Looking for agood way to set up a trailer I am looking at a 5×8 for ahandy man service.
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2x4 & plywood shelves along one side for tools, cheap mechanics 4-dr tool chest centered over the axel on the other side to hold small tools. Pieces of 6" pvc pipe to hold levels.
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
Why a trailer? I can see leaving a trailer on-site for jobs that extend over a period of time, like remodels, but since you'll be doing handyman work (and I assume most jobs will be shorter) why not set yourself up with a van?
Just curious.
-Don
With a trailer you dont have the liscence fee and being that I only have a short box S-10 thougt this would be the ideal way to go would not have to unload pickup just go fishing or whatever.SHORT BOX
For the size of trailer, I agree with Fast Eddie. Get some shelves, figure what you have, balance the load as best you can side to side, front to back. You want just a little more in front of the axles than behind them.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=70697.1
thats how I did mine
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I have a 6x10, amazing how fast you'll fill the thing up. As others have said, place the heavier stuff over/a little forward of the axle. I used Home Depot metal racks with plywood shelfing for the heavy stuff and wire racks (the white Closet Maid stuff) for tool bags - both work well. Dosen't matter how you set it up the first time, odds are you'll redo a couple more times before hitting on a system you like. I've tried posting pics here but for some reason can't.
I use a trailer for the same reason you want to, a couple of observations;
Good luck, -Norm
Thanks for the reply. I live in rural WISC. The idea of maunevering it does not bother me just looking for some ideas on set up besides what has already been posted in the trailers section.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages/?msg=66058.52
try this thread. mine's in there too.
This is slightly off topic, but invest in a front reciever hitch. This is a "fmily" thing I learned for handling boats off trailers--it's slicker than all get out anywhere there's tricky manovering to do.
In addition, you're making it near impossible for the average hoodlum to make off with either trailer or truck, hitched to the front.
When you get decaling made up with a company logo for the trailer, do a deal with the sign man for some matching magnetic signs for the truck. Why bother? Well, that way you can tell the local constabulary that if the truck pulling the trailer does not have signs to match, it might be a real good idea to check on why that is.
Price a LoJak system too, this trailer will be a substatantial proportion of the business you are running. Worth a dime or two to protect.
Consider wheel & axle upgrades now, while it's cheap (read before maxing the weight out during the busiest time of the year). Your company is back there, worth repacking axle bearings at least as often as the truck gets oil changes. Oh, while talking to the trailerman, talk yourself into a full-sized spare mounted on a matching rim (as leaving you business alongside the road with a flat could be considered poor marketing--or excess tempting to hoodlums).