billyk

I had a ProCraft Bass Boat that I used many years in the Savannah, GA area. I would wager that my trailer only saw salt water 6 times max, as lifts are very common in that area, and that is what I primarily used to get on the water. In the 3 years that I lived in GA, my trailer was destroyed by rust, and like I said, I only used ramps maybe 1/2 dozen times. The trailer was made of painted, open channel steel.

I used to take my boat to a car wash after every trip, washed the carpet, trailer...everything, ( rods and reels too !! ) then applied the wax from the car wash on everything. The vacume's at those car washes do an amazing job of pulling alot of water out of the carpet. I also used an aerosol spray anti corrosion product on all things metal and electric...by that I mean inside the connections for the bow light, stern light, fish finder mount.

Sold the boat about 3 years after that...new trailer ( aluminum this time !! ) but the boat was in good working order.

Pick your days, those low profile, low gunnel boats can be interesting when the waves pick up !!