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The amount of weight your putting on them and the amount of use they will get I wouldn't be worried about bearing wear.
And when your driving it'll be supported but the cradle and latch anyway.
Either option, bearing or bush will be fine imo.
Even a setup without that top mount wound be ample in my eyes as before, when driving it'll be supported by cradle and latch.
Had part of an old shackle so will use this as the pivot pin and get the bushes made from the correct material, got to find a piece of 35mm i.d. pipe, weld it to the swing away and then will be able to sort the pivot out.
Arrived in Victoria yesterday, went for a run to Traralgon Trailers in Morwell. You Vic people have a quirky sense of humour. Any way they had 3 different types of latch, was good to compare. Bought this one. Also got a pack of bushes cheap at Repco, not the good acetal stuff, but can get some made of that in the future if warranted. Had a coffee with Roofy and Jane on the way back to the mother in laws. Great to catch up again and talk trips, that Simpson trip sounded great.