Enclosed trailers are slightly more expensive than open trailers, but they offer tons of benefits over the latter. Whether you're an individual or business, you can use enclosed trailers for virtually anything, and therefore enjoy much greater value for your investment. Below are six ideas to prove just how handy enclosed trailers can be.

1. Weather protection

Enclosed trailers are suitable for protecting your valuables from both sun and rain damage, unlike utility and open trailers. This is very valuable in rainy weather and winter, when precipitation can cause grave damage to gear and machinery. Your things can be safely locked up until the sun comes back.

2. Safety

With a trusty lock on the door, you can keep your valuable items safe from burglary in enclosed trailers. You don't have to worry about transporting valuable into houses for the night and back out when you need to leave; simply lock up and go your way! This also means that you can store your valuable and expensive belongings therein without worrying about them.

3. Equipment transport

Small business owners can particularly benefit from the flexibility of enclosed trailers. Landscapers, contractors, construction workers, plumbers and electricians, among others, can maintain ready trailers geared up with work equipment. When a job comes in, all they need to do is get in and start driving. For long jobs, equipment can be safely locked in the trailer at the end of the workday, ready for retrieval in the morning.

4. Recreational use

Families can also invest in small enclosed trailers to easily transport recreational items such as snowmobiles, camping gear, bicycles, motorcycles or go-karts, among others. These are great for family vacation road trips. Meanwhile, these valuable items are well protected while on the road. You can also customize it to hold a full entertainment system to party on the go with friends. Basically, you can transform an enclosed trailer into almost anything you need for your home or business.

5. Business use

Enclosed trailers can also be customized to create business premises for various uses. You have seen cop shows with the back of the vans customized into a surveillance office. You can also do the same and create offices, restaurants, ice-cream shops and other businesses that you can operate on-the-go. This means you never have to worry about paying rent on brick-and-mortar premises, and you can go where business calls without worries.

6. Mobile homes

You can also customize trailers to be anything you want. You can fit a bed and some utensils to help you save money on food and accommodation when going on a long road trip or to provide extra accommodation at home when you're having lots of sleep-in guests.