I'm with Bobby on this one. Once I went to an enclosed trailer, I decided I
was never going back.
The ability to leave everything that normally only goes to the track in the
trailer when at home is a great advantage as well. Tires, quick jack,
radios, supplies, shoes, parts bins, generator, canopy, etc, etc, etc is
invaluable. When it is time to go to the track, I roll the car, tool boxes,
and a few other things into the trailer and leave. Many many hours of
packing saved.
Not to mention it makes a great extra 'garage space' to keep a car out of
sight ;)
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Bobby Whitehead <igofaster@att.net> wrote:
> to me.. the closed trailer is secure with all my stuff inside, plus I like
> to
> 'camp out' when I go racing so my trailer converts to a small room. I
> carry a
> twin size mattress overhead in a rack I made similar to the same one I
> made to
> store my spare tires and wheels overhead. Plus I have a small fridge, a
> flat
> screen TV and all my camping and cooking accessories on some shelves I
> built.
> There's a roof top air conditioner, plus I have a nice roll around butane
> heater. Don't forget a smoke detector (carbon monoxide too, don't want to
> wake
> up dead). It makes it all self contained. I use the trailer for even
> storing and
> securing my track side roll around tool chest.
>
> Personally, I like the camping out versus staying at the hotel, although
> it's
> not a $$$ issue... it's fun to see who's hanging around and the
> shenanigans in
> the track area after the gates close... yes, I even break out the acoustic
> guitar, pop a cap, and have been heard around the trailer singing and
> strumming
> at the moon... some say, it sounds like a cat getting nailed to the
> wall....
> sweeet...
>
> call me, camped out at the track...
>
> Bobby Whitehead
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: marty sukey <trmarty@hotmail.com>
> To: FOT <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sun, November 6, 2011 7:12:32 AM
> Subject: [Fot] Trailers
>
> I am kicking around the idea of replacing my dual axle open aluminum
> trailer
> with an enclosed trailer. Current trailer tows fantastic, mileage is great
> and
> you don't even know its back there. However having everything closed up
> securely and having that enclosed room at the track sounds pretty
> appealing to
> me. Seems like there was some discussion a few years ago where people were
> going the opposite way, dumping the enclosed and going to the lighter open
> trailers. Any advice from those of you who have been doing this for a
> while?
> Marty
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