Tradesman Trailer

Cole82

Hi guys I am building up a new company and am wondering what your opinions are on tradesaman trailers. I have worked out of a enclosed trailer but it was so freakin hot and a huge pain to tow with the winds here in the upper midwest. I have never worked out of a van though. Not sure if that would be good or not, that is another topic though.
Cole
Well it seams I can't post alink to show a tradesman trailer.

BreyerConstruct

never seen them... Googled them, they look cool!

PS, wait for a few more posts under your belt, and you'll be linking in no time!

~Matt

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Cole82

That's what I hear a lot of "never seen one" I am hoping some one on here has used one they seam like a great idea for me.

s. donato

those trailers look really cool. are they available here in the states? i only found info in Australia?

OCRS

One of these?

Cole82

Yeah one of those.
I was just going to make my own, I have a bunch of steel laying around.

curapa

I have never seen those either. I would have a problem with them considering my table saw, miter saw and compressor are heavy and they have wheels on them to help move. All of the tradesman trailers I saw online did not have a back door for easy access of wheeled tools.

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Lyle Clark

Have you seen the trailers at tooltrailer dot com ?

I am limited right now in my posting, thus the broken up link.


Lyle

SLSTech

Here's the link http://www.tooltrailer.com - I have only seen them on TV & the internet - but they do look sharp

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curapa

That is pretty cool, I havent seen that particular model.

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Cole82

Oh I like that!
The ladder storage inside is a great thing.

Renegade 1 LI

One drawback I see is you don't have room if you have to pick up any bulk material. As I am setting up my trailer I made sure I could fit in 16' material & up to 12' sheet goods. Most times I have the material delivered but I always seem to be picking something up, especially on week ends. I will post some pics on the trailer & tool storage system I am building, the nice thing is everything fits inside that I need.

JumboJack

How much do they run?

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in texas with framing and cornish people will do it for 3.00 a foot. What do yall think about that? Just laber

Lyle Clark

Not sure about the price, but we had a customer have them pre-wire the trailer for one of our alarms. They are very usable, and can be customized some.

Lyle

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joemirag

Just get a nice f-350, the back's got lots of space and I once fit 100 sheets of drywall in it!

BTW, f-350's are fun to off road with, along with pulling tree's from the ground.

Winchester

Only 100?

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LNG24

Since one sheet of 1/2" 4x8 Sheetrock weighs 56.32 lbs and you are putting 100 sheets or 5632 lbs in the back of a 3/4 ton pick up rated for a max payload of 4,287 lbs and by the looks of it, you have lifted the truck and put different tires on it possibly causing it to haul less weight than before. So at best you are overweight by 1345 lbs.

The average Overweight ticket is:

1. Over Registered Weight $200
2. Over GVW $200
3. Over Tire & Wheel $150
4. Over Frame and Body $150
5. Unsafe Loading $150

For a grand total of $850 in State Fines, then you add some other local stuff, mandatory surcharge and your topping $1 grand for that stunt.

Or in other words: 1/4th to 1/6th the cost of a trailer.


BEST BET is to get yourself an enclosed trailer with a minimum width of 7', interior height of 8' and at least 14' in length. That will have all the makings for a great shop and still have the ability to haul material.

You can set it up as YOU would use it.

SWAY79

Or a nice f-250!!!!!! With more than plenty of space.......

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LNG24

Now that is one BEAUTIFUL looking rig there!

Cole82

LNG24 here in IA we don't have all those laws enforced.
I had 4,200# in the bed of my truck last week. Trucks are a different subject.

I stopped by a job site here where a guy had a tradesman trailer. He said the reason he switched was security. His trailer was broken into 3 times on one site and had a working alarm that went off, but didn't detur the criminals. He went to a trades trailer afterwards with 1/8" thick steel doors with 3/16 thick renforced door edges. The compartments on his are divided so if you open one door you only get the stuff in that compartment not every tool in the trailer. People have tried to break into it but were not able too.