Boat Ramp Champ
You just bought a shiny new boat and trailer combo, and a four-wheel-drive pickup that can tow a battleship. You know how to maintain the boat, and the dealer will take care of the truck, but how do you make sure your expensive trailer stays fit and capable of taking you on the adventures you crave? There’s more to trailer maintenance than you might think, and it starts on the first day you own your new rig.
You’ve probably heard this before, but you’ll hear it again now: Read the owner’s manual! The folks who built your trailer didn’t write those instructions for their own amusement—everything you need to know (well, almost everything) is in there, so get familiar with it. If you don’t have a manual, chances are you can download one. Making a trailer last forever isn’t rocket science and doesn’t demand esoteric skills or necromancer’s tools—it’s really just a matter of knowing what simple upkeep chores to do, and when to do them. The first and most important chore in preventive maintenance involves prodigious volumes of H2O—fresh H2O, that is.
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