How many have a trailer?

I own a 2000 Mazda Protege ES..... not a Miata.

Keep thinking abt a Miata tho

But one things Im trying to figure out is how I would haul "stuff"
with a Miata as my only car.

Even with my Protege its damn near useless for hauling anything more
than a sack of groceries. Example I bought some of those patio chairs
made of resin and couldn't haul them home in the Protege either. had
my sister haul em home in her Escape

Given the above info..... I need some way to be able to haul bulky
things home. Not necessarily heavy things but bulky things like chairs
or small bushes and such

Im pretty sure they make small trailers for Miatas right? If yes how
do you like yours and what kind of things could you haul with it?

Thanks in advance!

In article >,
wrote:

> Given the above info..... I need some way to be able to haul bulky
> things home. Not necessarily heavy things but bulky things like chairs
> or small bushes and such

If it'll fit into a small trailer, it'll probably fit into the passenger
seat with the top down. The seat also comes out with four bolts, if you
need a bit more room. But if my Miata were my only car, and I needed to
haul something bulky every so often, I'd rent or borrow a pickup or van.
Don't buy something you'll only need once or twice a year. Remember, you
have to park a trailer someplace when you're not using it.

I got a 21" monitor home in the Miata with the top up, but I had to
leave the box at CompUSA.

--
Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA
'94C
the alignment page:
http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html

"Lanny Chambers" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> wrote:
>
> > Given the above info..... I need some way to be able to haul bulky
> > things home. Not necessarily heavy things but bulky things like chairs
> > or small bushes and such
>
> If it'll fit into a small trailer, it'll probably fit into the passenger
> seat with the top down. The seat also comes out with four bolts, if you
> need a bit more room. But if my Miata were my only car, and I needed to
> haul something bulky every so often, I'd rent or borrow a pickup or van.
> Don't buy something you'll only need once or twice a year. Remember, you
> have to park a trailer someplace when you're not using it.
>
> I got a 21" monitor home in the Miata with the top up, but I had to
> leave the box at CompUSA.
>
> --
> Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA
> '94C
> the alignment page:
> http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html

I second Lanny. My Miata and I carry home -- every year -- an 9 foot tall,
6 foot diameter Christmas tree. The guy at the tree lot knows me, and now
looks forward to me coming by. The tree is 'netted' and the top is down --
and visibility to the right is non-existent. But it is so-o-o-o kewl!

Two weeks ago, I was forced to evacuate my apartment -- for the oncoming
hurricane. I managed to get, in the front seat, everything I needed for a
weeks stay at a friend, along with my 5-gallon tool bucket and all my tools.
If the Miata can 'move' you -- why do you need to worry about a few chairs?

Besides, your friends with the pick-ups can take up the 'moving friend'
slack!

Fulfill your wants -- and you'll be surprised how your needs will conform.

>If it'll fit into a small trailer, it'll probably fit into the passenger
>seat with the top down.

Hmm.... that is a good point abt a convertible that I
hadn't thought of... i.e. that with the top down it
acts like a pickup bed and can swallow bigger things
that even my 4 door Protege cant swallow

But what do you do abt those objects that are kinda
trashy such as a big bush with all its rots wrapped up
into a ball and in burlap?

Still need a trailer for that as you wont want dirt in
the cab of a Miata. No?

> wrote in message
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[snip]
> But what do you do abt those objects that are kinda
> trashy such as a big bush with all its rots wrapped up
> into a ball and in burlap?
>
> Still need a trailer for that as you wont want dirt in
> the cab of a Miata. No?

You've hit on the essence of the car. If you need to carry stuff you should
get something else. I'd be inclined to buy a beater pick-up truck (too)
instead of some (probably quite limited) trailer system.

-John

>I'd be inclined to buy a beater pick-up truck (too)
>instead of some (probably quite limited) trailer system.

No

The trailer is much simpler mechanically. Not as much repairs or maint
needed as a beater truck

Besides i can only afford one vehicle

> wrote in message
...
> >I'd be inclined to buy a beater pick-up truck (too)
> >instead of some (probably quite limited) trailer system.
>
> No
>
> The trailer is much simpler mechanically. Not as much repairs or maint
> needed as a beater truck
>
> Besides i can only afford one vehicle

Then don't buy a Miata...

-John

Generic was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:
> wrote in message
> ...
>> >I'd be inclined to buy a beater pick-up truck (too)
>> >instead of some (probably quite limited) trailer system.
>>
>> No
>>
>> The trailer is much simpler mechanically. Not as much repairs or maint
>> needed as a beater truck
>>
>> Besides i can only afford one vehicle
>
> Then don't buy a Miata...

Now that's not very helpful advice, is it?
--
Timo Geusch

'91 Eunos Roadster V-Spec

I'd be interested in a small trailer as well. For light bulky things
like sleeping bags. Isn't something like that available for motorcycles?

Gary Fuchs


wrote:
> I own a 2000 Mazda Protege ES..... not a Miata.
>
> Keep thinking abt a Miata tho
>
> But one things Im trying to figure out is how I would haul "stuff"
> with a Miata as my only car.
>
> Even with my Protege its damn near useless for hauling anything more
> than a sack of groceries. Example I bought some of those patio chairs
> made of resin and couldn't haul them home in the Protege either. had
> my sister haul em home in her Escape
>
> Given the above info..... I need some way to be able to haul bulky
> things home. Not necessarily heavy things but bulky things like chairs
> or small bushes and such
>
> Im pretty sure they make small trailers for Miatas right? If yes how
> do you like yours and what kind of things could you haul with it?
>
> Thanks in advance!

wrote:

>>If it'll fit into a small trailer, it'll probably fit into the passenger
>>seat with the top down.
>
>Hmm.... that is a good point abt a convertible that I
>hadn't thought of... i.e. that with the top down it
>acts like a pickup bed and can swallow bigger things
>that even my 4 door Protege cant swallow
>
>But what do you do abt those objects that are kinda
>trashy such as a big bush with all its rots wrapped up
>into a ball and in burlap?
>
>Still need a trailer for that as you wont want dirt in
>the cab of a Miata. No?

As Ken Lyons posted in a concurrent thread, http://www.hitch-web.com/

I use newspapers if I need to transport dirty items (tires come
to mind) in my Miata.

I have transported very long pieces of wood in the passenger seat,
long enough that I started worrying about overhead wires. Also
a 23 inch TV (out of the box.) But keep in mind that the linear
extend in front of the passenger seat is quite limited; it is
easy to exceed. A trailer would be quite handy sometimes.

Though I do not have one. The last time I needed to transport
something big a few years ago, a radial arm saw, the Sears
manager (himself a Miata owner) offered free delivery when I
wanted to try to take it out of the box and home in pieces.
Which was just as well. The entire top of the saw was one
steel assembly, and whether or not it would have fitted in the
passenger seat, (I doubt it), I was most certainly not able
to lift it!

Leon

--
Leon van Dommelen Bozo, the White 96 Sebring Miata .)
http://www.dommelen.net/miata
EXIT THE INTERSTATES (Jamie Jensen)