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PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:44 pm 
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Made a local boat shop a cash offer of $750, they took. Brand new 2800lb rated single axle galvanized trailer for my 2000 Horizon 180. I currently do not have a trailer as the original rotted too bad and I sold it for scrap and my boat has been sitting in the water since June.

Yay

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:51 pm 
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Wow... a great buy!

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:11 pm 
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So your trailer only lasted 11 years? Is that all I can expect from mine?

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:39 pm 
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Painted trailers are not a problem in fresh water as long as you look after them.

In salt water I would only ever have a galvanized trailer unless you maybe only haul it in and out once a season, in which case you may get away with a painted trailer for 5 years or more.

I got the galvanized and gatorhyde coated trailer. Sure the srings are a little rusty and so are some of the nuts and bolts, but the trailer itself still looks like new 5 years down the track.

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ric
PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:21 am 
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My painted trailer never saw a day of salt water.

It rotted from the inside out. The only thing holding it together was the paint.

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Winter Sux
PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:28 pm 
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blue dragon, I have two words for you.

Rust Check :D

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