To build a roof over a trailer

Now that I have got my new washer all set up…
I’m thinking man another $1,000 I could have got a enclosed trailer :confused:

So has anybody made a roof over their trailer??
I work in a Steel Mill the last 35 years, So many welders out there that owe me favors… i wish somebody would have said… hey butt hole just get a enclosed trailer u can lock it up…
you tube don’t show nothing…

any pictures or anybody done it??

Just run 4-6 piece’s of 1 1/2" square tubing up(depending on length of trailer) and run rafters out of 1" square tubing. Then lay the tin, or screw 1x4 wood slats to screw the tin to. Easy Peasy

Seriously? You mean like having a huge metal sail over your trailer as you go down the road?

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The hard part is going to be hooking up a few miles of extension cord and keeping it plugged in at the shop, with stripped wires attached to the tin while driving down the road.

You know that was funny.

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hardeeharhar…I tried to email you thank you for your conversation…
email me rave@usit.net

no i mean just a tin roof keep the rain off all my stuff…
You think a 1’ clearance over the boiler open top between the roof is ok…

we will be making 2" flat in a couple of weeks I’m gonna cut some
6’ 5’ 4’ and 3 6’4 pieces and get 2 15’ tin and make a roof…

offdutyfireman@nc.rr.com

Honestly I’d just build a carport or lean to at your place and park under it. Tin roof will keep the heat from dissipating as quickly and will be like a sail driving down the road. Maybe not.

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Yep, this is what I’ve been parking my open trailer in, until I can build a proper garage/shed/barn:

http://m.homedepot.com/p/ShelterLogic-10-ft-x-15-ft-x-8-ft-Tan-PE-Garage-without-Floor-62681-0/202718928

Before I had a shop to park in I had nylon covers for my equipment. If I remember right the cover for a BBQ smoker was a nearly perfect fit for about $40. Another option is to have a boat cover shop make you a cover for your trailer.

The tin roof shouldn’t be a problem at all. There are hundred or trailer’s set up like that around here. Not for pressure washing but for a cool down trailer that they pull to oilfield location’s. I’ve pulled a few of them and I never had any problem with swaying or uplift.

Alex I like that just $280 I got a shop but got so many toys stuff Oliver Tractor, Kubota Mowers always in an out of it…
I just might get that, Thank you for that

i got to sell my old one get it out of here find a new home out of the way…