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I've always greased and/or replaced the wheel bearings in my trucks myself. My dad uses "feel" and experience to determine how tight to get the nut after putting the bearings in. I've never been very good at it, and always feel a need to have him close by to double check for me. All that said, I never pulled the bearings on my old camper. Few pumps in the grease fitting now and then is all I did.
I'm aware now that that's not the best practice, but also this trailer doesn't have bearing buddies.
Is there a certain torque spec I can follow to get the axle nut set? Or do I need to go all ratchet whisperer like my dad does?
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Since you have standard type Dexter axles the procedure for the axle nit tightness you asked about is basically the same..
Follow Dexters procedure and install cotter pin as per their info after initial torque of 50 ft lbs and backing nut off and finger tight...