Open or Enclosed Trailers

[Doctor Lawn]

I'm a newby and I'm leaning toward an enclosed trailer for many of the reasons GrassMaster mentioned. I've got a question though. I've seen a lot of the enclosed trailers with "barn doors" instead of the preferable ramp door. Of course the barn doors are cheaper. Does anybody have strong feelings for or against the barn doors versus the ramp door?

[Scott]

nothing wrong with the barn doors, you'll just need some ramps or make you one that folds out.

[TSG]

Yes I Enclose My Open Trailer, I Bought A Used 5 X 12 Trailer And It Had A Side Around It ( 1 Foot High ) Metal Bar. What I Did Was Went To Home Depot And Bought 2x4 Peices Of Wood And Cut Them All 4 Feet High, And Attached Them To The Trailer Front Back And Sides And Then Added 2 Foot High Plywood Across The Enture Trailer, Now It Has 2 Foot High Sides Enclosed And 4 Foot High Posts, Then What I Did Was But Pvc Pipes, And Make Roof Rafter With Them All The Way Around ( 4 Feet 9 Inches High ) And The Drilled The Pvc Pieps In Teh 4 Foot High 2x4's Then I Bought A Contracter Grade Tarp 12x16 And Then Put It Over The Pvc Rafter And Using Plastic Straps I Tighted Them All Pretty Tight Where The Rivets Are All The Way Around The Trailer And In The Front Leaving Th Back Of The Trailer Open ( Where The Gate Door Was) ( My Gate Door Is 4 =feet High) Then What I Did Was Buy Hevey Duty Clear Plastic And Ran It Across The Back Gate Door On The Inside (where The Tarp Ended) And Then Attached It To The Trailer, Now I Have A Complte Enclosed Trailer , Water Proof And All. Now How Do You Get Inside The Trailer When You Open The Gate ... What I Then Did Was Buy Double Sided Sticky Zipper, And Put 1 On The Left And 1 On The Right Of The Back Gate And Ran It All The Way To The Floor , So Now I Can Unzip The Back Plastick And Roll It Up. All And All It Costed About 200.00 Material And My Own Time For Labor, I Will Try To Post Pictures Of My Trailer Before I Put The Roof On It And Then After, If Not Now Then I Will Post Later. Sorry I Wasn't Able To Get It Loaded Now I Will Try To Later On

the advantage to closed is if it starts raining on the way home or while you are working your equipment stays dry, also no one can see what you have in your trailer.

Holly cow! MacGyver is my idle.

[Richawa]

Holly cow! MacGyver is my idle.

WELL, I FIGURED I COULD ENCLOSED MY OPEN TRAILER FOR A WHOLE LOT CHEAPER THAN GOING TO BUT A CLOSED ONE, AND I WAS CORRECT 200.00 DOLLARS TOTAL AND I BOUHGT MY 5X12 FOR 475 , I TALKED A GUY FROM 800 DOWN TO 475.00 WHAT A STEEL !!!

[The C Man]

'Holly' cow! MacGyver is my 'idle'.

Who's your spell checker?

[TSG]

WELL, I FIGURED I COULD ENCLOSED MY OPEN TRAILER FOR A WHOLE LOT CHEAPER THAN GOING TO BUT A CLOSED ONE, AND I WAS CORRECT 200.00 DOLLARS TOTAL AND I BOUHGT MY 5X12 FOR 475 , I TALKED A GUY FROM 800 DOWN TO 475.00 WHAT A STEEL !!!

I'm just giving you a hard time about it. I'm sure it works great.

[TSG]

Who's your spell checker?

I did have to look up how to spell MacGyver. I had to google search the name and find out how to spell it. Atleast that is how they spelled it on the show. ( rdanderson.com/macgyver/macgyver.htm ) this is where I found the webpage about the show.
Check it out for yourself if you don't believe me.

[Richawa]

OK LIKE I SAID I WOULD HAVE PICTURES AS SOON AS I COULD GET THEM AND I HAVE THEM NOW. THE FIRST PICTURE WILL BE WHAT MY TRAILER LOOKED LIKE WHEN I BOUGHT IT FOR 475.00 5X12 WITH 4 FOOT HIGH REAR GATE. THE NEXT PICTURE WILL BE WHEN I ADDED MY 2 FOOT HIGH PLYWOOD SIDES AND ADDED 4 FOOT HIGH 2X4 POSTS AROUND THE TRAILER. ON EACH OF THESE POSTS GOING DOWN ARE LARGE EYE HOOKS FOR BUNGES TO HOOK ON AND TIE STRAPS TO HOOK ON, ALSO THERE ARE EYE HOOKS ALL AROUND THE WOOD FLOOR OF THE TRAILER FOR HOOKING THINGS TO THE BOTTOM. THE THIRD PICTURE IS WITH THE ROOF ON THE TRAILER. THIS ROOF WAS MADE OUT OF PVC PIPES DRILLED AND BOLTED TO THE 4 FOOT SIDE POSTS AND THEN CONTRUCTED ACROSS THE TRAILER MAKING THE ROOF RAFTERS, THEN A CONTRACTERS GRADE TARP WAS PULLED TIGHT OVER THE TOP AND STRAPED TO THE METAL 1 FOOT SIDE . NOW HAVING A TRAILER WITH 2 FOOT HIGH SIDES AND A ROOF AND THE ROOF IS PULLED DOWN TO COVER 1 FOOT OF THE 2 FOOT PLYWOOD SIDES NOT ALLOWING ANY WATER " AT ALL " TO COME IN THE TRAILER, ONLY COSTED ABOUT 200.00 IN MATERIALS AND ALL OF MY LABOR, I CONTRUCTED THE PLYWOOD SIDES AND WOOD POSTS IN 1 DAY AND THEN COMPLETED THE PVC RAFTERS AND ROOF IN ANOTHER DAY, WELL WORTH IT, THE LAST PICTURE WILL SHOW THE BACK OF THE TRAILER (WHERE THE GATE IS ) BECAUSE I PUT VERY THICK PLASTIC TO COVER THE REAR FROM WATER ENTERING THE TRAILER, AND TO MAKE IT WHERE SOMEONE CAN GO IN I USED DOUBLE SIDED STICKY ZIPPER AND PUT ONE ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IN THAT PICTURE. THIS ALLOWS THE GATE TO OPEN AND THEN ZIPPED SEALED SHUT, NO WATER AT ALL. AND THIS WAS MUCH CHEAPER THAN BUYIG A CLOSED TRAILER . LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU ALL THINK

**** IT IS TELLING ME I HAVE ADDED TO MANY IMAGES , SO I WILL ADD THE FIRST 2 IMAGES AND THEN I WILL ADD THE NEXT 2 IMAGES.*********



1ST PICTURE ( WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRAILER)



2ND PICTURE ( WHEN I ADDED MY 2 FOOT SIDES AND POSTS ) YOU CAN SEE THE BUNGE CORDS CONNETCED TO THE EYE HOOKS ON THE INSIDE

[Richawa]

THIS IS THE REST OF THE IMAGES FROM MY PREVIOUS POST

3RD PICTURE ( WHEN I ADDED MY ROOF ) ( PICTURE FROM THE SIDE ) YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SIDE THE PVC ROOF RAFTER I BUILT



4TH PICTURE ( FROM THE BACK OF THE TRAILER SHOWING THE SIPPER BACK GATE . YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THE ROOF OVER LAPS THE BACK PLASTIC NOT ALLOWING ANY WATER TO ENTER THERE AITHER )



THANKS LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK

[Richawa]

THIS IS HOW I CAME UP WITH THE IDEA, I DREW IT UP AND DESIGNED IT AND THEN BUILT IT









ACTUALLY PRETTY SIMPLE DESIGN, THEN I THREW MY TARP OVER THE TOP