Here's a new product I found at SEMA that I think could be very interesting as a trailer accessory - it's a "bed bag" designed for use in pickup trucks, but it's a perfect size to fit in a Dinoot Extended Jeep-tub trailer. It's made of heavy-duty polyethylene "tarp material" and it's got a zipper around three sides of the top corner. It's very affordable (M.S.R.P. way under $100), and it folds up very small.
They gave me a sample to test in my trailers. It's small enough that it'll fit in my carry-on bag when folded up, even though when fully open it's 5.5' long, almost 4' wide and over 2' tall.
I'll try it in the Dinoot extended and in the military trailer. Even though the width of the military trailer at the floor is 41", due to the flexibility of the bag I think it'll probably work in there too. I'll post photos when I get home and try it.
This is one of the company's marketing images:
I came across a line of products at SEMA that could have lots of uses in camp trailers. The line is called the Quickfist (http://www.endroad.com/), it's a heavy-duty rubber clamping system. It's not a new line of products, in fact I saw them at last year's SEMA show, but I was focused on other projects at the time so I didn't pay much attention to them then. The company was demonstrating a whole bunch of uses for it in their booth, including a Hi-Lift. I snagged this shot from their brochure because the location of the Hi-Lift in their booth made it hard for me to get a photo of it:
One of my current background projects is a Jeep tailgate-mounted Hi-Lift carrier. I've done a first prototype (pictured below), and since building that one I've made some design improvements but I've been too busy to build a new prototype lately. I think I'll include the Quickfist in the next prototype of my Hi-Lift carrier.
I spoke to the company about the design I'm working on and they gave me two samples to use for my prototype:
They also have a strap version that they were demonstrating holding jerry cans, air tanks and fire extinguishers:
Both versions are surprisingly snug and seem quite strong, I think they could have a lot of applications in Jeeps and camp trailers.
Here's a new product I found at SEMA that I think could be very interesting as a trailer accessory - it's a "bed bag" designed for use in pickup trucks, but it's a perfect size to fit in a Dinoot Extended Jeep-tub trailer. It's made of heavy-duty polyethylene "tarp material" and it's got a zipper around three sides of the top corner. It's very affordable (M.S.R.P. way under $100), and it folds up very small.
They gave me a sample to test in my trailers. It's small enough that it'll fit in my carry-on bag when folded up, even though when fully open it's 5.5' long, almost 4' wide and over 2' tall.
I'll try it in the Dinoot extended and in the military trailer. Even though the width of the military trailer at the floor is 41", due to the flexibility of the bag I think it'll probably work in there too. I'll post photos when I get home and try it.
This is one of the company's marketing images:
