2010 Range Rover Supercharged

[Jake]

Mileage: 100,180
Welp, I bought a new trailer. I decided it's time to move into DC proper, which means I'll lose my garage space for the racecar and tools. What fixes that? An enclosed!

I sold the open trailer a few weeks ago, it got taken home at Summit Point, and I picked this up in Pennsylvania from a NASA racer and his father-in-law on Saturday. Thanks to Joey for riding shotgun for the trip, always nice to have a travel buddy and we seem to be fond of enabling each others' strange/dumb purchases.

The "new" trailer is a 2005 CargoPro. Fully aluminum with a 20' box and V-nose. It only weighs about 2500 lbs, which is wild considering my 18' open was 2k by itself. The previous owner purchased the trailer new and it's been pretty cared for. I'll put new tires on it in the spring, but otherwise it doesn't need anything.

There are cabinets in the V-nose portion, as well as a winch. The seller rigged up a wireless remote to control the winch so you can steer the car in and not have to stand up front. The walls/ceiling/floor are all finished, with some florescent tube lighting on the ceiling and some incandescent "loading lights" for loading up in the dark. There's a tire rack on the one wall that will hold one set of tires.

I ordered an e-track strap on Amazon so I can strap my toolbox against the wall. Going to start loading things in later this week, which will allow me to see what I can sell/pitch from the garage otherwise.

The Range Rover crossed 100k miles on the drive home (yay) and pulled this trailer very well. I'm excited to see how it does all loaded up. My big concern was wind affecting the truck/trailer given the increased aero profile. Joey and I caught some decent winds on the drive home and it was alright. I'm wondering (hoping?) that with more weight in the trailer, it'll combat the effects of wind a bit more. Either way, it'll be okay.

Lane changes are scary right now, I need some bigger tow mirrors on the RR. Also learning that this is a larger, longer trailer that I can't whip around like the open. Joey can share what happened in Bethesda on Saturday on the way home, but it involved him stopping traffic because of a dumbass mail truck driver.