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benelli08
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Joined: Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:42 pm
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 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
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banded-mallard
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Re: Boat trailer Why were you talked out of aluminum?
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wade_660
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Re: Boat trailer It'd look like hell but you could undercoat it. Aluminum would be your best bet or spray in Bedliner
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benelli08
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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
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banded-mallard
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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.
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Crews
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Location: Lafayette
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Re: Boat trailer 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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North LA Hunter
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Location: West Monroe, LA
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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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msm8281
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Re: Boat trailer
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banded-mallard
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Re: Boat trailer Old pics but you get the idea
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North LA Hunter
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Re: Boat trailer 3x3 tubing, 4" I beam and 4" c channel.
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North LA Hunter
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Re: Boat trailer 3x3 tubing and 4" c channel.
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North LA Hunter
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Re: Boat trailer 3x3 tubing and 2x3 tubing.
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med
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Re: Boat trailer What size you use on your cross pieces that the bunks sit on?
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North LA Hunter
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Re: Boat trailer
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banded-mallard
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rob_E
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Re: Boat trailer How do you determine where the axle goes?
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North LA Hunter
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North LA Hunter
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Re: Boat trailer 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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