What is a Flying Carpet?

Clubhouse Trailers has created an innovative transportation solution for front-percussion-heavy marching bands.

First created in 2018, Clubhouse Trailer Company created The Flying Carpet, a hydraulic moving floor. The Flying Carpet, most commonly 26 feet long, can lower to the 1st floor, and allow marimbas, vibraphones, xylophones, keyboard carts, speaker carts, and other equipment to be loaded in, secured to the floor, and then raised up to 72″ in the air in order to load more equipment on the 1st floor. 

A low angle approach ramp makes loading simple, and 12 floor-mounted d-rings allow you to secure all of your equipment. 

Standard Features

All Clubhouse Trailers come equipped with our Standard Features. 

Interior/Exterior Lighting

All trailers come equipped with main deck and 2nd floor LED lighting. These low voltage, high-efficiency, low-profile lights provide plenty of illumination for late night load outs.

Additionally, we provide powerful LED flood lights to illuminate your surrounding camp.

Custom Rear Bumpers

Every full-build (including graphics) receives a new diamond treadplate bumper.

Electrical Control System

All lights are easily controlled from a door-mounted switch panel. 

Additionally, the power cabinet is mounted on the wall near the rear of the trailer. This cabinet houses deep cycle batteries, a solar charge controller, and a low-voltage disconnect circuit, so you can run all weekend on sunlight. 

Layout Options

In addition to our standard features, we have two industry-first layouts to improve efficiency and loading safety.

Split Entry Layout

Our split entry layout features a customizable, full-height upper deck. This allows easy flow from the side-entry door into the front nose deck area, through the upper deck to the rear, and out the rear doors via ramp.

In this layout, the main deck is used for transporting all rolling, front ensemble equipment, while the upper deck is typically an open floor plan used for transporting field percussion and larger wind and brass instruments.

Flying Carpet

The Flying Carpet is a great solution for larger front ensemble organizations, as well as those that have caged-storage solutions. The 26-foot long second floor lowers all the way to the main deck for easy loading and unloading. Equipment can be secured using the tie-down hooks located along the edges. The floor can then be raised 72 inches to its transport position, allowing additional equipment to be loaded onto the main deck underneath, as well as the front nose deck area toward the front.