I Think I Got Something

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by spareparts

you can use the mister hoses from Lowes, they are supposed to be installed on a fan, just tie wrap them to the trailer frame, hook it to the water bladder and let it spray

Phat, the bladder under pressure is a GREAT idea!!...so simple...and Spare's is another!!...this could go somewhere!!

But the only thing is, I heard this morning from a leading authority on corrosion...one of the most corrosive personalities I know...(well that didn't come out right )...

Mr Krinkle, HIMSELF!!...he assures me it takes LOTS more time for the corrosive effects of salt on galvanized surface, even on unprotected steel, than you are likely to spend out out on the boat for a day....SO, back to the house foe a good dose of fresh water and salt away w/your home system oughtta do it, Phat...

Damn the brains that flow around here are ASTOUNDING!!...

[phatdaddy]

well, my dad has a 98 cajun bass boat with a painted steel trailer that has never been dunked in salt water and it still has original springs. i have a 97 al trailer that is on it's second set of galv torsion axles. i know guys that carry a pump up garden sprayer and go around and rinse after launching and they say they can tell the difference. don't know if we haver a higher salinity, but this stuff is unreal. i have to put a new set of leaf springs on the scallop boat every 2 years. but it is 35 miles from here to st joe, so it dosen't get a bath for about an hour after dunking.

[phatdaddy]

reel, you are my muse. i have been collecting these spare parts from irrigation jobs for about 6 months, nice sunny afternoon and no football, so i got busy on my project. this tank will spray about 3-3.5 gallons through these xeri spray greenhouse heads in about 45 seconds. the tank will mount on the tongue and the black pipe will run down the i-beams and heads will spray outside and inside of all four tires & hubs. iusually take the boat off the trailer in feb and do maintenance. so i will mount it and update pics then.


mock up with fill hose hooked and charging, once static shut off black ball valve.




spraying through 8 heads, in & out for all four tires & hubs

[spareparts]

My Father in law once told me(he was in the Navy), "there's nothing in this world that can't be screwed up by salt water or a Marine, avoid both when possible"

[Kracker Jack]

I just happen to see these lastnight on a yamaha website. they are $80 dollars for a set. you made out like a fat rat!!!!

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by Kracker Jack

I just happen to see these lastnight on a yamaha website. they are $80 dollars for a set. you made out like a fat rat!!!!

I got some heavy rubber cushions about the same diameter as theses tubes that I was thinkin' about puttin' on mine...gotta holler out the hole thru 'em some...gotta keep up w/the Yammers...

$80 a pair, huh???...might be time to go into production...

[willy]

Came up with an idea for boat ramps that have a hose a couple of years ago.
Put one of those fixed sprinkler heads with a pretty good wide pattern on the ground under the boat and trailer, with hose attached of course.
Have a thirty some foot length of para cord, attached to the other side of the sprinkler and a weight on the other end of the para cord. Toss the length of the trailer on the ground and just ull it along underneath pausing as long as you want to flush the the whole underside of the trailer and boat.
Have a handle on the sprinkler and an adjustable spray pattern and use it for the rest of the boat.

[Orlando]

Always wondered if it would be beneficial to put zincs on a trailer the way you do on the outboard? also heard of hooking a zinc to the negetive terminal of your batery to protect the electrical connections from corrosion.

[Kracker Jack]

Originally Posted by Orlando

Always wondered if it would be beneficial to put zincs on a trailer the way you do on the outboard? also heard of hooking a zinc to the negetive terminal of your batery to protect the electrical connections from corrosion.

Orlando I'm not pro on this at all but I would think zincs would be useless on a trailer due to it only being submersed for a few minutes then its introduced back to an air enviroment. Drying it out ultimately. I think zincs have to be submersed to work. Don't hold me to that its simply a assumption.

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by willy

Came up with an idea for boat ramps that have a hose a couple of years ago.
Put one of those fixed sprinkler heads with a pretty good wide pattern on the ground under the boat and trailer, with hose attached of course.
Have a thirty some foot length of para cord, attached to the other side of the sprinkler and a weight on the other end of the para cord. Toss the length of the trailer on the ground and just ull it along underneath pausing as long as you want to flush the the whole underside of the trailer and boat.
Have a handle on the sprinkler and an adjustable spray pattern and use it for the rest of the boat.

Well hell...Ya might be on to somethin' there...according to our resident corrosion expert, you could have such a device at home, cuz salt on galvanized take s as much as 36 hours to become corrosive...and on unprotected steel like leaf springs as much as 24 hrs...