car trailer question Options

[Joe Ricard]

I use the transmission ears for the rear, they cross to the back eyes on the trailer.

fronts go around the front A arm. leave the car in nuetral.

[Randal]

Big reason to buy a longer trailer - tire racks for race tires and storage for gas.

I think mine is 18 or 20 feet; whatever, but it had plenty of room to weld in tire racks and holders for gas cans. At night when on the road I just cover the entire trailer and car up with a tarp. I also have a (lockable) bar through the wheels and I use chains on the gas cans.

Also room for a nitrogen tank below the tires.

If you have the option try to get a trailer with a removable fender on the drivers side. This will eliminate a lot of frustration when you end up banging the door on the steel fender.

[GaroldShaffer]

The bed of my trailer is 16ft steel deck, flip up fenders, hidden ramps, brakes on both axels. I bought it used for $800 3 years ago and it was one of the best things I ever bought. If I was to replace it I would go with a 20ft one just for the extra room for a open trailer and a 24ft for enclosed. I like the wheel holddwon straps. I got them from ebay.

My setup



With a 74 911 loaded



And my 914 when I brought it home from paint a few years ago.

[computers4kids]

One of our member vendors sells these very reasonably for tie down points.
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[carr914]

Get this trailer - the car comes with it

T.C.

[rfuerst911sc]

Today I took off from work and went to look at a 18 foot steel deck trailer. From the time I called the guy saying I was leaving to the time I arrived ( 45 minutes ) the trailer was sold for $700.00 ! Just wasn't meant to be I guess. I'll keep looking. Thanks for the feedback guys.

[rick 918-S]

Heres mine. 12' nice and low. I've pulled this all over the country and back several times. I built it about 15 years ago. I had way too much money in it when I built it but it pulls so nice I would do it again.

[sww914]

Mine is absolutely minimal. It's 12' long and about a foot wider than the front of a 914. It has no axle, the monkey who built it welded 2 different F suspension knuckles from some random old cars to the sides of the trailer. It's too low to clear a 40 oz beer bottle laying on the freeway. It's really light, super easy to tow, and I spent more on the wires, connectors, chains and lights than I spent on the trailer. It doesn't use ramps, I just crank up on the electric tongue jack until the back of it hits the ground and drive the car on to it. It's the biggest POS at every race but I wouldn't trade it. Nobody, ever, can get their car on and off as fast and easy as me. $200,000.00 car, $50,000.00 trailer and it takes them half an hour to get the car out. It's so tough that some brain dead immigrant in LA ran over the corner of it on the freeway, tore the bumper off of his mini-van, my trailer was fine.
The nice thing about a large enclosed trailer is that you can put all your crap in it.
The bad thing about a large enclosed trailer is that you will put all your crap in it.

[jhadler]

Mine is absolutely minimal. It's 12' long and about a foot wider than the front of a 914. It has no axle, the monkey who built it welded 2 different F suspension knuckles from some random old cars to the sides of the trailer. It's too low to clear a 40 oz beer bottle laying on the freeway. It's really light, super easy to tow, ...

Pictures????

Would love to see it.

-Josh2

[charliew]

One time a friend asked me to move a 62 4x4 chevy truck for him that a body shop had started on. It didn't have a seat but would run. We went and got it and it loaded ok but it had been setting and was a little rough running. When we got to my house and started to unload it he was setting on a 5 gallon can. It didn't want to stay running so he was revving it up a little and got it in granma low instead of reverse. Before he could recover and kill it, it didn't have any brakes, he was up on top of a big tool box I have in the front to hold all the stuff. I was pulling it with a harley truck and he thought he bought the back of the truck. All that happened was he ran over my koozy that was setting on the box. The tool box is really big but aluminum. It's powdercoated black. I got it from tractor supply. Both front tires were on it's top. It didn't bend it, I couldn't believe nothing was bent. You should have seen the look on his face while he was mashing on the brakes that didn't work.