"But, ya know what? It works" Damn straight man. Great job on your trailer and finding effective organization for the way you work. Thanks for sharing it with us.
I have a 7x12 on order and just finished a few Paulk cabinets. I likely won’t go with a carbon copy of his layout, but will definitely use elements. The long box is a must, as I have a handful of ratchet poles that are hard to store. I’ll be stealing your spin-lock technique for sure. I have the Rigid saw stand also and it’s bulky and moves a lot. Good stuff. It’s an ever evolving project.
I dig it! I suffer from making furniture grade shop fixtures. I love how they look when I'm done with them, but yours work just as well and I bet you were back making money again while I was still designing and finishing. Thanks for the video.
Nice Set Up! Thanks for sharing and taking the time to put the video together. I think a good Alarm with GPS tracking is a good thing to add to these tool trailers. Ron had one video where he made the tongue of the trailer removable - now that's a great idea to make it hard to steal the trailer!
Nice job. Would love to see an update after a year on what works and what's been added. Great tip on the birch. If I ever get around to a build I'll be using that one. Thanks!
I just came across this video! I just got into the handyman world and bought my 7x16 from TRT about a year ago now! Awesome place to do business! Also thanks for all of the ideas. I've spent hours on my trailer and it's no where near done but this has given me a lot of ideas.
Thanks for the video. I just completed my high roof Ford Transit build and love seeing ideas from others. I need to get a video of mine up to share as well. Great Job!!
Nice set up. The only thing i improvised was that i made a slide bar type deal with a dowel pin to lock my drills and nail guns from popping out from the bumps in various roads of travel, i got tired of hittin the job site with all my tools on the floor
Great trailer! I would add a coffee pot, microwave, toaster oven and a cooler for ice, water and drinks. It looks like the tools are covered but a man has got to eat. It looks like it would be a pleasure to work out of.
As a lowly handyman/electrician with negligible carpentry skills I’m not sure I’m worthy of watching this video! I’m just getting started with my first trailer to be used for my work and workshop. A 10’ with full height and width steel frame trailer. My worst concern is weight. I’ve worked out of my Honda Odyssey since I began this path in ‘12. Seeing many different trailers, briefly viewing Ron Paulk’s work I knew his stuff was great, but far beyond my needs and abilities, I kept searching. Some were very basic and some elaborate. Seeing your version I’m not completely intimidated by the extremes of it all. The simple things like the T squares and speed squares having a crazy simpleness prompted this comment. I think my planning is finally getting some sort of path that I can work with. But having it all come together and then finding my weight exceeding my weight limits is really concerning. Here’s my only question, and it’s for anyone who has an idea. My trailer is a 6x10 single axle Dark Horse. Are the walls as built, actually built sturdily enough to rely on? At present, I have added some 1/4” plywood sheeting into each of the hollow areas along all walls. Using rolled on contact cement and stapled as needed to make sure everything was fully flat on the walls. That bolstered them up to around 1/2” thickness, and I’m currently adding an additional layer of (essentially) 1/2” plywood as well. The two front angled areas are tentatively planned to have a (12x12) grid of T-nuts (embedded) so my desire to make things potentially an option ready changeable configuration for whatever I do later. The front has been anticipated as a shelving area where a planer and other less used tools might live. Of course weight again is an important factor. So such heavy equipment hopefully will have a proper home typically. Thanks.
I would not want to mislead with a guess. I never had it weighed after the build, neither before or after loading in tools. I would have if I knew of a scale near me.
I like your long cabinets and your drawers they are perfect for what I’m looking for my trailer do you mind telling me where you got the blueprints to Build them they are awesome
Don't feel bad man, I live near the largest marine base in the country, Camp Lejeune. Not only do we get helicopters but we have jets and osprey. I can also hear them shooting machine guns and they do bombing practice on a regular basis. You should be thankful you only have helicopters LOL. nice trailer btw.
Well... ? What is with all of the inspired work trailer videos ? Trades people have been building and organizing their tools for hundreds of years, with shelves, drawers, etc... Or is it just U tube junk ? Tom Silva and his Brothers have shown many set ups in vans trucks trailers and in shops for decades. Hey just needed to unload . You did a very good job on your trailer set and keep up the good work and make money..
Nice trailer. I happen to have both the same Ridgid Miter saw SUV and the Dewalt Table Saw stand you have. I use these because my tools stay home but need to be hauled in and out of my basement. But have you seen Ron Paulk's "Total Station"? Being a working contractor, you really should consider building one, or at the very least his "Compact 3x6 Workbench" which I have built. The total station would replace your miter saw stand, table saw stand, and that workmate workbench. If my tools lived only in the trailer or on the job site I'd build one. I don't think you'd regret it. Just saying...check it out!
Thanks Frank. Most everything I built in this trailer is off Paulks plans. I use the stands for my table and miter saws because I often have to set up far from where my trailer is parked. My jobs are usually in/out in one day too. Rolling carts are easier and quicker.
Man, your trailer is nice, I've been a part time handyman for 20-something years, so about 3 years ago I started being a full-time handyman, license my own company, before I became full-time I was working out of my truck was not easy at all, I couldn't carry some of my necessaryand I lost money on some jobs because I had to go back the next day to finish up because i 0didn't have a certain tool, so I bought a 5 by 10 trailer, five feet high 🤯 tandem axle aluminum trailer, the trailer can carry a lot of weight, the bad, it's too low, I need height and need more space for tools, but I make it to work right now, I planned to buy a 7 by 16 v-nose trailer and stock it out myself but the amount of time it's going to take me to do all that based on how I want the layout to be it's just going to take up too much of my time when I could be out there making money, I'm in a very high traffic area so I decided to have the manufacturer custom build the trailer, it cost me over two times the price but I'm getting everything in that trailer including heat and AC, an extra roof vent 2 feet from the roof AC, ladder rack on top of roof, an access bladder that is installed on the v nose so I can climb up to access ladders or whatever I put on the roof racks, outlets all over inside and out and a generator hookup at the V nose, 50 or 60 amp breaker panel, I bought an inverter generator 4000 st watt 3500 running watts remote start up, this trailer is loaded, so once I get it 4 to 6 weeks from now, I'm going to do my first CZcams video on it but first i'm going to feature my current trailer I'm using right now just so you can see where I'm coming from.
Nice. Can you show us again how you made the drawers and how they stay in place. I couldn’t tell from this video. Is there a screw on the left side that sets in a slot? I’m building out a new van and have been trying to figure out how to keep the sliding shelves and drawers in place.
Why, why does everyone talk about what tools they have … talk about how you came up with the design and show how you built the drawer.. are your walls double ply thick … also where is the larger ladders?
Yes. The trailer does not have to come with me to every job. Since making this video I have bought a truck. I'll usually just take what I need for whatever jobs I might be doing that day. Larger jobs I just leave the trailer at the job... I work in a pretty safe area and it gets locked up pretty well.
What width and height are your long drawers. I can agree the small drawer set up took a few days myself. Also highly suggest the birch ply compared to contractor grade ply. Weight is significant. Thanks for sharing
Crazy!!! This trailer looks nearly identical to mine! Inside and out! I also did a couple videos on my channel about my trailer. Check them out if u get a chance! Great video!
"But, ya know what? It works" Damn straight man. Great job on your trailer and finding effective organization for the way you work. Thanks for sharing it with us.
I have a 7x12 on order and just finished a few Paulk cabinets. I likely won’t go with a carbon copy of his layout, but will definitely use elements. The long box is a must, as I have a handful of ratchet poles that are hard to store.
I’ll be stealing your spin-lock technique for sure. I have the Rigid saw stand also and it’s bulky and moves a lot.
Good stuff. It’s an ever evolving project.
I dig it! I suffer from making furniture grade shop fixtures. I love how they look when I'm done with them, but yours work just as well and I bet you were back making money again while I was still designing and finishing. Thanks for the video.
Well done Joe!
Nice Set Up! Thanks for sharing and taking the time to put the video together. I think a good Alarm with GPS tracking is a good thing to add to these tool trailers. Ron had one video where he made the tongue of the trailer removable - now that's a great idea to make it hard to steal the trailer!
Nice job. Would love to see an update after a year on what works and what's been added. Great tip on the birch. If I ever get around to a build I'll be using that one. Thanks!
Drinking game, take a drink for every “uuhhhhhhh”...........nice trailer though.
Holy shit I’m already drunk 1 Minute into it
I just came across this video! I just got into the handyman world and bought my 7x16 from TRT about a year ago now! Awesome place to do business! Also thanks for all of the ideas. I've spent hours on my trailer and it's no where near done but this has given me a lot of ideas.
Great buildout and effort toward better organization! Awesome job man!
Thanks for the video. I just completed my high roof Ford Transit build and love seeing ideas from others. I need to get a video of mine up to share as well. Great Job!!
Hey man just to let you know I’m impressed with your square holders!
That’s a good looking trailer. Good work
Great trailer build. I love it
great build i love the idea for holding the table saw.
Very nice!! Thanks for sharing. You have helped me tremendously!!
Very Nice Job! Thanks for sharing! Inspired me!
Good layout!
Thanks for sharing your trailer build! .... A lot of great ideas, many that I will duplicate.
nice job man. looks great.
Hey Joe, great setup. How is it working out now 4 years later? Thanks, Ron
You could flip the table saw and miter saw and then you could lower your shelf in the front. Great video.
I needed that height space regardless.
Very nice. Great ideas, thanks
Nice set up. The only thing i improvised was that i made a slide bar type deal with a dowel pin to lock my drills and nail guns from popping out from the bumps in various roads of travel, i got tired of hittin the job site with all my tools on the floor
Great trailer! I would add a coffee pot, microwave, toaster oven and a cooler for ice, water and drinks.
It looks like the tools are covered but a man has got to eat. It looks like it would be a pleasure to work out of.
I've done work out in the county where nearest anything is 30min drive, def would be nice to have atleast a microwave for those kind of jobs.
Nice, i got the exact same trailer from the same place.
As a lowly handyman/electrician with negligible carpentry skills I’m not sure I’m worthy of watching this video!
I’m just getting started with my first trailer to be used for my work and workshop. A 10’ with full height and width steel frame trailer.
My worst concern is weight. I’ve worked out of my Honda Odyssey since I began this path in ‘12.
Seeing many different trailers, briefly viewing Ron Paulk’s work I knew his stuff was great, but far beyond my needs and abilities, I kept searching.
Some were very basic and some elaborate.
Seeing your version I’m not completely intimidated by the extremes of it all.
The simple things like the T squares and speed squares having a crazy simpleness prompted this comment.
I think my planning is finally getting some sort of path that I can work with.
But having it all come together and then finding my weight exceeding my weight limits is really concerning.
Here’s my only question, and it’s for anyone who has an idea.
My trailer is a 6x10 single axle Dark Horse.
Are the walls as built, actually built sturdily enough to rely on?
At present, I have added some 1/4” plywood sheeting into each of the hollow areas along all walls. Using rolled on contact cement and stapled as needed to make sure everything was fully flat on the walls. That bolstered them up to around 1/2” thickness, and I’m currently adding an additional layer of (essentially) 1/2” plywood as well.
The two front angled areas are tentatively planned to have a (12x12) grid of T-nuts (embedded) so my desire to make things potentially an option ready changeable configuration for whatever I do later.
The front has been anticipated as a shelving area where a planer and other less used tools might live.
Of course weight again is an important factor. So such heavy equipment hopefully will have a proper home typically.
Thanks.
Hey Joe,
Sweet build, I like the simple practicality of your thinking... that's my vibe too.
Any idea how much she weight you've added?
I would not want to mislead with a guess. I never had it weighed after the build, neither before or after loading in tools. I would have if I knew of a scale near me.
Nice work! Got an update?
Nice
Good looking trailer. I'm beginning to build mine out for handyman business. How did you fasten the workbench to the side of the trailer? Thanks.
I like your long cabinets and your drawers they are perfect for what I’m looking for my trailer do you mind telling me where you got the blueprints to Build them they are awesome
Don't feel bad man, I live near the largest marine base in the country, Camp Lejeune. Not only do we get helicopters but we have jets and osprey. I can also hear them shooting machine guns and they do bombing practice on a regular basis. You should be thankful you only have helicopters LOL. nice trailer btw.
How did you attach the 2x4s to the frame?
Well... ? What is with all of the inspired work trailer videos ? Trades people have been building and organizing their tools for hundreds of years, with shelves, drawers, etc... Or is it just U tube junk ? Tom Silva and his Brothers have shown many set ups in vans trucks trailers and in shops for decades. Hey just needed to unload . You did a very good job on your trailer set and keep up the good work and make money..
Nice trailer. I happen to have both the same Ridgid Miter saw SUV and the Dewalt Table Saw stand you have. I use these because my tools stay home but need to be hauled in and out of my basement. But have you seen Ron Paulk's "Total Station"? Being a working contractor, you really should consider building one, or at the very least his "Compact 3x6 Workbench" which I have built. The total station would replace your miter saw stand, table saw stand, and that workmate workbench. If my tools lived only in the trailer or on the job site I'd build one. I don't think you'd regret it. Just saying...check it out!
Thanks Frank. Most everything I built in this trailer is off Paulks plans.
I use the stands for my table and miter saws because I often have to set up far from where my trailer is parked. My jobs are usually in/out in one day too. Rolling carts are easier and quicker.
Ron Paulk 🤟
Man, your trailer is nice, I've been a part time handyman for 20-something years, so about 3 years ago I started being a full-time handyman, license my own company, before I became full-time I was working out of my truck was not easy at all, I couldn't carry some of my necessaryand I lost money on some jobs because I had to go back the next day to finish up because i 0didn't have a certain tool, so I bought a 5 by 10 trailer, five feet high 🤯 tandem axle aluminum trailer, the trailer can carry a lot of weight, the bad, it's too low, I need height and need more space for tools, but I make it to work right now, I planned to buy a 7 by 16 v-nose trailer and stock it out myself but the amount of time it's going to take me to do all that based on how I want the layout to be it's just going to take up too much of my time when I could be out there making money, I'm in a very high traffic area so I decided to have the manufacturer custom build the trailer, it cost me over two times the price but I'm getting everything in that trailer including heat and AC, an extra roof vent 2 feet from the roof AC, ladder rack on top of roof, an access bladder that is installed on the v nose so I can climb up to access ladders or whatever I put on the roof racks, outlets all over inside and out and a generator hookup at the V nose, 50 or 60 amp breaker panel, I bought an inverter generator 4000 st watt 3500 running watts remote start up, this trailer is loaded, so once I get it 4 to 6 weeks from now, I'm going to do my first CZcams video on it but first i'm going to feature my current trailer I'm using right now just so you can see where I'm coming from.
If you did a video, send me a link. I would love to see your layout
I'm just starting the process of building out the same size trailer. How wide is your walkway? Nice build out!
If I remember to I'll give it a tape next time I open it up. I'm pretty sure it was 32" though.
Thanks
Nice. Can you show us again how you made the drawers and how they stay in place. I couldn’t tell from this video. Is there a screw on the left side that sets in a slot?
I’m building out a new van and have been trying to figure out how to keep the sliding shelves and drawers in place.
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Where do I get the Ron Paulk plans for a tool trailer build.
uhhhhhh counter lol jk Great Set Up uhhhhhh
Why, why does everyone talk about what tools they have … talk about how you came up with the design and show how you built the drawer.. are your walls double ply thick … also where is the larger ladders?
How much money on material? Great job
All together around $600 as a quick guess
Love it but I will be the UHHH guy lol Good Job
Do you think you could be a handyman without one? Would it just be more hassle and less organization?
Yes. The trailer does not have to come with me to every job. Since making this video I have bought a truck. I'll usually just take what I need for whatever jobs I might be doing that day. Larger jobs I just leave the trailer at the job... I work in a pretty safe area and it gets locked up pretty well.
What width and height are your long drawers. I can agree the small drawer set up took a few days myself. Also highly suggest the birch ply compared to contractor grade ply. Weight is significant. Thanks for sharing
Approximately w- 18" h- 12". I laid out what I wanted to put in them and based it off that. Suggest doing the same.
$1000 to whoever guesses how many times he says "uh"
Will Willison uhh maybe uh 500 or uh 600 times
Thats the reason I stop watching. 49 secs in 15 uh s.
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Great vid but why so looooong?
what's the thickness of the drawer bottoms?
1/2". Off top of my head. Let you know if different
Any idea on the weight?
Last weigh-in was 5,200. I also had four 4x8 1/2-in sheets of rock in it at the time.
Why not bypass the ballast on all the lights you put led in
Getting there... Really would not have needed it yet.
Crazy!!! This trailer looks nearly identical to mine! Inside and out! I also did a couple videos on my channel about my trailer. Check them out if u get a chance! Great video!
...dolphin dive high five...
Drink everytime he says, "uh". You'll be barfing in the bushes before you know it.
ah . . . umm . . . ah . . . ah. No need to say 'ah' at the end of every other sentence, that's what periods are for.
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh........
Ah, ah, ah
I appreciate the organization, but by adding cabinets and drawers, you actually limit your ability and versatility.
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Zzz.