I would like to know about your work truck (Trailer) setups.
I myself have a Ford F-150 extended cab. I have installed a ladder rack, Tool box and have all my power tools in the back seat area. Since it is only myself and sometimes a helper. This seems to work out.
I would like to someday have an enclosed trailer.
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Thinking about the trailer route myself. Alot of jobsites I'm on are not always trailer friendly. Looking at maybe going to a shortbox full size Chevy Van, 1995 or newer. I am a carpenter mostly renovations here in Ontario. Tired of climbing into the back of the P/U and banging my head on the truck cap. Also have to suspend alot of stuff off the ground as for smaller jobs I still end up picking material up in the back of the truck. If I shelved everything in the Van I could keep the floor some what open. I haven't seen many Rollouts for p/u truck beds in use around my area, but I kind of like the idea. Any thoughts out there on the best set ups?
I used to shelv a van. It worked fine.
I now use an open pu. I like that better.
My saw gets wet...but oh well! It gets wet when I work in light rain too.
Frank simply loads a jobbox in the back of his pickup.
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I use a 8 1/2' x 20' enclosed trailer with rear ramp door.
All tools are stored in cabinets/shelves in the front leaving me approx. 8' x 18' for hauling materials--Cabinets/tops
It can sometimes be a pain to get into a small job, although I think I can back it blindfolded. Works out better than a box truck, I can drop it at the job if I need to get something.
I pull it with a 3/4 ton chevy diesel--18 miles/gallon with/without the trailer
On my old F-150 I used to have I had a shell with a ladder rack on the top. Inside between the top rails of the bed I installed a full width by 3' deep sheet of 1 1/8" plywood. In each side of the plywood I installed 4 Inline rollerskate wheels. These wheels had to be installed after the sheet was in the truck. The wheels sat within the bottom mounting track of the camper shell suspending the plywood between the truck sides. The mountinh rail has an upturn edge that kept the unit from crabbing, kept it rolling straight.
This allowed me to roll the shelf to the front of the truck and latch off for travel. I could then roll it to the back of the truck and load all my tools as well as my small emglo compressor.
This allowed me to load sheets of plywood and or lumber underneath. It worked out very well except for those times I forgot to latch it down.