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weldcrane 01-18-2015 08:05 AM

too nice for the salt water
 
my recent purchase came with a excellent 3 axel viper trailer 15000 gvw like brand new i really dont want to put it the salt water any suggestions?

Flightplan 01-18-2015 08:14 AM

A really large helicopter with straps...

Apexwarrior 01-18-2015 08:20 AM

I'm in the same situation. I'm planning on boating in salt water for the first time this summer but I have a steel trailer. My aim is to hopefully find someone who can crane it in, as I think dipping a steel trailer in salt water is asking for trouble.

weldcrane 01-18-2015 08:22 AM

2 Attachment(s)
ive got straps i use mith my crane truck[ATTACH=CONFIG]535821[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]535822[/ATTACH]

Apexwarrior 01-18-2015 08:32 AM

Looks like your covered!

weldcrane 01-18-2015 08:35 AM

a little to long to go down the road together

ezstriper 01-18-2015 09:51 AM

find a marina with a boatel

spazboz 01-18-2015 10:21 AM

Buy like 20 cases of Flex Seal and get spraying. I have it on good authority that you could install a screendoor in the bottom of your boat and it would still be watertight. It is the handyman in a can!!!

performancems 01-23-2015 01:05 PM

that's why I hate steel trailers. I've had a few boats that came with steel trailers and I dunked them in salt until finding an aluminum. One steel trailer lasted a whole season without ever getting a hole, while another rusted through after 2 months and had to be patch welded just to get to the boat ramp to offload the boat.

A steel trailer is almost worthless if you live on the coast.

Sunrocket24 01-23-2015 02:35 PM

Sell it and get a new trailer. Before I moved from the Great Lakes to VA I found a dealer that let me trade in my steel trailer on a new aluminum trailer.


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