[Land-speed] ???? Sort

[23weldon]

Bob - Much appreciate your thoughts.  I've long thought through the open vs.
closed trailer question and pretty much settled on an open rig.  Easier to
maneuver and park at home; cheaper to buy and tow.   The way I go to
Bonneville avoids overnight or other long term stays in parking lots.  That
yellow canoe I carry on most trips is something I'd never leave in a parking
lot for longer than it takes me to get in and out of a men's room. So I've had
practice.
Not a lot of valuable stuff will live on the trailer enroute anyway.  What is
there gets tied down pretty thoroughly so a quick snatch by a thief is hard to
pull off.  Over the years I've made a detailed study of suitable secure
roadside camping situations enroute from San Jose CA to Wendover; so I'm
pretty comfortable with that.  Actually I prefer sleeping in my truck and
buying showers to any hotel room.
Aluma offers options like 2 wheel brakes and a "delete" on the ramp.  That
ramp would be of little use for me because the lakester is pretty close to the
ground and I don't want to go through the drill of disconnecting the trailer
and jacking it up every time I load and unload.  To avoid that I have a set of
8 foot long x 12" wide plywood ramps shaped like the crossection of an
airplane wing already built.  They will easily support 600 pounds each and
will store on each side of the car while it's on the trailer.
Having found what looks like the right trailer now I have to figure out how to
replace both a big 7 mpg tow truck and a small everyday driver that is getting
too "old" (4 banger valve eating Toyota Tacoma).  And I will forego some silly
creature comforts to avoid having to waste money on a modern overpriced
computerized "nanny" car.
Ed Weldon
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  From: BWANA343 at aol.com
  To: 23.weldon at comcast.net ; land-speed at autox.team.net
  Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 11:43 AM
  Subject: Re: [Land-speed] ???? Sort
  Considering it is an open trailer , do you have any concerns about security
or storage for all The Stuff ?
  By security, I mean every time the loaded rig is unattended, as in parking
lots en route, at the hotel, like that ? By storage, I mean is everything in
the tow vehicle ? If not, is it on the trailer and then that goes back to
issue one.
  I have a Thule Aluminum 20ft "Aero". Security and lightweight are the
positives, being cumbersome and     gas consumption from the over 50sq ft
frontal are the negatives. I pull with a Honda Pilot, a decent every day
driver, for the minimal times I tow @ year, a Diesel Pick Up is not an option.
  I like that rig, would love to have reasons to downsize. Does it have
options like Electric brakes or ramps ?
  I checked and have an Aluma dealer not far from here.
  Bob Wanner , Honda Insight # 343