I will be buying a Iron Horse Trailer. My question is when I go on a trip with the trailer and want to drive the bikes for a week. Where can I park the trailer and van till I return. Thanks Billy
I've had an Iron Horse motorcycle trailer for three years and absolutely love it. After my wife's back fusion, she can't handle the long-distance rides, so we trailer (quickly) to where we want to be and spend the extra time touring distant place on the bike.
I too have been challenged by storage while touring. A friend's house is the best, but often not an option. If they have a large parking area, hotels will sometimes allow you to leave the vehicle and trailer if you will stay at least one night on both ends of the trip. A loyalty club membership (with that hotel brand) helps with that conversation. The downside is both are usually in an unsecured area, though I've never had a problem. A local self-storage lot is another option and they will usually do a weekly rental, perhaps a month rental rate to use an enclosed storage for a week. Leaving at a dealership is sort of like the hotel option - usually an unsecured location. And on my last trip, I used the friend-of-a-friend option. The FOAF owned a fleet maintenance company and allowed me to park on his lot for free. Well, actually, I bought him a bottle of Booker's bourbon as a thank you. I gave him the gift when I dropped off the vehicle/trailer and came back to a freshly washed vehicle/trailer!
FYI, whenever I need to store my Iron Horse trailer in an unsecured lot, I lower the tongue jack as low as it will go, then drop the two stabilizer bars in the rear of the trailer. Then I lock the tongue jack in place using the safety chains. The net effect is a thief can't lift the trailer tongue to mount on a hitch. I also use both a hitch lock and a ball lock. I realize any of these protections can be cut or broken off by a clever thief, but most are not that clever and few have the time to overcome all four levels of security in a grab and go situation.