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Old 08-10-2004 | 11:39 AM
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Why the hell did some trailer companys make them using steel BOX tubing??? Do they not see it holding water inside the frame after a boat is launched then rusting out in a few years?
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Old 08-10-2004 | 11:42 AM
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Box tubing is more rigid per pound than open frame designs.
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Old 08-10-2004 | 11:50 AM
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It also looks better and is lighter.
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Old 08-10-2004 | 12:08 PM
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My trailer has holes drilled in it to allow the water a way to escape.
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Old 08-10-2004 | 12:37 PM
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yup, get a drill, problem solved.
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Old 08-10-2004 | 12:38 PM
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Skater fills their trailers with argon and pressurizes it.
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Old 08-10-2004 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by JUST ONCE
yup, get a drill, problem solved.

Too late on mine. Rust has made it own holes. I called the local steel shop and apparently 2x5 11 gauge box isn't very popular.

My other boat trailer is much older and made of channel steel. Keep paint on it and it will last forever. But it makes sense of what Reed said. It would be a heavy as5 trailer for bigger boats.

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Old 08-10-2004 | 12:56 PM
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Skater fills their trailers with argon and pressurizes it.
I have heard of that, but not boat trailers. Doesn't Argon displace oxygen?

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Old 08-10-2004 | 01:18 PM
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Who makes good, reasonably priced aluminium trailers?

And.....Who makes good, reasonably priced steel trailers?

For a 25'
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Old 08-10-2004 | 01:50 PM
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my trailer is uuuggggllllyyyy but it loads perfect every time and tows perfectly.Its a Quickload.
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