Do you try staying off gravel when pulling the boat?  I have a lake that is about 15 minutes away if I take gravel and probably 30-35 if I take pavement.  I assume the best thing to do is to stay off gravel at all cost unless traveling at very slow speeds.

Live a mile down a dirt road so dont have a choice here, just take it slow. Been thing about getting one of those hang down screens from bumper to bumper though to help stop the chips. Like the ones at go on and off real quick.

I don't think I'd drive the gravel road myself.  Dust would be all over the boat by time you got there.  Is the shortcut 15 minutes if you drive slow as suggested above, or longer??  

If it's a glass boat I'd consider staying off of it. All those rocks and the glass isn't good. Most people I know will do about everything they can to avoid gravel. My trailer from just one trip looks really bad so I can't imagine it being good for a boat.

I agree with the dust.  15 minutes down a gravel road and you've got it everywhere.  I don't really care about the gravel aspect.  That's what touch up paint is for.  

If you do not have an option and have to drive over a gravel road just go slow.

What I hate the most about a gravel road are the pot holes.

I hate hitting a pot hole when trailoring the boat.

I hate it when you are going slow but the guy approaching you head on is doing 50mph.

Then to make it worse they wave at ya when they pass by and you are stuck in the cloud. >

Avoid gravel if you can. I have to travel about a mile or so down a gravel road and it sucks. The worst part is people like to  4-wheel on the property and tear up the road. If the fishing wasn"t so great I would avoid it.

If you must travel gravel why don't you invest in a set of flaps for the rear tires. Seems like that would solve the problem...Just my 2 cents...

If you must travel gravel why don't you invest in a set of flaps for the rear tires. Seems like that would solve the problem...Just my 2 cents...

Dust may be a problem

I have the the rear mud flaps but they don't seem to block those darn rods, The issue is when you get on pavement at 50 and you hear the ping,ping. Luckily they take pretty good care of the road on live on and after they grade it is the issue, but after it becomes hard it is like pavement. Part of living in the sticks I guess.

Given a choice, I'll take the paved road. That gravel can do a lot of damage to your boat and trailer. I put a lot of time into keeping my rig looking nice.

i dislike dust, greatly. i am lucky to have enough choices i wont drive on gravel roads enless i know the big fish are there..........waiting. dust just doesnt get on you boat, it gets on the reels, rods, and fishfinders.

Glass boat (or painted aluminum)+ Gravel = Bad  :'(

My boat is 2 years old, there is a huge difference between the traffic side of the boat and the curbside of the boat.  The gel coat on the traffic side has quite a few large chips and nicks (that I know did not happen on the water so had to be while trailering).  While the curbside is prestine as the day I bought it.  

I don't really even travel any gravel roads but theorize the difference is due to stones/debris comming from passing on-comming vehicles.

Everything I own,..I use and use hard.

FLOOR IT, the lake is soooo close,lol.