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| Author: | slbdeerhunter [ Thu May 14, 2009 9:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Trailer & salt water |
Was told by a friend not to put my trailer in salt water due to corrision issues. Prior trailer was aluminum and galvanized and I had no problems, but I do not want to ruin this new trailer. What do ya'll think? |
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| Author: | 07H200SS [ Thu May 14, 2009 9:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailer & salt water |
Mine has minor rust spots already and has only been in fresh water so that must tell you something. |
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| Author: | 230 Mike [ Thu May 14, 2009 10:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailer & salt water |
I've always heard the FW painted trailers don't hold up well at all in salt. We've got one lake here in Kansas that's slightly salty (who would've thought?), and my dealer told me to never go there. He said they can always spot the boats coming in for service that have been to that lake just by looking at the trailer. |
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| Author: | bschmid2 [ Thu May 14, 2009 11:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailer & salt water |
All of my boating is in salt water and I use a lot of fresh water thoroughly hosing down all parts of the trailer after each outing. They still rust and I am not a fan of the Four Winns Gatorhyde treatment which hides the initial rust and can prevent a thorough was in fresh water. I would LOOVE an aluminium trailer. |
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| Author: | slman [ Fri May 15, 2009 6:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailer & salt water |
Painted trailers seem to last about 3-5 years before major work needs to be done if used in salt more than a few times per year. I've had galvanized on my past 2 boats and have had no problems whatsoever and I am half fresh/half salt. |
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| Author: | Aussie_Horizon_190 [ Fri May 15, 2009 6:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailer & salt water |
I use my boat in salt water all the time. I purchased the galvanized and gatorhyde trailer and have had no problems at all with it, other than some of the nuts rusting. The non-galvanized (either painted or gatorhyde) trailers are really not suitable for salt water at all and will rot out from the inside which is totally unprotected and fills with salt water every time you load or unload. No matter how well you rinsed it afterwards, I think it will always be an issue. |
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| Author: | pet575 [ Fri May 15, 2009 9:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailer & salt water |
230 Mike wrote: I've always heard the FW painted trailers don't hold up well at all in salt. We've got one lake here in Kansas that's slightly salty (who would've thought?), and my dealer told me to never go there. He said they can always spot the boats coming in for service that have been to that lake just by looking at the trailer. Without hijacking this thread, which lake is that Mike? Never heard this before... |
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| Author: | 230 Mike [ Fri May 15, 2009 1:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailer & salt water |
Paul, I wish I could remember.  I want to say it's Wilson, but I think people have told me in the past that isn't right. On the other hand Wilson is fairly close to Salina, so one might think I'm right about that. And now my dealer is OOB, so I can't call to ask them.
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| Author: | LouC [ Fri May 15, 2009 4:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailer & salt water |
I don't know how many times you can put a painted steel trailer in the salt water before it starts to rust, because no one here has one....they have to be either galvanized or aluminum....even if I was in a fresh water region, I'd have a galvanized trailer.....mine is 15 years old and all the U-bolts have been replaced, as has the axle/springs/brakes. The original galvanized portions have almost no rust. I found that keeping the springs and bolts/nuts rust free depends on regular coatings with rust preventive coatings like T-9 Boeshield or Corrosion X. Mine has been sprayed every year with this stuff and the springs (6 years old) and all the other fittings (5 years old) have no rust, by comparison my neighbor has a 2005 Venture galvanized trailer and the springs/U-bolts/nuts are heavily rusted already, and both trailers are used only for seasonal launching and retrieving of moored boats. So that stuff works well. |
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