water-tight trailers

[Suzanne Mounts <mountss@usfca.edu>]

Hi all,

Thanks for all your helpful thoughts about stock-type trailers vs. those w/
drop-down windows.

The new trailer is to be a gooseneck so I can sleep in the trailer.  The
rain has been coming down steadily for a day and a half and that brings
another concern to mind.  

The roof of my old steel trailer leaks.  This is not wonderful but not
awful because I don't use the trailer for shelter.  I got to thinking about
what a drag it would be if the gooseneck/dressing room area of my new
trailer leaked.  Thoughts on what I should look for to get a water-tight
sleeping/camping area of the trailer?  

When I was out trailer shopping, it wasn't raining, and I didn't pay much
attention to roof issues.  I do remember that one of the brands of aluminum
trailers (I think Silverlite) advertised that their roof was a single
piece.  I assume eliminating seams in the roof makes it less likely that
the trailer would leak?  Is this a steel vs. aluminum issue?  i.e., Do all
aluminum trailers have roofs that are made without seams? do all steel
trailers have seams?  Do trailer roofs that have seams inevitably come to
leak?  Help, help.......  

Suzanne Mounts (in very soggy No Cal)