Ultimate kayak trailer ideas

Pelagic- ABS tubes in 8' or 9' with caps work great for this.  If so inclined, you can easily drill the cap for a lock.

It can be real hard on your rods though.  Friend of mine has tubes rigged up in the back of his truck canopy.  Rods develop "road rash" over time from rubbing against the tubes and each other. 

Wrap them in an old sheet?

Pelagic- ABS tubes in 8' or 9' with caps work great for this.  If so inclined, you can easily drill the cap for a lock.

It can be real hard on your rods though.  Friend of mine has tubes rigged up in the back of his truck canopy.  Rods develop "road rash" over time from rubbing against the tubes and each other. 

That's what rod socks are for!  You can pick 'em up pretty cheap from Cabela's or you can use Stik Jackets (I'm picking some of these up soon).

http://www.histackleboxshop.com/Stick-Jacket-Rod-Sleeves-p/stick-jacket-rod-sleeves.htm

Pelagic- ABS tubes in 8' or 9' with caps work great for this.  If so inclined, you can easily drill the cap for a lock.

It can be real hard on your rods though.  Friend of mine has tubes rigged up in the back of his truck canopy.  Rods develop "road rash" over time from rubbing against the tubes and each other. 

That's what rod socks are for!  You can pick 'em up pretty cheap from Cabela's or you can use Stik Jackets (I'm picking some of these up soon).

http://www.histackleboxshop.com/Stick-Jacket-Rod-Sleeves-p/stick-jacket-rod-sleeves.htm

I guess we are talking apples and oranges.. If you want to fully break down your gear before and after every trip, rod socks and a tube style rod vault may be your best option.  If like me, you like to show up with rods rigged and ready to fish, permanent rod racks inside full length gear boxes might be the better option.  To each their own..

PP, I probably should've have phrased it a little differently.  Re-reading it, my comment did seem a little forward.

I tried to come up with different setups to keep the reels mounted on my truck, but in the end they all took up too much space in/on it.  Depending on the trailer style it could work out.  For example, I could see putting a rigged rod/reel locker on a 4x8 trailer on the very bottom of it, sized to the length and width of the trailer with a hinged flap on the back end.  All of the other storage boxes, racks, or floor would then be mounted on top of this 6-8" high base locker.

Maybe you could glue a strip of outdoor carpet inside the abs pipe to cut down abrasion. When it gets sandy/dirty, take the cap of the other end and flush it out.