Pinpointing unutilized storage capacity on a caravan can sometimes be as easy as looking outside the box. That’s where you’ll discover drawbar storage boxes are the only external storage solution that offers both easy access storage capacity, as well as optimized weight management.
Let’s be honest: while external rear bar and rooftop storage are nothing new for caravans and trailers, they can be problematic. Fitting weighted-down boxes to the rear of a trailer can lead to dangerous fishtailing, and potentially push your tow vehicle/trailer combination beyond their allowable overhang, or overall length limit. Rooftop storage is equally perilous, leaving you with a precariously altered centre of gravity that errant crosswinds won’t have any reservations about punishing you for.
Drawbar storage boxes aren’t susceptible to any of these scenarios, but they’re more than just a problem-free alternative. They feature their own set of inherent advantages which, in addition to their low and easy access, also makes them the best free-space choice when you have a trailer to tow.
Drawbar Storage Boxes Give You Extra Capacity and Superior Weight Management
It’s a fact: with storage space at a premium every time you take to the road, tapered draw bar tool boxes are the best way to maximize your caravan and trailer’s carrying capacity. These boxes are designed to safely provide you with an extra 150 – 225ltrs of external storage space, and offer the ideal balance between convenience and capacity. They’re big enough to give you valuable space for a full complement of tools and other gear, but aren’t so big that they’re prone to being overloaded; that makes them the perfect external storage choice for any type of trailer or caravan.
Premium quality boxes have to begin with the right materials and construction though, and the best caravan and trailer drawbar toolboxes begin with 2.0mm aluminium checker plate. With only half the weight of similarly-sized steel drawbar boxes, today’s heavy-duty aluminium drawbar toolbox ranges boast incredible strength and a combination of unbeatable core characteristics that include:
· Unparalleled resistance to rust and corrosion;
· Lightweight construction that won’t affect fuel consumption, Tow Bar Mass (TBM), or trailer’s Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM); and,
· A tapered, aerodynamic profile that’s appropriate for any size or length of drawbar.
Safety, however, is the most important attribute that drawbar trailer tool boxes have to offer. An aluminium trailer drawbar box allows you to adjust your TBM (normally considered to be 10% of your aggregate trailer mass) for the safest, most stable towing experience possible, while eliminating the inclination to place destabilizing external weight either behind your trailer’s axles or above its centre of gravity. It’s the surety of managed weight distribution that you want when you’re pulling a loaded caravan or trailer.
Solid Construction Gives Drawbar Boxes the All-Round Advantage in Safety
While on-the-road safety is an unmistakable part of what aluminium caravan and trailer drawbar tool boxes have to offer, it’s their ability to store and protect your gear that makes them most attractive. In addition to the flexing and vibration that’s to be expected with on and off-road driving, external storage boxes also have to be tough enough to withstand everything from attempted break-ins to heavy downpours.
Rugged, tapered drawbar storage box specs are just as impressive on physical safety as they are on safe weight distribution, and they feature a host of solid attributes that include:
· Fully TIG welded seams;
· Recessed lids with dust and weatherproof rubber door seals;
· Stainless steel, full-length piano hinges;
· Adjustable, heavy-duty gas struts supported doors; and,
· Keyed security locks.
You’ll never have to worry about a fully welded trailer drawbar toolbox popping open if the bitumen gets rough, or being coerced open if you leave your trailer unattended. Depending on the length and weight rating of your drawbar, their modest depth allows you to take even more advantage of your frontend space by mounting them together with cradles for other accessories like jerry cans and spare wheels.
Let Your Drawbar Box Be the Safe Space to Properly Store Your Trailer Accessories
Although there are plenty of external accessories that can be configured to go along with a caravan or trailer tool box, perhaps the biggest question is what exactly can you properly store in one. Unlike slider-type storage boxes, a top-opening trailer storage box naturally makes lifting heavy items in and out an unwanted chore, and integrated storage of heavier equipment like batteries and generators requires fabrication in order for them to operate as intended.
Make no mistake: anything that you can store in a rooftop or rear bar box can also go in a trailer drawbar storage box. They excel, however, at storing items that are crucial for supporting a caravan or trailer, but you wouldn’t necessarily want inside your caravan, trailer, or tow vehicle, including:
· Muddy stairs and mats;
· Oversized annexes and awnings;
· Chocks and levelling blocks;
· Jacks, jack stands, and scales; and,
· Black or grey water hoses and pipes.
Weight, however, is still an important consideration. None of these items are especially heavy, but together they can certainly have an impact on your TBM. Safe towing always comes first, and that also means ensuring that your trailer drawbar tool box isn’t overloaded.
The Final Word
At the end of the day, finding ways to safely maximize your caravan or trailer’s external storage capacity is an ongoing effort. And while there’s no shortage of boxes on the market offering all kinds of storage capacities, simply mounting the biggest possible box on the front, rear, or top of your caravan or trailer is almost guaranteed to lead to weight and stability problems.
Tapered draw bar tool boxes have with all the qualities you need to safely store your essential caravan or trailer gear. They’re the perfect solution for adding external capacity, and they can help you manage you weight and stability problems.
