Me too, live in AZ and bought in Jacksonville Fl. I would go with aluminum all the way.

that was my point. why go thru the effort of buying an alum trailer to prevent rust & then go & put diamond plate on it. his logic didnt make sense. unless someone doesnt mind sacraficial diamond plate to replace every couple years.

was it a 1989 29 Fountain with twin sbc's? lol!

Unpainted c-channel welded aluminum with proper bunk setup is the cats azz. No paint chips, no rust, no waxing, marketable nationwide, weight savings (if you care about being legal and have ever actually weighed your boat and trailer you would know every single pound saved can be critical), and they look tough. Important aspects of a c-channel aluminum are not to skimp on the rail size and make sure the builder has a track record building welded aluminum trailers and has worked out the bugs.

Make sure you do electric over hydraulic no matter which way you go.

put straight electric on ours & love it.

how long have you been running the straight electric?

theres a manufacture around here been building boat trailers for 30 yrs, has govt contracts etc and straight elect is standard on his boat trailers, no cost optional surge, elect over hyd special order. ....

they have 100s of boat trailers out there with straight elect and they have no prob whatsoever reccomending them.....Im only in fresh only get out about 12 - 14 times a yr (only 3 last yr bad summer) rest of time in the shop.....I know my buddies house trailer with elect is awesome.