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Thanks for the advice, I was going to paint it white.

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Power at the field is very nice. I put a marine deep cycle battery in my trailer in an enclosed box in a front corner so it is out of the way. It is charged via a solar panel array on the roof. It also connects to my truck's electrical system so when the truck is running, the trailer battery is charged. I put a relay under the hood of the truck that disconnects the trailer battery when ignition is off to prevent draining the truck battery. I ran heavy lines (6 gage I think) to the back of the trailer for power distribution. On one side of the trailer by the door, I mounted all my switches, connector, electronics, etc. The trailer battery runs multiple 12V banana jacks, a 120VAC power inverter, interior florescent light, and a 400W stereo system, CD player, etc. The stereo is nice, but the lights are awesome when packing up after dusk, and the 12V jacks are always in use. The 120VAC I don't use much, but it is nice (I've used a 120V soldering iron a few times.)

What's really nice about trailers is you can pack a lot of stuff in them if you are creative. Mine is only a 5'x8'. I have the above electronics, a 35% carden, two 2M pattern ships, some electrics, and all my flight gear, tools, extra props, cleaning gear, etc., which is four cases and two buckets. There is still room and I occasionally will pack a pop up sun shelter, cooler and lawn chairs too. In addition, I have a well stocked first aid kit, a fire extinguisher, two way radios (for finding downed planes in tall corn), and binders with a lot of info, such a trim charts, patterns, instructions, etc. All this "extra" stuff mounts to the walls so it is out of the way. It looks tight when packed, but once at the field, the trailer opens ups a bit as a lot of stuff is removed, i.e. plane, pop-up, cooler, some flight gear.

Sorry no pics, but maybe some can use my setup for ideas on theirs.

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I sure would like to see the the wiring diagram for your electrical system. Sounds really good.

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2Slow,
Thanks for the pictures!
They have spurred a ton of ideas.
Just wanted to thank you for your time and effort to send me the pictures and information.
I think you have the best rig I have seen and will be modeled by many, including myself.
Having a welder and access to some 3/4" and 1/2" thin wall square tubing, my plans are to make a rack set up like yours. out of this material. A small gussett at the butt joint and it will hold it's weight and then some.
As you say, it's rebuild, rebuild, rebuild!
Thanks again for the ideas!
Regards!
Mike

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mike,
that sounds like a swell idea. When you get done, pics please???
Good luck...

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OK, got a chance to get it all finished over spring break. Here is the finished product. We found a way to make two complete racks (four standards) out of one piece of 4 x 8, so we went ahead and bought the birch plywood (sanded on both sides). Looks better, much stronger, and will last longer. Also, in addition, since the pictures I've added some padding to the backs of the wing and fuse holders. Here they are:

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2Slow, that is a thing of beauty!

Mark

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Very nice and still useful as a general utility trailer too.

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Thanks, guys. I think all together my brother and I worked about 15 or so hours on it, but we did two trailers (that were identical). It's a lot like building a model. The easy part was building it, the part that took the longest was finishing it up (installing them, putting the little rubber band holders on, putting the locks on the bottoms and drilling the holes in the floors, etc. But, now that all is done, I'd say it's well worth it.

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2Slow,
I have a new name for you, inspired by your trailer!
2Nice2Use!
Now by the time you fill it up, it will be worth $84,687.16!
Great job!
Thanks for the time you took to pass info and pictures along.

Mike

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Very nice 2slow ,I like it a lot !