brian41

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Ron makes them for about 35% less than Yardarm.

FuelinAround

I went with steel. Mostly because of looks. I have never had the boat in salt water and don't plan on doing it on a routine basis at all. IMO aluminum trailers are fugly

509 SC

I had Ron build an aluminum one that was painted. Best of both worlds, lighter and salt ready. And as others have said, it expands your potential market if you do sell it.
Steve

45sonic

Love ours but seriously if you got any type of center caps REMOVE them. Mine held water and caused the hub/rotor to rust away. Didn't suffer any bearing damage but all the hubs/rotors needed to be replaced in what I consider to be too soon a time. We have an '08 and doesn't get much travel time on it a year.

Wildman_grafix

Steel must be cheaper then aluminum, that is the same price I got but for a dual axel, EOH, with drive guard. No tool boxes, no electric winch.

JTeam

They look good but are an issue. I get a little hand pump with a small hose and pump the water out after rinsing. Love the trailer though.

509 SC

+1 on that. The center hubs that came on my Manning look to be stainless steel, they definitely hold water. My rims were trashed before I picked the boat up from the manufacturer. He test ran the boat (Florida) and the saltwater caused a dissimilar metals corrosion event. It got behind the clearcoat on the aluminum rims and turned them black. You definitely can't get the water out of the caps, maybe some drill holes in the sides would help. Nice trailer though.
Steve

Strip Poker 388

iTrader: (6)

Most trailer manfg gets there wheeland tire combos from Tredit,I'm sure the caps are imported.I drilled a 1/16 hole at 12 and 6 and it usually drains,But it still attacks the clear on the alum wheel. Mainly around the lug nut area.The black plastic insert caps fit tight,I customized mine

My car trailer came with the stainless caps and there a 1999 and the alum wheels and caps still look new.

http://www.tredittire.com/Default.aspx

FuelinAround

So what's the recommendation? Take the caps off, drill holes, or change them out?

BGIII

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I've run no caps for 6 years, hubs still look like new.