves the problem of needing working lights just to legally tow it to someone who can fix the lights.
Roadgun is veteran-owned and run by the mechanic who does the work. Travis has 26 years of experience and will tell you straight what needs doing now, what can wait, and what belongs in a shop.
Getting ready for boating season
The best time to deal with a boat trailer is before the first trip of spring, not at the ramp. A pre-season visit covers the things that fail after a winter of sitting: wheel bearings that took on water last fall, trailer brakes that seized, lights with corroded sockets, and tires that dry rotted in the sun.
It is also a good time to look at the tow vehicle. Brakes, the cooling system, and the transmission all work harder with a boat behind them in summer heat. Having both checked in one driveway visit means the first weekend on the White Oak River is spent on the water instead of on the shoulder of NC 24.
Scheduling
We work Monday through Friday, 6 AM to 6 PM. Call or send the request form with the vehicle or trailer, what is wrong, and where it is parked. Photos of a trailer plug or hub help us bring the right parts the first time.