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Re: Educate me on Trailers
I spent a couple of years looking and thinking about trailers and I lucked upon a dealer that had just what I wanted.
For example, Pace ships a lot of 'standard' consumer cargo trailers but you can order just about any customization from a chart. The dealer ordered a custom but it turned out not to be what their typical customer wanted but exactly what I was looking for. So we managed to cut a deal after it sat on his lot a long time. We got a Pace American 6x12, tandem axle, electric brake, extended height trailer. http://www.paceamerican.com/trailers/journey The extended height is very important to us as we can roll a pit or road show nearly pre-configured and pre-packed. A critical dimension is the height of the door frame, which is less than the interior height. Interior height spec is nearly useless to us. The wire rack in this picture is 5' wide, nearly 6' tall, 2' deep. There are several teams in this area that have transitioned to using this rack system but you need the extended height to get it done. Plus you don't bump your head when entering or walking around in the trailer. This thing rolls in preconfigured, we set the sign and ready to go. It is wonderful. It sits on the trailer on the right side behind the side door. Between the rack and the back door sits the tool box. On the left side of the trailer is the robot cart preloaded with a showbot if necessary, and this year the bagged and tagged robot. We enter the side door to load specialty packages and other occassional stuff. Everything is secured with E-Track down both side walls, about 40 inchs off the floor, E-Track D-Rings, and normal ratcheting straps. Go here to see E-Track It is way nicer to have electric brakes and tandem axles. It cost more but is definitely worth it if you are doing extended hauling or heavier loads. The whole rig looks like this. Ed |
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