I'm just finishing up assembling a 4x8, 1720lb, folding trailer (from Harbor Freight) to be used with my Volt/Bolt. I liked it because it folds up for storage in the garage, it only takes up 2x5 ft of floor space when folded, plus it has a tilt bed which should be handy when hauling compost/mulch as well as making loading easier in some situations.
Still planning on buying a Cybertruck, mostly for access to the Tesla supercharger network, but I also like the fact that the stainless steel body will likely outlive me. My PGP public key: https://vanderwal.us/evdl_pgp.key April 26, 2021 5:35 PM, "mark hanson via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > With all this discussion of bloated trucks/SUVs, I bought (to replace my > truck) a 5x8' Lowes Trailer, trimmed the rear gate even with the sides, put > in side boards and a Vise (for our volunteer weekend solar installation > escapades) - *much* nicer being able to put 4-5 folks in the Tesla or Bolt > or Leaf, hitch up the trailer with construction materials and go. It seems > like a more versatile combination than a separate truck > (maintenance/insurance) vehicle with a crammed cab, trailer is almost 0 > maintenance. I also tow my 1480lb H20 ski boat (range cut in half) to the > lake with the Tesla-Y with 4-5 of my friends in (that I couldn't do with my > truck). I also do the same with the Bolt (etrailer.com hitch) although the > manual says no towing. > > Have a renewable energy day, > > Mark > > Mark E. Hanson > > 184 Vista Lane > > Fincastle, VA 24090 > > 540-473-1248 phone & FAX, 540-816-0812 cell > > REEVA: community service RE & EV project club > > Website: www.REEVAdiy.org (See Project Gallery) > > UL Certified PV Installer > > My RE&EV Circuits: www.EVDL.org/lib/mh > > REEVA Demo: <http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0> http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0 > > <https://www.weatherlink.com/embeddablePage/show/a88920376f864ecabaed843dd89 > 75b8d/signature> Fincastle Solar Weather Station > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210426/0f8b5f76/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
