How inconvenient is a cargo trailer?
How many of you tow a cargo trailer with your truck camper? And how do you deal with the challenges of lugging it along? I'm thinking of a 10 foot enclosed cargo trailer that will accompany me on long...
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7 of us tow trailers.
You drive like any vehicle towing, except the TC blocks a lot of the view.
Don't enter a situation if you think there is no exit. Get out and walk it first.
Park aiming out.
Park far from the store.
Don't go to stores where you can't park, this happens.
Be amazed every time you come back and the trailer is still attached to the truck and nothing is broken into.
Dont advertise what is in the trailer (stickers of you hobby etc).
I would never take the trailer off and leave it. I just forgo being able to do anything/everything because of the trailer holding me back.
Use puck style door locks.
Torsion axles are so much nicer, ride better, work better, smoother... BUT they are harder if not impossible to repair and the axles do bend. A repair usually means replacing the entire axle. Sometimes people weld the axles on instead of bolting on and this makes it a nightmare.
Leaf spring axles are cheap, and individual parts can be replaced. For new trailer I am on Leaf Springs now, having had Torsion ones bend. I just dealt with the bend wearing out tires a little faster bc that was cheaper.
You drive like any vehicle towing, except the TC blocks a lot of the view.
Don't enter a situation if you think there is no exit. Get out and walk it first.
Park aiming out.
Park far from the store.
Don't go to stores where you can't park, this happens.
Be amazed every time you come back and the trailer is still attached to the truck and nothing is broken into.
Dont advertise what is in the trailer (stickers of you hobby etc).
I would never take the trailer off and leave it. I just forgo being able to do anything/everything because of the trailer holding me back.
Use puck style door locks.
Torsion axles are so much nicer, ride better, work better, smoother... BUT they are harder if not impossible to repair and the axles do bend. A repair usually means replacing the entire axle. Sometimes people weld the axles on instead of bolting on and this makes it a nightmare.
Leaf spring axles are cheap, and individual parts can be replaced. For new trailer I am on Leaf Springs now, having had Torsion ones bend. I just dealt with the bend wearing out tires a little faster bc that was cheaper.
