be carefull with stuffing the pick up bed and combining the weight of the
trailer on a hitch ball. the truck can become too heavy on the rear springs
or develop some handling problems. distributing weight over trailer's
axle's or front and rear in the trailer is far more desireable.
just a thought on safety and loading goods for a safe race weekend.
chuck
cfchrist@earthlink.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Phelan" <tomph@mchsi.com>
To: "Vintage Racing List" <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 7:35 PM
Subject: Trailers
> Hi All,
>
> You have all been so helpful in the past and I value your suggestions ...
> so ...
>
> I thought I'd poll the list here with a question on trailers. I've got a
'67
> Datsun roadster and was thinking about getting a small enclosed trailer to
> haul it to events. I have an open single axle tilt bed right now.
>
> The car is 13' long from tip to tail. I need to keep the size down so I
can
> keep it around the house and still leave room for the rest of the cars we
> have in the family and also so the neighbors won't get all crazy about
> having a big auto hauler in the neighborhood. I also thought that is would
> be a good solution to freeing up one of my garage bays for other projects.
I
> thought a 16'x7' sounded like it might do the job. Don't need a lot of
room
> in the trailer for spares, tools, etc as the tow vehicle is a pickup with
a
> cap on it and all my junk goes in there. Any thoughts or am I spinning my
> wheels here.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Tom P
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