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Soooo. I got back into racing in the last year after purchasing my son a PW and my wife bought me a new CRF. We started going to the races and quickly realized with 3 kids and all the necessities it was time for a trailer. After much research the following are the results. Please feel free to comment on the thread with what I might have done that I will regret, and also things needed that I have forgot. I'm sure I will add things as we go. Size is 7x14 tandem.
As we purchased
Then I went to work. I framed up the cabinets to be stand alone (not attached to trailer walls). I built the cabinet faces, and also doors. I wanted to be able to hold our gear, cooler, awning and chairs, generator, etc where everything has a place. I hate clutter and try to be very organized as you will see...
Then it became time to paint. I went with black on the cabinets so they wouldn't show dirt. (Hope it works) although I regret painting the inside of the cabinets black as it's hard to see at night. I purchased lights to help. I went with grey on the walls and garage floor coating on the floor. The floor is nice because of the paint chips it's hard to tell when something gets spilled, but was a pain to install. I painted the door with dry erase paint so I can write the race/ practice orders and times and also provides our girls a place to draw when they get board.
And lastly onto organization. I wanted the ability to have my wife or kids fetch tools for me if I was working on something. It was important that things be labeled and have a specific place. I lined my toolbox with 1/2 inch foam insulation painted black and glued red felt to the bottom to tell what is missing. It's labeled well so the little ones can retrieve tools for me.
I plan to wire up an RV style hookup yet and a few 110 outlets and a work light in the future. Overall I am pretty pleased with how things turned out and wouldn't change much. We purchased the trailer for $4200 and have invested another $500-600 into how it sits currently. Just thought I'd share as I enjoyed looking at threads others had posted which gave me many ideas for this one.
Thx for viewing.
As we purchased
Then I went to work. I framed up the cabinets to be stand alone (not attached to trailer walls). I built the cabinet faces, and also doors. I wanted to be able to hold our gear, cooler, awning and chairs, generator, etc where everything has a place. I hate clutter and try to be very organized as you will see...
Then it became time to paint. I went with black on the cabinets so they wouldn't show dirt. (Hope it works) although I regret painting the inside of the cabinets black as it's hard to see at night. I purchased lights to help. I went with grey on the walls and garage floor coating on the floor. The floor is nice because of the paint chips it's hard to tell when something gets spilled, but was a pain to install. I painted the door with dry erase paint so I can write the race/ practice orders and times and also provides our girls a place to draw when they get board.
And lastly onto organization. I wanted the ability to have my wife or kids fetch tools for me if I was working on something. It was important that things be labeled and have a specific place. I lined my toolbox with 1/2 inch foam insulation painted black and glued red felt to the bottom to tell what is missing. It's labeled well so the little ones can retrieve tools for me.
I plan to wire up an RV style hookup yet and a few 110 outlets and a work light in the future. Overall I am pretty pleased with how things turned out and wouldn't change much. We purchased the trailer for $4200 and have invested another $500-600 into how it sits currently. Just thought I'd share as I enjoyed looking at threads others had posted which gave me many ideas for this one.
Thx for viewing.
Your set up is badass dude. I dig it.
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Fast Forward a few years and here is what it looks like today.
I custom built the base cabinets using 3/4 plywood. The upper cabinets, I got on clearance from Home Depot for like $25 each.
I bought the scissor jack couches off Craig's List for $60 each. I was going to keep one and resell the other but when I installed the first one I realized that laid out in the bed position, it came to the exact halfway point so I mounted the other and viola! I have a larger than king size bed.
Here are some pics of the AC install. I braced the roof with 2x4s (I painted them before final assembly) and then insulated it with Roxul. All that's left is to paint it.
I have had a V-nose bike trailer for more then a couple years and just haven't quite figured out how to lay out the front and still maximize floor space. The V-nose is a little tricky figuring out how to work everything basically around a 45-degree angle.
Although everyone needs to figure out what their needs as far as layout, I think you did a great job.
I hope that you don't mind that I might borrow heavily from your floor plan..!!
So I will get a kid and get back to you
That being said, I know people with the same set up and they run it with nothing and have had no issue either. I figured for a few bucks I might as well be on the safe side.
Pit Row
That is one nice setup MXD
What i dont get is why everyone has this thing that the bike has to go in the middle, its a pain in the arse , and takes up all your room straight away. Plus anything screwed to the floor is a trip hazard that you dont need.
This will have a small channel for the rear wheel, and a small peice of wood with foam, for the bar end. Lashing eye will be on the beam on the wall about a a foot above bar height, level with the footrest. One bike , one strap. And the rest of the floor is free. Will get 3 in there .
And while i love the cupboards , they just get full of stuff you never use , but haul everywhere.
Toolbox needs to be just what you need , to strip your bike, You will be amazed how little that is. Carry 2 of everything you use, instead of 30 things you dont use.
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