Enclosed Trailers: Tips and tricks? Outfitting?

Ljohnsaw · April 17, 2024, 10:00:44 PM

Hopefully you didn't get your reflective tape at HF! I got some a while back. The red fades in 1 year out here and the sticky gave up in the second year

Old Greenhorn · April 17, 2024, 10:13:21 PM

Nah, I didn't even know HF had it. I got mine form Etrailer and it's DOT type stuff. Similar to what we used on fore trucks. I don't know yet if ti will fade but the sticky on that is not likely to give up soon, I had a hard time getting it off my fingers.

Old Greenhorn · August 15, 2024, 09:41:47 PM

Just went back and read this whole thread and realized I (we?) never finished it. I've been using it near 4 months now and it's doing well. That idea I had to strap benches to the sidewall was a bad one. (Doc was right.) I made a rack that held the benches top to top with small stools nested where they fit, this brought the density for the same space way up by about a factor of 4. Everything else is working very well for shows. I barely use the battery, but the lights are handy. The shoreline hookup is also great to have because I put a 110v fan in the roof vent to keep air moving during the summer days at home with the door cracked open, it also keeps the battery maintained. All the other improvements have worked out except cutting the d-rings, most are ok, but one got stretched and broken. I'll switch that back to a d-ring soon.
I would like to improve the packing density, but that is so dependent on product size/shape it becomes very hard to get too much better. I keep looking at it every week though with an open mind. I am kind of waiting for one oddball item to sell, then I can re-do a wall section, I think.
I still have not replaced the bearings, but all the shows I have done are less than 20 miles away, so short trips. I do have the bearings in the trailer anyway. I don't think I need stabilizer jacks or a solar charger as I thought earlier in the game. I will re-think when the season is over in October.
But, for the most part, with all the good advice I got here, it is working out well.