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Old 01-18-2015, 08:05 AM
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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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Old 01-18-2015, 08:14 AM
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A really large helicopter with straps...
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Old 01-18-2015, 08:20 AM
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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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Old 01-18-2015, 08:22 AM
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ive got straps i use mith my crane truck[ATTACH=CONFIG]535821[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]535822[/ATTACH]
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Old 01-18-2015, 08:32 AM
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Looks like your covered!
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Old 01-18-2015, 08:35 AM
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a little to long to go down the road together
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Old 01-18-2015, 09:51 AM
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find a marina with a boatel
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Old 01-18-2015, 10:21 AM
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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!!!
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Old 01-23-2015, 01:05 PM
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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.
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Old 01-23-2015, 02:35 PM
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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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