trailer help

[gonefishin]

how do some of you people stop your trailer from rusting/ corroding after many years of in and out of salt water, do you wash it thoroughly at home with fresh water or what are are the other method used in maintaining your trailer and also do any of you know how much trailer frame/ axle repair/ replacement costs

[Death Ray]

gonefishin wrote:

how do some of you people stop your trailer from rusting/ corroding after many years of in and out of salt water, do you wash it thoroughly at home with fresh water or what are are the other method used in maintaining your trailer and also do any of you know how much trailer frame/ axle repair/ replacement costs

We have a sealed humidified heavy duty plastic bubble/capsule that we keep our 4.8m Redco trailer in (our boat is in dry storage at the marina). The trailer, like most has gavanised axle and springs, but the bubble aids in protecting these parts from future corrosion. We got the bubble/capsule in Alanta USA when we were last there, don't know where they are available here!

Hope this heaps (rust sucks)

Cheers

[Beejay]

an old trick is to coat the trailer with diesal fuel with a paint brush and then drive it through some dirt and dust. The dirt and dust sticks to the diesal and creates a waterproof seal that should last forever.

Wont make your trailer look fantastic but will protect it from salt water and rust....cheers Beejay

[daveylad]

give mine a good blast with a gurney every time it goes near the water take my time with it and get into as many areas as I can up to now no sign of problems

[ellicat]

A good hose off while the motor's being flushed in a 60l bin. Pay particular attention to the springs and axle. Give the internals a flush through (main side lengths are open both ends). Every 2 or 3 trips I Inox/Lanox the springs, bolts, rollers, axle.

The only rust on my 10+ year old trailer is some surface rust on the axle.

[straddiebrad]

spray a product called teck-tol its good stuff

[dhess]

I second what Brad said. Tectyl is great stuff made by Valvoline. I forms a thin layer when it dries and doesn't easily come off. Its a parrafin based product. Innox and fishoil are also very good.

If you need to change axles springs have a crack at doing it yourself. You will be surprised at how easy it is.

[rayke1938]

Beejay wrote:

an old trick is to coat the trailer with diesal fuel with a paint brush and then drive it through some dirt and dust. The dirt and dust sticks to the diesal and creates a waterproof seal that should last forever.

Wont make your trailer look fantastic but will protect it from salt water and rust....cheers Beejay

Might work but not very nice for the waterways as you leave an oil slick behind.Previous ranger at Lenthalls stopped a bloke from launching because he had oiled his trailer.

CHeers

Ray

[mick fillet]

just regular washes after use.

also when storing the boat let the safty chain hit the ground to earth it out if there is an earth leakage through the boat for some reason( eg.ignition key left on) the current will have an escape route rather than being harnesed by metals both trailor and boat encouraging rust and electrolises to break out rapidly.

[Davo_Dinkum]

all good ideas there .

with the diesel idea a diesel/oil mix is the go,we used to spray our stock cars in it to stop mud sticking and our 4x4's when doing beach /salt water work .

its a cheap option but dirty ,another down site it the crap/oil slick/drips it will leave in the water on the ground etc .

definably not environment friendly

teck-tol,would be the best 1 in my eyes,dry's hard but soft ,sticks like no tomorrow ,shouldn't leave a oil slick .

fishoil ,sort of stay soft and stinks ,may leave a oil slick ,should be cheaper of the 3 products .

Innox ,i have only ever use to lube stuff ,i have head of people using it to protect stuff .think it stays soft too and it may leave a oil slick too .