Gary crouch
Observer
When I built the lid for my M416 I looked at many of the designs on the various forums... I saw flat ones, some that had a small 4" rise with a shape mimicking the angled top of the trailer and a couple other types...
I want to throw this thought out.... mine has a shape similar to the top of the trailer but instead of a 3-4" rise it's more like 6-7 inches... When building it, it just ended up that high... I was really kinda bummed because I thought too high...crap I thought!
But now after using the trailer for many trips, I think that height really works out a lot better... when you load your trailer with coolers and containers carrying your kitchen/pantry stuff, sleeping bags etc.. you find that its still easy to throw on top of all that, chairs and misc "stuff"!!
If the lid was flat or only a very small rise, it really cuts down on what you can put in there... Just my two cents.
I want to throw this thought out.... mine has a shape similar to the top of the trailer but instead of a 3-4" rise it's more like 6-7 inches... When building it, it just ended up that high... I was really kinda bummed because I thought too high...crap I thought!
But now after using the trailer for many trips, I think that height really works out a lot better... when you load your trailer with coolers and containers carrying your kitchen/pantry stuff, sleeping bags etc.. you find that its still easy to throw on top of all that, chairs and misc "stuff"!!
If the lid was flat or only a very small rise, it really cuts down on what you can put in there... Just my two cents.