Your Boat and the Gravel road?

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FishingBuds

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Looking for some tips on traveling on a gravel road with boat and trailer in tow? The darn thing gets beat to heck and dirty. Any guys that fish in the backwoods dealing with this?

The area I mostly go is almost a 2 mile track of all gravel, I've lost tow straps, trailer plate vibrated off once already, and everything gets dirty.

I changed up on ratchet straps and I'm considering investing in a good boat cover to keep dirt out, hopefully this will work, and I'm trying to keep it around 30 to 35mph #-o
 
Sounds like you have it covered. I have to drive 6 miles of gravel just to get to asphalt every time I leave the house lol. The only extra advice would be to stay below 20-25 instead of 30-35. Dust doesn't really kick up bad at 20, but at 30 it kicks up and will roll back on you. We just learned to love a dirty vehicle and boat lol.
 
Be glad you're fishing on lakes on gravel roads, keeps some of the boaters at bay. I live on a gravel road, fish lakes on gravel roads, If it doesn't rain I spray it out.
 
Thanks guys, I guess most is common sense :lol:

Really the dirt is about my rods and fish finder thats mounted, I expect the FF to be a little more tougher to handle the dust, but the rods don't do so good. I've put them in the back of the bed and its better but after a few trips I still gotta clean them out, and If I miss just one time I pay for it.

The friggen vibrating kills bolts, Like I said I had a the trailer plate come off, lost all kinds of straps and even my seat mounts came loose on the seats :roll:

Last few trips have been rough, and on those curves they put those speed bumps, about 70 of them, man at 10mph I still fish tail around those corners
 
FishingBuds said:
Thanks guys, I guess most is common sense :lol:

Really the dirt is about my rods and fish finder thats mounted, I expect the FF to be a little more tougher to handle the dust, but the rods don't do so good. I've put them in the back of the bed and its better but after a few trips I still gotta clean them out, and If I miss just one time I pay for it.

The friggen vibrating kills bolts, Like I said I had a the trailer plate come off, lost all kinds of straps and even my seat mounts came loose on the seats :roll:

Last few trips have been rough, and on those curves they put those speed bumps, about 70 of them, man at 10mph I still fish tail around those corners

Rod box, Nyloc nuts, or hitting a nut with a tac weld, and eyes for your straps, as well as closing up the hooks on some (many these days have half@$$ hooks). Make sure your boat is supported well, with good bunks on a sturdy trailer, strap it down TIGHT, and use a motor toter (transom saver). Fishfinder should be alright. Supposedly, they are water tight, so if water can't get in, I think dust wouldn't be a problem either.
 

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