abcandjrc
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- Joined
- Oct 10, 2010
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- Fluid Motion Model
- C-24 C SE
- Hull Identification Number
- FMLT2160D707
- Vessel Name
- Little Lady (2007)
I was posting a reply in the thread Trailer Lights New EZ Loader :
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2669
My thoughts were that when I see what salt water does to the rest of my trailer, I don't even consider local corrosion at the lights as damaging to the trailer. I might lose ground at a light, but just dismounting and remounting it will correct that most of the time.
Right now, the jack on the trailer tongue is frozen so solidly that I stripped the gears trying to raise it. ($50) It may have been under the water sometime in it's past, but not since I have owned it. And I have kept it well greased.
I looked back one day after launching and saw something hanging under the boat. The brake line had rusted completely through. ($75) This is on a 5 year old trailer which was not regularly used by the previous owners. The brake calipers look like something they found on the deck of Monitor when they dove on it. It is amazing the pistons still move. One wonders why a trailer is galvanized for salt water use but stainless calipers are not fitted. (Ah, $400.) Are stainless pads even available? I have been afraid to look.
I did have to replace one light that had corroded for about $25, noise-level around boats. One almost takes pleasure in a bill that small as if it were a gift.
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2669
My thoughts were that when I see what salt water does to the rest of my trailer, I don't even consider local corrosion at the lights as damaging to the trailer. I might lose ground at a light, but just dismounting and remounting it will correct that most of the time.
Right now, the jack on the trailer tongue is frozen so solidly that I stripped the gears trying to raise it. ($50) It may have been under the water sometime in it's past, but not since I have owned it. And I have kept it well greased.
I looked back one day after launching and saw something hanging under the boat. The brake line had rusted completely through. ($75) This is on a 5 year old trailer which was not regularly used by the previous owners. The brake calipers look like something they found on the deck of Monitor when they dove on it. It is amazing the pistons still move. One wonders why a trailer is galvanized for salt water use but stainless calipers are not fitted. (Ah, $400.) Are stainless pads even available? I have been afraid to look.
I did have to replace one light that had corroded for about $25, noise-level around boats. One almost takes pleasure in a bill that small as if it were a gift.