Best ways to protect trailer's under carriage?
Suggestions and tips are welcome. Rust, road debris, everything. I am a new trailer owner and want to do the right thing early.
Forum Discussion
dodge guy wrote:
Yes. Avoid salt....period!
Only problem there is for those that end up buying a TT that was delivered out of Indiana in the winter, especially a couple thousand miles to the west coast in mid-winter.
Ours got delivered in the winter (2,000+ miles) and had a lot of rust showing up underneath in the first year of ownership. Some bolts have no plating left and are badly rusted, some electrical connections are badly corroded, lotsa rust on the frame, propane piping and misc. metal. The paint coating on metal seems to be extremely thin and just *looks* like a paint job. I am wondering how much salt got sprayed up behind the underbelly material. Probably should take it down to be sure.
Now I've gotta get underneath and clean and paint all the exposed metal. I should have cleaned the underside as soon as we got it, but didn't. Not happy.
Salt is bad, bad, bad.
