[Alan Anderson]

The TechnoKats trailer carries everything that will be brought into the pit area. That includes workbench(es), battery cart with batteries and chargers, toolbox(es), spare parts, more spare parts, raw materials, buttons or other giveaways, scouting paraphernalia, spirit gear, mascot costume, power cords, lights, vacuum cleaner, wastebasket, safety glasses, electrical supplies, whiteboard(s) and markers, signs, pit displays and structure, tools, more tools, shelves, peer awards, extra spare parts, anything from the Kit of Parts that we didn't use but other teams might find useful, shop rags, grease, rivets, a heat gun, zip ties galore, extra t-shirts, hardware, computers, video monitors, yet more spare parts, and a robot cart. Plus a bagged robot. Sometimes another team's toolbox and bagged robot too. (After we broke a joystick in an unplanned tumble, the Driver Station typically gets a place of honor in the tow vehicle rather than in the trailer.)

I'm not counting the trailer's spare tire or the mass of tie-down straps we use to keep things in place.

Twice we've planned ahead and made sure there would be plenty of room to bring back the used carpet for our practice field. Many years ago there was also a propane-fired heater and a stock of paper goods for when the teachers provided lunch to the team in the parking lot.