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Where do you store your trailer

MSA1 | Posted in General Discussion on November 4, 2005 05:02am

Does anyone here with a trailer not store it at their house or shop? I’ve been seriously considering getting a trailer lately and according to city regs, I cannot park it at my house(i’m stuck w/a attached garage short driveway and no side lot).

I’ve considered just getting one and parking it here anyway (theres at least four other trailers in my neighborhood), but then what do I do if I get problems from the city?  

I think i’d be afraid to park it in a rental lot plus it wouldnt be very convienent a mile from my house.

Any suggestions, short of moving? I guess maybe i’ll just have to do without.


Edited 11/3/2005 10:03 pm ET by MSA1


Edited 11/3/2005 10:03 pm ET by MSA1

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  1. jerseyjeff | Nov 04, 2005 05:11am | #1

    My old boss used to park his at a gated (as in you have to sign in at the office) U-store it lot,  but than eventually bought his own off site building and fenced parking because he had too many toys...  (man lift,  dump trailer and box trailer...)

    storing it on the street might scare me because it might be real easy to push the tongue out (to hook up to a bad guys vehicle)  and then drive away to a convienient location to open and loot) 

    but I am from Jersey and very paranoid.

     



    Edited 11/3/2005 10:13 pm ET by jerseyjeff

    1. MSA1 | Nov 05, 2005 05:11am | #4

      That looks like the best scenario. There is a storage place less than a mile from home.

  2. Piffin | Nov 04, 2005 08:17pm | #2

    on the job.

     

     

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    1. MSA1 | Nov 05, 2005 05:14am | #5

      Not all of my jobs would support 24hr parking. I cant even get in the driveway on one of my current sites.

  3. Kowboy | Nov 05, 2005 02:51am | #3

    Please don't store your trailer at your house anyway.

    I live in a neighborhood of 4-800K houses and some moron down the street thumbs his nose at the ordinance and trashes the hood with a motor home in his driveway. Wealthy enough to afford a motor home, but too cheap to pay to store it properly. Just takes the value off his neighbor's home price. If you and him don't like the ordinances, lobby to change them, or better yet, move.  

    1. MSA1 | Nov 05, 2005 05:18am | #6

      Kowboy, I dont intend to be the neighborhood moron. I was just commenting that though the ordinance exists there are many trailers in the hood already.

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    intrepidcat | Nov 05, 2005 05:19am | #7

    Can't you put it beside or behind the house and fence it in witha wood privacy fence.

     

    Most deed restrictions or ordinances that restrict trailers allow them to be behind a fence and not visable from the street.

    Your's may be different.

     

     

     

    "All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." Pascal

    1. MSA1 | Nov 05, 2005 05:29am | #8

      Nope! I live on a wedge shaped lot. I cannot get a vehicle into my back yard and the ordinance wont allow side lot storage. If I could get into my back yard there wouldnt be an issue.

      1. alwaysoverbudget | Nov 05, 2005 06:58am | #10

        another stupid idea.can you cut a door in the back of your garage?and drive thru larryhand me the chainsaw, i need to trim the casing just a hair.

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          intrepidcat | Nov 05, 2005 09:47am | #11

          I thought about that, too.

          If he could make a drive thru garage, with doors on each end he'd be all set.

           

          Back trailer into yard and have a good "ice house" effect to the ol' garage for summer beer drinkin'.

           

           

           

           "All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." Pascal

        2. MSA1 | Nov 06, 2005 04:49am | #12

          Good idea, however, if I did that i'd have a trailer in the kitchen and one p/o'd wife.

          1. alwaysoverbudget | Nov 06, 2005 07:17am | #14

            thers nothing here that can't be solved for 50k!all you need to do is build a new addition to put the new kitchen in and then the wife is happy ,knock out wall and use old kit. for garage. im sure for free beer some of the guys would bring some sledges over and get started tomorrow!larryhand me the chainsaw, i need to trim the casing just a hair.

          2. MSA1 | Nov 06, 2005 09:20pm | #15

            If I keep listening to you i'm gonna end up w/ a $70000 trailer.:>)

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          BossHog | Nov 07, 2005 03:41pm | #24

          "can you cut a door in the back of your garage?and drive thru"

          I actually lived in a house like that once. It was pretty cool.

          An Uncle of mine added the garage on when he was older. He couldn't see well, and didn't like to back up. So he put in a circular drive and 2 garage doors.

          Never seen another one like it.
          Change is certain, progress is not. [E.H. Car]

  5. alwaysoverbudget | Nov 05, 2005 06:56am | #9

    completely different direction,buy a van,trailer is built in and i think your tools are a lot safer anyway.larry

    hand me the chainsaw, i need to trim the casing just a hair.

    1. MSA1 | Nov 06, 2005 04:51am | #13

      I already have an extended chevy and its packed. I try not to carry what I dont need but if I dont have it, i'm almost guaranteed to need it. If i'm starting a job I cant carry tools & materials at the same time.

  6. maverick | Nov 06, 2005 11:10pm | #16

    I store mine in the customers driveway. It has'nt been home for months. I like it that way. It shows I've been busy

    1. MSA1 | Nov 07, 2005 04:04am | #19

      What about the inevitable/occasional slow times? I dont know how established you are, but i've been doing this for about three years. My gaps in the schedule are getting less and less but some still occur.

      1. maverick | Nov 07, 2005 06:44am | #22

        For me I can bring it home if need be. I just dont want it here.

        I sometimes bring it here between jobs to clean it out and restock

      2. pagoda | Nov 11, 2005 10:13am | #30

        I store my trailer in my side yard  where my 110 lb  attack trained  guard dog watches it aand all my other  stuff.

        Actually i live on 3 acres with about  1000' of  frontage all fenced  so you would have no excuse for accidently wandering onto my property

        I have never had any real trouble  i think partially due to the posted sign advising as to the  guard dog

  7. alrightythen | Nov 07, 2005 03:40am | #17

    can you not just store it in your garage? also,  you then know for sure it's gonna be safe.

    one another note does anyone use those wheel clamps that you lock onto the wheel. If you gotta leave it out in the open they seem like a good idea.

    1. MSA1 | Nov 07, 2005 04:02am | #18

      I'm not sure it would fit in my garage but that would be sweet if it did. We may have a winner!!

      1. alrightythen | Nov 07, 2005 05:40am | #20

        I'm not sure the size of your garage. But I've seen alot of different size trailers...get one that will fit into your garage.

        I've had tools stolen out of my vehicle parked in my driveway before. my truck is pretty big and won't fit in my garage. Until I get my truck fully alarmed with kill switch and set up the back so that I can chain and lock all my tools I bring them inside each night ( can take up to 20 minutes if I've got everything.)

        parking a trailer in the garage would be sweet! also the nice thing about a trailer is you can drop the trailer off at the site leave it with your guys and go do your running around. 

        1. MSA1 | Nov 07, 2005 06:20am | #21

          I thought you were on to something, but I measured the door and its only 7'. I live in a 3 bdrm ranch w/ attached garage and everything is base size. the garage is exactly 20x20 (I know because my 40' ladder is exactly 20'2"). If I get one it looks like i'll either have to move or rent space somewhere else.

          1. alrightythen | Nov 07, 2005 09:43am | #23

            surely they got trailers that are under 7' high.

          2. MSA1 | Nov 08, 2005 04:02am | #25

            I'm 6'2". I hit my head enough without having a short trailer to run in and out of.

          3. alrightythen | Nov 08, 2005 10:39am | #26

            well....guess it sounds like you need a bigger garage. lol

          4. MSA1 | Nov 09, 2005 05:37am | #27

            Would it be considered ironic, that I have a brother in law w/ a 2.5 car detached garage and no more than 3 hand tools. He doesnt even park in his garage.

          5. alrightythen | Nov 09, 2005 10:09am | #28

            yep...ask him if he wants to swap houses.

          6. MSA1 | Nov 10, 2005 06:34am | #29

            Already tried, he's not even interested in renting the garage out to me.

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