Gooseneck trailer tips

[71RS/SS396]

Don't get the coin flooring! I have it in mine and it's a pain in the arse to clean and keep looking nice. I have the outside halogen flood lights and I think I've used them once in 4 years. I would also suggest an air compressor and plumbed for air lines front and rear, I use mine more than I ever thought I would, it makes it easy for checking tire pressures and using an impact to change flats. I also have an in floor spare tire comparment that is nice for storing your spare tire out of the way.

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Reverse lights are also nice on the outside corners

[GregWeld]

Stuart

No --- And the only reason I say that is because I don't want to have to have a special rig. I want to keep my pick up or possibly a larger pick up but I don't want a dedicated rig for this. My primary reason for liv qtrs is just to stop on the road to and from somewhere -- I have ZERO intention of actually spending a week in this. It's a night here and there. So to have a big motor or toterhome is not what I want to do.


71RS

I have that in my current trailer... I store chains and a spare portable winch. After having one blow out on I-10 out of Palm Springs - and having to back the car up so I could access the spare -- FT!! It's a TRAILER not my living room! I mounted the spare on a mount back by the rear door up high - that way I can just grab it with no unstrapping the car etc.

I have an air compressor already. And yes - I wouldn't be without it. And yes - agree with the side lights - I've used mine ONE TIME. But that one time - was totally kool and useful. They're for pro racer dudes that are out there constantly and working on their stuff. Hot rodder just trailer from place to place so we use our trailers quite differently.

I also have an all aluminum race jack in a pit pal holder.... used it TWICE - but man was it handy. It's one of those -- "better to have it and not need it - than need it and not have it" kind of things. I also carry 3 ton jackstands. They fit in the tire pit.

Most useful handy magical thing ever in the trailer -- a jacking ramp thing I bought at a trailer store never thinking I'd ever use it. If a tire is flat - say the rear - you pull the good one up on the ramp and the flat is off the ground instantly. SUPER EASY! OMG! My flat was on the front so just backed the good rear one on this ramp and bingo bango -- changed and done! pull forward and store the plastic "ramp".


Tracy


Yes! I added halogen backing lights in the rear - and up the middle of the trailer. Having been caught once on a dark rainy night - dead tired - and having to back my BLACK trailer (24' Motortrac 4000) up 200' and then around a corner with brick walls on both sides.... I'M TOTALLY A FAN OF BIG BACKUP LIGHTS! My Ford has the "upfitter switches" --- which are relayed... totally perfect for that kind of stuff! I have four of them -- so the CB and the Texas Star is on one (30 amp relay) -- back up lights on the truck on one - and have two left for trailer backing lights.

I also have 20 - count 'em - 20 - side marker lights.... Optional - and on the order already! EEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

This f'n thing - should I decide to pull the trigger - will look like a light show rolling down the road! DUDE! <spicoli style> LOL

[GregWeld]

71RS

You're about the third person to say DON'T on the coin floor.

So I'm thinking about just asking them to leave the "box" plywood - painted/sealed.... and maybe having the floor done in bed liner? Or maybe
just leaving it plain and painted.

My current trailer has polished diamond plate --- talk about a waste of money and slippery! One drop of coolant or fluid - and you're going to the hospital with a broken hip!

[Blake Foster]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

71RS

You're about the third person to say DON'T on the coin floor.

So I'm thinking about just asking them to leave the "box" plywood - painted/sealed.... and maybe having the floor done in bed liner? Or maybe
just leaving it plain and painted.

My current trailer has polished diamond plate --- talk about a waste of money and slippery! One drop of coolant or fluid - and you're going to the hospital with a broken hip!

Bed Liner would totaly be the answer!!! have them bed line the plywood on both sides prior to installing it that way it won't rot from the bottom side like mine it. 5$ says they make it an option after you ask for it!!

[Ketzer]

I wonder what is the perfect flooring solution? If it's rough, it's impossible to clean. If it's smooth and it gets even a little damp, you bust azz. I bet most are unhappy whichever way they went.

[71RS/SS396]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

71RS

You're about the third person to say DON'T on the coin floor.

So I'm thinking about just asking them to leave the "box" plywood - painted/sealed.... and maybe having the floor done in bed liner? Or maybe
just leaving it plain and painted.

My current trailer has polished diamond plate --- talk about a waste of money and slippery! One drop of coolant or fluid - and you're going to the hospital with a broken hip!

Yep forgot about the coin flooring being slippery as snot on a glass door knob too. I'm not sure about bedliner, it's tough to clean too the dirt sits in the valleys of the texture. I honestly think painted wood is the way to go, it can be repainted if it gets tired looking.

[Romulus]

I'm bet a little research would find something pretty reasonable and maybe even kinda trick to vent heat via solar operated fan. You have enough sqft on the roof that you could run AC on solar...

Heck - they are putting flexible solar panels in back packs nowadays.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Romulus

I'm bet a little research would find something pretty reasonable and maybe even kinda trick to vent heat via solar operated fan. You have enough sqft on the roof that you could run AC on solar...

Heck - they are putting flexible solar panels in back packs nowadays.

Sounds like a tree hugger!

LOL

No roof penetrations for me. I live in the land of rain and the heat just isn't an issue nearly as much as something that pokes a hole in a roof. Good suggestion though!