We use a trailer for hauling equipment as well as running T&S out of it.
We pay members to haul the trailer to the event site. The price is high
enough to ensure people are willing to do it. In talking with Atlanta
Region, they worked out a deal with their local Ryder truck rental place
to have one truck installed with a hitch and they have that truck
reserved for every weekend that they have an event.
Our previous trailer was much smaller and it took a long time to get
setup at an event site. The new trailer really smoothed over that task.
We considered a truck but higher initial costs, maintenance issues, and
insurance caused enough concern to make the trailer a safer option.
Trailer and contents are insured separately. In Va. towing vehicle
insurance covers trailer while being towed.
A nearby region uses a box truck and it works very well. There are
times I wish we had gone that option.
glen
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Glen E. Thompson
Regional Executive
Blue Ridge Region SCCA
glen.thompson@cox.net
www.brr-scca.org
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Kevin Venisnik
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 6:50 PM
To: autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Equipment Truck/Trailer Question
My region (Arizona) is looking into replacing our equipment truck. We
seem
to be leaning towards replacing our box truck with another box truck as
opposed to a trailer and something to pull it with. This is due to
concern
about increased expense on maintaining a truck and a trailer as opposed
to
just a box truck.
I was just wondering how other regions handle this issue. There was
talk of
just using a member's truck to move the trailer when needed or renting a
truck when the trailer has to be moved but concerns about insurance
coverage
and Uhaul/Ryder not allowing their trucks to be used for pulling
non-Uhaul/Ryder trailers kind of quashed this. If your region has an
equipment trailer how do you handle moving it around the site and if
needed
moving it from site to site? How do you address concerns about
insurance?
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