kellem
Sep 11, 2021Explorer
Frustrating !!!
2 years ago the wife and I bought a new trailer suited for empty nesters and rather than trading in our previous trailer, we sold it to our niece and her husband. This was going to be their 1st tr...
Gdetrailer wrote:rexlion wrote:
Yep, once it is out of your hands, it's best to forget about it and let the new owners do what they will. Because they will do whatever they have a mind to do and nothing you say or do will change them.
I frequently contemplate buying a steel cargo trailer with no roof vent and no rear door, and building it out as a TT. I could have a vent on the rear wall and a mini split A/C. Order the trailer with some steel attachment points welded to the roof, and mount solar panels up there without having to puncture the roof.
In spite of popular belief, cargo trailers DO eventually leak.
Do some searches and you will find lots of complaints about cargo trailers leaking at the joints/seams or rivets.
Every rivet hole from the outside is a potential leak and every panel joint/seam is a potential leak.
By the way cargo trailers are clad in Aluminum or FRP (Fiberglass Reinforced Panels, not steel. It would take a semi truck to pull a cargo trailer clad in 100% steel.
And yes, you can paint aluminum with proper prep and primer which is what cargo trailer manufacturers do.