too nice for the salt water
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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?
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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.
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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.
A steel trailer is almost worthless if you live on the coast.