To trailer covered or not

[artcarney_agr]

Not to mention if you need to pull into say a gas station, tackle shop, wal-mart, etc. and not have to worry that your electronics, rods, reels, tackle and everything else you own laying out in the open for anyone to just grab, at least with the cover they have to do some work to get into your rig.

If they can't see it their less likely to steal it. To easy to walk by a parked boat and just help yourself to a rod or whatever.

Do you guys just leave stuff laying around on the deck of your boat? Seems to me like most boats come with lockable rod lockers and storage compartments...why do you not use those?

[MagikSmallie]

Do you guys just leave stuff laying around on the deck of your boat? Seems to me like most boats come with lockable rod lockers and storage compartments...why do you not use those?

My rock lockers won't hold a 7' rod (where its an older boat- '95 Ranger), which most of mine are, so I have to leave my rods strapped to the deck. I've not seen any difference in fuel mileage from traveling with my cover and i've done it both ways, it's a tight form fitting cover made by Ranger Boats. I just want to make my boat last as long as possible! A cover is alot cheaper to replace than carpet and seats. Yeah its made to be outside but by that logic I guess you should just let it sit outside the garage with no cover and just let it get rained on and let the UV rays decimate your gel/clear coat, fade the carpet etc. As for road grime and oil I've trailered my boat for hundreds of miles at a time with no cover and seen the seats and carpet with a "film" of grime on them, if you trailer with your cover you'll notice all the crap on it that would otherwise be in your boat. Also your tires from your truck will grip rocks and road debris and WILL sling it up on your boat, thats why they make trailer skirts to deflect gravels and what not. trailering without a cover is not for me, I like to keep my equipment as clean and in as good a shape as possible. Why have a cover if you're not going to use it?

[artcarney_agr]

To each his own I guess......

[coombro]

Do you guys just leave stuff laying around on the deck of your boat? Seems to me like most boats come with lockable rod lockers and storage compartments...why do you not use those?

Mine doesn't have any.

[Skeeterprop]

I had a guy make a fitted cover for my skeeter and it looks like a torpedo behind my truck. Such a good fit , I don't have to use straps on it . I noticed a nice improvement in my fuel milage vs no cover. Like 3 to 4 mpg.

[MagikSmallie]

I had a guy make a fitted cover for my skeeter and it looks like a torpedo behind my truck. Such a good fit , I don't have to use straps on it . I noticed a nice improvement in my fuel milage vs no cover. Like 3 to 4 mpg.

No question a good fitting cover will reduce the airflow going into the boat and will instead push the air up and over the boat. You, me, and Zell Rowland agree!