"Don White" wrote in message
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Lawrence James wrote in message
k.net...
I'd have to say it depends on how far you're going and if you're boating
in
salt water or fresh. I'm thinking you're not going to be happy going
any
great distance with a minivan towing. No brake system is impervious to
salt
water and if you're just running a few miles to the local ramp I'd skip
the
brakes

That's the other consideration. How much maintenance is required on a disc
braking system if it's dunked into sal****er 30 or
so times a year plus maybe 20 for freshwater? I'm thinking I will have to
flush each time in the sal****er. Maybe one of those pressurized spray
cans
used to spray trees or shrubs could be kept in the tow vehicle.
Otherwise, I'd have to wait until I got home.



Some use a bug sprayer. I just wash mine off after I retrieve the boat. I
may be out 8 hours and the brakes still look fine and stop great. Used to
get 1-1.5 years out of drum brakes before they went bad.
Bill