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Author:  benelli08 [ Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:43 am ]
Post subject:  Boat trailer
I'm looking to Bud me a boat trailer a lot cheaper than buying one of those cheap light duty ones
I was gonna go with a aluminum but I was talked out of it now in going with steel but wondering what's the best thing to coat it with I travel a gravel road so just basic pair won't hold up I don't think and to to get it blasted and coated is outrageous so I'm looking for something off the shelf to coat it with besides paint
Author:  banded-mallard [ Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Boat trailer
Why were you talked out of aluminum?
Author:  wade_660 [ Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:12 am ]
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It'd look like hell but you could undercoat it. Aluminum would be your best bet or spray in Bedliner


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Author:  benelli08 [ Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Boat trailer
Talked to bunch a different ppl and all having problems with cracking and I travel a gravel road with potholes out the ass I don't think it would hold up
Author:  banded-mallard [ Mon Jun 06, 2016 12:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boat trailer
made mine out of 4" channel 1/4" thick. Tongue it 3" x 3" x .25" that runs almost all the way to the rear. Not sure where your from, but the pot holes here in Louisiana can knock you truck out of alignment. I've never had an issue, not have I had a weld break. Depends a lot on the welder and how its made. If the road is that bad, then even with steel, you'll damage something.

And x2 on the underbelly. That steel trailer on that rock road will rust to shit if not kept coated with something.
Author:  Crews [ Mon Jun 06, 2016 2:45 pm ]
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I just bought a Sport Trail tandem axle aluminum trailer for a 24' long boat. It came with a 10 year frame warranty.

That sounds a hell of a lot easier than these goofy ass questions about coating a steel trailer. But that's just me.


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Author:  North LA Hunter [ Mon Jun 06, 2016 3:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Boat trailer
Whichever trailer GT uses seems like a well built trailer. And one thing I noticed is everything is bolted together. I don't think there is a single weld on it.

If I were to build a aluminum trailer it would probably be bolted.


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Author:  msm8281 [ Mon Jun 06, 2016 7:24 pm ]
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Author:  banded-mallard [ Tue Jun 07, 2016 4:22 am ]
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Old pics but you get the idea

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Author:  North LA Hunter [ Tue Jun 07, 2016 6:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Boat trailer
3x3 tubing, 4" I beam and 4" c channel.






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Author:  North LA Hunter [ Tue Jun 07, 2016 6:12 am ]
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3x3 tubing and 4" c channel.






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Author:  North LA Hunter [ Tue Jun 07, 2016 6:14 am ]
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3x3 tubing and 2x3 tubing.






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Author:  med [ Tue Jun 07, 2016 7:33 am ]
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What size you use on your cross pieces that the bunks sit on?
Author:  North LA Hunter [ Tue Jun 07, 2016 8:59 am ]
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Author:  banded-mallard [ Tue Jun 07, 2016 10:26 am ]
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Author:  rob_E [ Tue Jun 07, 2016 12:44 pm ]
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How do you determine where the axle goes?
Author:  North LA Hunter [ Tue Jun 07, 2016 1:07 pm ]
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Author:  North LA Hunter [ Tue Jun 07, 2016 1:10 pm ]
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And having your I beam/c channel rolled looks a lot better than cutting a miter on it. The middle trailer in my pictures, I just mitered so I wouldn't have to wait on it to get rolled. And it looked too home made.


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