Members lagunagrande Posted April 1, 2015 Members Share Posted April 1, 2015 I recently purchased a 24ft cargo trailer to haul my equipment around in. When I'm not using the equipment I'd like to keep it stored in the trailer and in our barn. The trailer does have a roof vent I would leave open. Right now what I'd be storing in there would be JBL PRX618-XLFs, JBL PRX715s, Peavey 1012s, Chauvet lighting, amps, mixers, pretty much the whole set up. I live in Texas and right now the temperatures are slowly starting to rise. Would my equipment be safe being stored like that? I don't want any damage to occur to them. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted April 1, 2015 Members Share Posted April 1, 2015 I would think so. Maybe buy a furnace filter to fit the vent hole so a bunch of dust etc doesn't make its way in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dookietwo Posted April 1, 2015 Members Share Posted April 1, 2015 I'd put a thermometer in the trailer and keep an eye on the temp for awhile. Don't let it get too hot n dry. The paper cones may in time not like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pro Sound Guy Posted April 2, 2015 Members Share Posted April 2, 2015 If you are out of the sun in a barn and high and dry I would not sweat it. I would worry more about critters making nests inside of your gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Audiopile Posted April 2, 2015 Members Share Posted April 2, 2015 I would worry more about critters making nests inside of your gear. Hence: Cats, and why we feed them and keep them around. My cat's name is "rodent control" (and I take a tax deduction on her room and board for the purpose that she's here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted April 2, 2015 Members Share Posted April 2, 2015 I wouldn't worry about the temp, but I certainly would worry about the rodents (and snakes and scorpions and spiders that you guys have there). I also have a team of cats for rodent control. Haven't seen a rodent in my shop in 5 years, they are machine like in their quest for the little critters. I have 160 acres of wheat next door to my shop, which appears now to be a rodent free zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axisplayer Posted April 2, 2015 Members Share Posted April 2, 2015 Andy, thats funny. Didn't help my gear, but we have a beagle that has made our yard a mole/vole/rabbit free zone. We have holes everywhere but nothing is living in them now. Neighbors have asked to borrow her. Renting her may be my second career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted April 2, 2015 Members Share Posted April 2, 2015 Every so often the feral's (who are now pretty domesticated) bring us a gift, presenting it to us as if to say thanks for the good eats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dbMontana Posted April 2, 2015 Members Share Posted April 2, 2015 I bought a used Subaru in excellent condition last fall but was surprised when the cold weather hit a month later that the defroster didn't work worth a darn -- just worthless. I dropped it off at my normal repair shop and when picking it up that afternoon was met by the owner who took my invoice, folded it in half, and closing his eyes placed it to his forehead ala Johhny Carson's old "Carnac the Magnificent" routine and said "I see you and/or your wife put out bird feeders this time of year". Well, yea, she does, so...? He smiled and showed me a picture of the heater box which was absolutely, totally, jam-packed full of shelled sunflower husks. Subsequent inspection of the garage revealed a 50# bag of sunflower seeds with a hole chewed in the bottom of one corner. I immediately addressed the problem via mechanical rather than feline means and deposited two rather chubby expired mice in the trash the following morning. I would have been really bummed if it were my audio gear instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pro Sound Guy Posted April 3, 2015 Members Share Posted April 3, 2015 When I lived out in the country and stored gear in a large pole shed the dam chipmunks and red squirrels LOVED to make homes in side of loudspeaker boxes etc. That insulation inside of a box is a wonderful warm nest and a great place to store food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shaster Posted April 3, 2015 Members Share Posted April 3, 2015 Might have told this one, but back in the late eighties, I did a six week stint in Hawaii. We would play five or six days and have a one or two day break (depending). Stored our gear outside in a locked room. I would sometimes find big old cockroaches crawling in and around my amp - freaked me out the first time I went to plug in. Probably freaked them out when I hit a power chord! Don't get me started on rat feeders - way too many of those in my neighbourhood. Also used to get birds in my fireplace until I had it screened off. Wasps also like to hide out in nice quiet spaces, like tool sheds, or possibly gear trailers. I agree with the others; screen that vent off well. Make sure it will keep insects and everything from rats to raccoons out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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