trailer storage of sleds

[ridindirty800]

Summer Enclosed Trailer Storage of Sleds

Hey this will be the first year I am storing my sleds in my Triton enclosed trailer for the summer. My plan was to summarize sleds put inside, and jack trailer up to get weight of tires and bearings. I plan to moniter condensation and open cover and air out as needed. For all you guys who store in your trailers any tips or something I am missing? Is heat build up ever a concern on the plastics? Thanks in advance for any tip or advise!

 

[IOWASLEDDER]

I store mine in my trailer during the summer. I have an inline so it seals up very well. Never had a problem with heat doing anything to the plastics. I put 3 plastic containers of damp-rid in the trailer at a time to soak up the humidity. Not sure if it helps any but they collect a lot of water. I always put the rear ends of my sleds in the air on jacks. Other than cleaning before storage, load 'em and lock 'em up until next year!

 

[ridindirty800]

I store mine in my trailer during the summer. I have an inline so it seals up very well. Never had a problem with heat doing anything to the plastics. I put 3 plastic containers of damp-rid in the trailer at a time to soak up the humidity. Not sure if it helps any but they collect a lot of water. I always put the rear ends of my sleds in the air on jacks. Other than cleaning before storage, load 'em and lock 'em up until next year!

I will have to look into the damp-rid container. I know I have heard guys say that they put extra vents in the trailer (mine has 2 in the corners) to help. I may also spray some of the metal parts of the sled down with some WD-40 to protect.

 

[IOWASLEDDER]

WD-40 is a good idea. Make sure to fully grease it also. You wouldn't believe the water that comes out when greasing.

 

[scoot]

I have a Triton clam shell and I used to do all the stuff you stated above. Now I just summerize them and put them away for the summer. I rarely open the trailer or even look at them in the off season. I do try to make sure they're as dry as possible before I put them away, (all the snow is melted off them, etc). My trailer has one vent and I store the trailer on the east side of my garage to avoid the hot afternoon sun. I run an extension cord out to the trailer for the battery tenders and plug it in once or twice a month if I remember. Many people mention that my sleds still look new, even though they are eight years old.

 

[Pizza Man]

I have a 20 ft. Loadmaster enclosed trailer.
I store it in a friends machine shed on his farm with other sleds. I clean it up, etc, summarizing it keep it roof vent open.

 

[Hoosier]

Good question. Guys I ride with bought an inline and I am thinking about leaving it in there for offseason. My concern is heat and moisture.

 

[ridindirty800]

looks like a large bucket of damp rid is like 10 bucks. I will have to pick a few of those up. I am also going to pull my battery and have on my workbench on the battery tender.

 

[zozo2]

Everything mentioned so far is good advice. I always remove the batteries and belts, also grease them up and check all bolts for tightness where possible, check the carbides and slides, and make notes of concerns or issues that might have to be dealt with when they come out of storage. The snowmobiles also receive a light coating of WD-40 on metal parts. Then the four place enclosed Triton goes into a storage shed, with moisture absorber containers inside the trailer. The only other thing I didn't see mentioned so far was rodent protection from mice. I have been putting mothballs inside the snowmobile engine compartments somewhere, and a few more on the running boards. No problems with mouse nests so far.

 

[ezra]

I prep them for storage shut the lid on the clam and drop them off at the storage place until fall done deal.moth balls dont do squat the mice took the balls out of the box and used the box for a nest in my old camper.

 

[Hoosier]

I store mine in my trailer during the summer. I have an inline so it seals up very well. Never had a problem with heat doing anything to the plastics. I put 3 plastic containers of damp-rid in the trailer at a time to soak up the humidity. Not sure if it helps any but they collect a lot of water. I always put the rear ends of my sleds in the air on jacks. Other than cleaning before storage, load 'em and lock 'em up until next year!

For the damp rid - do you just open the tubs put them in the trailer? If so, seems easy enough.

 

[fusionfool]

WD40 good, removed belts and kept in house, and connected battery tender all summer.
Otherwise left the roof vent open just a bit to keep air flowing. Never had a problem. I did not even take the weight off the wheels, just drove on 2" X 10" planks.

 

[raceinsnow]

I will add some more things, remove most of the gas (only leave enough to keep efi fuel pump pick up submerged) and don't fill the oil tank up and leave the oil tank cap loose. The oil will expand with the heat and pour out the overflow and if the cap only vents one way the expansion will fill the crank case with oil.

 

[500sks]

To all using Damp Rid be careful I used it and spilled some and it is almost impossible to get off and will rust whatever it is spilled on.