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Unread 12-11-2012, 19:53
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Re: Educate me on Trailers

We generally use a U-Haul 5x8 or 5x10 trailer to bring our things to events currently. We used to use a sponsors trailer that was rather spacious so we stowed jackets and such in it during the day.

We suposedly have a trailer the school will let us have because it was wrecked. A tractor ran into if I remember correctly, but we have never seen it. I do not know if this is because we decided it wasn't worth the effort or they just are not forthcoming to allowing us to have it.

The one year we went to Championship(Atlanta) we used a sponsors trailer that I think was 14 to 16 feet long and a parent pulled it down while we flew. This worked out rather well for a reason most people wouldn't think of. We had everyone put their luggage in it, this avoided extra time at the airport and the extra cost. We took almost 40 people so this was a lifesaver for us.

One thing that I haven't seen mentioned in this thread is trailer locks to prevent people from stealing the trailer. With having a trailer that constantly sits where anyone has access it always has the chance of getting stolen, even at events! 1108 is one team in particular that had their trailer stolen from GKCR in 2009 or 2010 right off one of the teams vehicles. Trailers can be great but just be causious when leaving them around.
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