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drop down house owners. Do you wash your house in the winter?

JimW

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When I was out this weekend with the wheelers fishing out of the portable the trailer and everything got gunked up. I was thinking how much stuff would get on the drop down (haven't had it on ice yet).

Do you wash it in the winter? Where do you bring it?

I can't think of a self wash here in Duluth that it will fit as I have air conditioner on top.. Mine does have a steel frame so it seems like I should wash a few times and get the salt off it.

Jim

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I hit mine with the garden hose in the driveway once or twice in the winter on a warm day.

It's an aluminum frame, so I don't worry about it much, just do it more for the appearance of the shack than anything.

When I had a steel framed shack I washed it as much as possible, but I don't think it made much of a difference. Steel + Paint + Salt = Bad News Bears.

I will never buy a steel frame again unless it is professionally Rhino lined or galvanized.

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Hawg. The only two places I've found near Brainerd are either at the truck stop over in Motley or the Valvoline Oil change with the car wash up in Nisswa. The Nisswa location, I had to lower my house down a few inches in order to get it inside the door due to the AC unit on top of my IC. But the good thing there is my entire truck and 17RV fish house both fit inside the wash bay. I haven't been to the Montley truck stop but since it's a truck wash, I'm assuming size won't be a problem. Yeah - there's some accumulation pulling it home from those places but at least it gets some of the salt and grime off.

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