Towing w cover on, bearing grease?

[rdfish1]

I haven't really towed any distance with gtx. Do you normally tow with the cover on or off when at hwy speeds? I have a seadoo fitted cover.

Also, greased bearings on trailer and noticed existing grease is red, mine is tan. Rated for wheel bearings and high temp but thought I heard not to mix as grease often isn't compatible. Wives tale?

 

[Joseph9936]

I travel with my covers on. 75-80 at some points

 

[Revo]

I travel with my cover on, I also store my ski outside on the driveway with the same cover, so it gets cooked in the sun daily, and exposed to moisture nightly.

The cover lasted about a year and a half, and then tore at some point when I was cruising home at around 80mph (with some jaunts to 90+ to pass people). I really think the failure was due to the cover weakening, probably from sitting in AZ during summer for 2 weeks straight (it tore when I was taking it home from that trip). Those 2 weeks was probably more UV than it saw in over a year on my driveway.

I replaced the cover and put a secondary cover over that to take the daily beating.

I've done over 100mph before with the stock cover and with the venting it has, it always stayed sucked down onto the ski. with little to no flapping.

 

[Seadoosam]

Yep always covered on the highway

 

[Spimothy Leary]

I have a nice OEM cover and i've used it about half the time, if its a good fit it will stay on, not much to worry about.

not sure on bearing grease mixing, I hate doing re-packs, my local trailer place does it for $10 per side and its about 5 minutes from my office so when I think its time to check the bearings I just drop it off there late morning and pick it up on the way home.

 

[suke]

I only trailer with the cover if it's going to rain. Cause the stuff that comes off a wet highway is gnarly. I mix grease, but most of the grease I buy says it's compatible with pretty much everything.

 

[MikeM8560]

I really think the failure was due to the cover weakening, probably from sitting in AZ during summer for 2 weeks straight (it tore when I was taking it home from that trip). Those 2 weeks was probably more UV than it saw in over a year on my driveway.
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oem covers are pricey what I would suggest when it get to the point that is getting rotten, before it all ripped up take the cover to a marine canvas shop and they can used the old cover as a pattern cut in into pieces and make a new prefect fitting replacement out of sunbrella with a 1- year warrenty that will hold up to the strong uv./. its what I do.