I just purchased a 16′ x 7′ x 7′ cargo trailer to haul tools and equiptment to the job and use as a temporary shop on site. I do renovations and house additions sometimes lasting a minimum of four to 6 months. I just had the walls ceiling and floor insulated with polyureathane so it will be possible to heat it during the winter. I’m wondering if anyone has some experience and would like to share with me the best layout for shelving, racking, tiedown and general ideas for making this trailer the best that it can be.
Thanks, John
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you might find more than you want using the advanced search at BT. The plain search is still glitchy and returns copper pipe no matter what you ask for. The above link is my trailer. Just upgraded a month ago or so. Hindsight, I hope you wired it up before you sprayed the insulation on.
"Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think -- there are no little things" - Bruce Barton
REcommend that you pay very strict attention to security for your trailer. I hear of to many trailers full of tools being stolen. I am a beleiver in multiple locks, if it is to much work the idiots will go steal elsewhere (hopefully). Personally I like a heavy chain thru a couple of wheels and thru the springs as a second or third lock. I also can highly recommend Master 950 locks, big round heavy suckers. Had one that was hit with a sledge hammer 6-7 times and was still locked. I usually put 3-4 links of chain on the shackle to fill it and help sheild the lock body from attack. Anything to make the idiots (my name for theives) life harder and hopefully discourage the lazy b------.
N/C,
I second what big k said about security. I have a friend who had a trailer full of tools stolen. Get a lock for the tongue of the trailer. Master makes a great one, about $25-$30, it has a ball that locks up in the tongue and is virtually vandal proof, can't be cut, etc. Then the thief can't drive away with all your stuff. Wal-Mart has them in the auto section. Other than that, I can't add much because I don't have a trailer like that myself, although I will be getting one soon to haul kitchen cabinets for delivery. I hope you got 1/2 plywood on the walls, a lot of the trailers around here only have 1/4 luan for the walls, and 1/2 is an optional upgrade. The 1/4 won't hold shelves, hooks, etc. like the 1/2 will.
Good luck,
Lee
From what I have heard around here from concrete contractors,Mininite builders, and remodelers. The best security is to not leave the trailor on site unattended or overnight.
Jack
Yeah, but that only works if you have somewhere secure to park the trailer overnight. Some idiot will notice if you only park it on the street infront of your house. In today's world it seems to take a real effort to keep tools from being stolen, either individually or by the trailer load.
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