Rustproofing trailer

[TPMcGinty]

What do you think about using some paint in pickup truck bedliner for rustproofing a trailer frame?

[starleen2]

Give it a try and see what happens. BYW Is your trailer bare matal or primed, painted??

[Woodbutcher]

I used bed liner on my bare steel frame. It worked great.

[TPMcGinty]

I should be picking up a trailer within the next week or two. I think I'm going to get a Northern Tools 5x8 trailer frame. They are running $300 right now. They are painted but one of the things I need to do is rustproof it before I build on it. I want to use it in the winter as an ice fishing house and the Minnesota raods have a lot of salt on them in the winter. It should be interesting. I had a friend put the bed liner in his F-150 and all he had to do was sand down the bed to give it a rougher surface for the liner to stick. He loved it and it is very durable.

[bobhenry]

I checked into it too. All I can say is hold onto you wallet it's $$$$$$

[TPMcGinty]

I think my friend who put it in his pickup truck paid $50 or $60 for a gallon of the pickup truck bedliner that you paint on. I know the bedliner I had the dealership spray into my bed cost a bunch of money.

[Classic Finn]

Here we have our trailer frames galvanized wether home built or factory made.. Good Guarantee for years.. Sure helps..And no worries of rust.

Best solution for our geographical location of Scandinavia..



Classic Finn

[jeffwholmes]

I think it would work, that stuff is durable. But the problem I see is would it be cost effective, I did a full size Chevy truck bed and it cost me $150.00 with my brothers discount, it was made by Dupli-Color you wouldn’t need as much to paint your frame though.
Estimate the surface area and you might be able to get buy with just a quart or two, and then it might be worth it.

I hulled gravel, sand, dirt and chunks of concrete and it held up well the concrete did gouge it some but not bad.

Jeff.

[TPMcGinty]

Finn, I'd love go get a galvanized trailer but I haven't seen any and they would be pretty expensive.

Jeff, I found some spray on stuff for $6 a can at Tractor Supply.

[prohandyman]

Finn Where did u get the fenders - I like them
Dan