Rear Trailer Temporary Door/Heat Insulator

[307 Snow*Moto]

So please excuse my naivity, but I am looking for an accessory for my trailer. I just ordered a new Mirage and over the years I have seen trailers at Hillclimbs and races that have a temporary/butcher or freezer insulated style door that can be closed to keep heat in the trailer with the rear door down. I have no clue what to call it. Some of the units i have seen either zip close or slide away to the side. Anyone know? HELP!! Ill buy one if someone can tell me what they are called and where to get one. Mirage has no clue what they are called or where to get it. Pictures or websites would be good.

 

[Extreme-One]

Find out if you have a cover shop that makes covers for boats or awnings for businesses. Give them the measurements of the rear door and have one built. I'm thinking of doing one that attachés at the top with a fixed mount and you roll it up and strap it to the top with snaps. On the sides I'm going to Velcro it and in the middle it will zipper . I'll have one clear vinyl window per panel and black cover material on the bottom. I've seen a few like I mention and they have all been custom built. I was told someplace between 200-300 for all of it.

 

[Ten-Zing]

You can find those plastic strips on the net. Then I just get two strips of steel and at each flap drill a hole through the steel and the strip and just bolt it all together. The flaps should be staggered. I usually make a row where one strips edge touches the other, then another layer the same way, just stager them. Then attach with a bolt at each end of the doorway. Try to make it accessible and easy to remove for the times you don't want it on there.

 

[Ten-Zing]

Sorry, just google "pvc strip" and it should get you results. They even sell rolls of the stuff at Sam's Club.

 

[Kong]

They are called "Freezer Curtains" or strip curtains and other names. Just google "freezer curtains" (I tried it) and you will get a lot of hits. We use them in the restaurants. They come in various widths and lengths with an aluminum track across the top. They use them in warehouse doors also.

 

[sledjunkies]

I design the Door Curtain PVC material into our equipment all the time. Call your local plastics dealer and they will know what your talking about. Don't expect it to be cheap! You can get it in various widths/thicknesses/colors as well. Perfect for pimping out the trailer.

 

[irydcat]

Grainger has them also in there book.

 

[ArcticBoy]

On the strip curtain, make sure it's UV protected some are not and will get hard and brittle. Got one on the race trailer works great even in the coldest weather. The only slight problem is hard wind, you will get them blowing around a bit.

 

[307 Snow*Moto]

So the general consensus is that someone has to make one for you, i.e. an upholstery shop or you make one yourself? Thats cool, thanks for all the information, I guess Ill get to designing one, possibly one that zips together in the middle and rolls to each side that you can tie back so its out of the way? I want one to look custom, possibly having sunbrella material over the plastic with a couple plastic windows or the top haves of the panels clear? or maybe the strips are the way to go, I dont know I need to see some examples of what others have done.

 

[Kong]

So the general consensus is that someone has to make one for you, i.e. an upholstery shop or you make one yourself? Thats cool, thanks for all the information, I guess Ill get to designing one, possibly one that zips together in the middle and rolls to each side that you can tie back so its out of the way? I want one to look custom, possibly having sunbrella material over the plastic with a couple plastic windows or the top haves of the panels clear? or maybe the strips are the way to go, I dont know I need to see some examples of what others have done.

Depends on what you want to do. You don't have to have them "made" They have them that come with little plastic roller hangers and these hangers slide in an aluminum track and all you do is buy the whole thing wide enough and then cut them to length.

The idea normally is not to tie them back, you just drive right through them. Take the time to google and look at them. Thousands of resturants and warehouses use them every day.

Good luck.

 

[donbrown]

So the general consensus is that someone has to make one for you, i.e. an upholstery shop or you make one yourself? Thats cool, thanks for all the information, I guess Ill get to designing one, possibly one that zips together in the middle and rolls to each side that you can tie back so its out of the way? I want one to look custom, possibly having sunbrella material over the plastic with a couple plastic windows or the top haves of the panels clear? or maybe the strips are the way to go, I dont know I need to see some examples of what others have done.

I think this is inconvenient with a zipper. If you are gonna use it twice a day then go for the zipper.

At our club cabin we use the so called "Freezer Curtains" or strip curtains. They last forever .... 20 plus years.

With ten or more people there going in and out of the cabin all the time it works great. We have them on a aluminum strip fastened to the ceiling but it is fastened to anoth strip of aluminum so it can easily be removed for summer use.

But we don't have air conditioning so this pvc plastic will keep the cold in the cabin and heat out in summer. Plus my in-laws use it in their trailer to keep the dusty out the trailer in the desert.

I agree with this guy ' "
"Just google "freezer curtains" (I tried it) and you will get a lot of hits. We use them in the restaurants. They come in various widths and lengths with an aluminum track across the top. They use them in warehouse doors also."