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Old 04-03-2018, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Jaygauthier
Todd, my trailex is under here. Bought on eBay.

Wow - that is pretty good. Vasily Zaytsev could be hiding underneath there.
Old 04-03-2018, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ShakeNBake
Man the moment I even drive down my block with a trailer I get an HOA violation notice.
I get HOA notices for other people's trailers. If there is a race trailer on my block, they just assume it's mine.

As for the OP, cover the side that faces the public with flat screen TVs and feed them with a camera on the other side of the trailer pointed at what's behind the trailer. Instant cloak.

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Can't believe this thread exists. My family totally made fun of me trying to camo my trailer (although, I did make a very lame attempt by buying a brown tarp and spray painting it with green spots). I don't have a photo, but we have tons of room to store the trailer. But the ground is soft/wet so I need to install a french drain to dry it out to be able to move it behind the fence. I had searched camo tarps, but did not try ebay, so will look there for the one JayG has. No HOA issues for us unless I were to park it on the street.
Old 04-07-2018, 10:50 AM
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I just don't want to look at a big gray box in my driveway. Also thinking about getting some stockade fencing and adding pipes to the bottom so they can go into sleeves in the ground.

I really figured someone here had some awesome solution. Is RL going to fail me for once?
Old 04-07-2018, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by LuigiVampa
I really figured someone here had some awesome solution. Is RL going to fail me for once?
Showed my wife the photo with the camo net and it passed, so I ordered one (link). I was also thinking about a fake hedge or something like that. Here's a "Nearly Natural Artificial Decorative Cedar Hedge" (link).
Old 04-08-2018, 09:04 AM
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Hi Todd
Any chance you could provide a photo of the site? It might stimulate some ideas.
Old 04-08-2018, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by LuigiVampa
I just don't want to look at a big gray box in my driveway. Also thinking about getting some stockade fencing and adding pipes to the bottom so they can go into sleeves in the ground.

I really figured someone here had some awesome solution. Is RL going to fail me for once?

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Originally Posted by Paul Solk
That would cost me more than my trailer was worth! But it is pretty cool.

As Rick suggested I need to take a picture. Heading out to LRP tomorrow to see how Pirellis react at 32 degrees!
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Originally Posted by aryork
Showed my wife the photo with the camo net and it passed, so I ordered one (link). I was also thinking about a fake hedge or something like that. Here's a "Nearly Natural Artificial Decorative Cedar Hedge" (link).
That first link is a link back to this thread
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Got the $35 camo tarp.

I'm actually going to park it farther back - there's an old graded road it is sitting on. I had to dig two drainage ditches (you can see one that is a gray line in front of the trailer and to the right - gray from rocks), and am getting a big load of rocks this week to spread over the entire area. After that is done, it should be solid enough to move the trailer with the mower. I got it where it is with the mower, but soil is far too wet to do that routinely.

Thanks Jayg!

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Originally Posted by ExMB
That first link is a link back to this thread
Whoops. This one should work.
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Old 04-16-2018, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by aryork
Got the $35 camo tarp.

I'm actually going to park it farther back - there's an old graded road it is sitting on. I had to dig two drainage ditches (you can see one that is a gray line in front of the trailer and to the right - gray from rocks), and am getting a big load of rocks this week to spread over the entire area. After that is done, it should be solid enough to move the trailer with the mower. I got it where it is with the mower, but soil is far too wet to do that routinely.

Thanks Jayg!
Originally Posted by aryork
Whoops. This one should work.
Both these solutions look pretty good. Wondering how it would be with a big 27 foot trailer? Not a huge investment to find out.

This is what I am working with. I am going to get it further back into the corner - until recently there were mounds of snow there!
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I think a huge dicktona sticker would be perfect. What neighbor does not like the sight of a race track?
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Originally Posted by certz
I think a huge dicktona sticker would be perfect. What neighbor does not like the sight of a race track?
It's always fun when people start asking me about the track stickers on the back of my truck - "that one's Sebring, that's Lime Rock, that Summit Point, and that's er umm Dicktona."


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