If you have a trailer or step van fitted out for hauling or storing dive gear, I'd like some advice...
My ongoing gear storage/hauling crisis is getting serious and Im considering the acquisition and outfitting of some kind of trailer. Im looking for suggestions and dont make the same mistake I did kind of advice.
No room in the apartment for all the gear, so Ive been storing it at a rental place. Not bad, but pricey and its a pain in the butt to have to drive to the storage place, sort through the gear and decide what to leave behind and what to stuff into the back of the SUV, then take everything home after the dive, clean it up, drag it back to storage, etc. A common problem, but I'm tired of it. The cost of storing a trailer is actually less than the storeroom, not to mention more convenient and Ive got several longish road trips lined up this coming year that would be more fun if I could just haul everything along with me.
Whatever needs to be big enough to hold everything for at least two divers wet and dry suits hanging, a couple sets of doubles plus a dozen stage bottles, regs, weights, miscellaneous doodads, spare parts, etc. I also definitely want room for rinse tanks, powered ventilation and a refrigerator. Maybe a small generator. Not to mention room to grow, etc. My wife says I should save time and get a semi-trailer, but Im hoping that I can compromise with something more along the lines of a 5x8 landscaping trailer.
Thanks in advance,:help:
My ongoing gear storage/hauling crisis is getting serious and Im considering the acquisition and outfitting of some kind of trailer. Im looking for suggestions and dont make the same mistake I did kind of advice.
No room in the apartment for all the gear, so Ive been storing it at a rental place. Not bad, but pricey and its a pain in the butt to have to drive to the storage place, sort through the gear and decide what to leave behind and what to stuff into the back of the SUV, then take everything home after the dive, clean it up, drag it back to storage, etc. A common problem, but I'm tired of it. The cost of storing a trailer is actually less than the storeroom, not to mention more convenient and Ive got several longish road trips lined up this coming year that would be more fun if I could just haul everything along with me.
Whatever needs to be big enough to hold everything for at least two divers wet and dry suits hanging, a couple sets of doubles plus a dozen stage bottles, regs, weights, miscellaneous doodads, spare parts, etc. I also definitely want room for rinse tanks, powered ventilation and a refrigerator. Maybe a small generator. Not to mention room to grow, etc. My wife says I should save time and get a semi-trailer, but Im hoping that I can compromise with something more along the lines of a 5x8 landscaping trailer.
Thanks in advance,:help: