[Fot] Bought a trailer

[Craig]

You bought a trailer Wow is that like honey I bought a steering wheel can I
get the car????? 

Craig

-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bud Rolofson
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 1:43 PM
To: FOT
Subject: [Fot] Bought a trailer

List,

Thanks to everyone for providing great input on trailers and what to look
for.

I bought a 18 ft. Featherlite 3110 all aluminum trailer and the seller
delivered it to my house today. The trailer has only a few thousand miles on
it and it's in great shape. It only weights 1400 lbs. with a
7000 lb towing capacity. The ramps are 6 ft. and very light and easy to
handle. The tires are like new and it has a couple of nice options (wind
shield, tool box, ball lock, locks for ramps)  And I don't have buyer's
remorse unlike a lot of things I've bought...I'm actually pretty stoked.

http://s1162.photobucket.com/albums/q532/levi3451/Featherlite%203110%20trail
er/

I have always admired the Featherlite trailers so now I finally have one. I
went with an open trailer for less wind resistance and buffeting so
hopefully the gas mileage won't suffer as much as with an enclosed trailer.
I'll be towing mostly around Colorado until I get too old to drive to VTR
and then the TR6 will probably be hauled on it. Until then it should work
for towing a race car to the local races. I went with all aluminum for the
low maintenance and that the light weight (about half of steel trailers the
same size). I went for
18 ft. since everyone said it'd be easier to tie down the car than a shorter
trailer.

Crazy thing is the seller lived 1/2 a mile from me.

One of the many great tips I got from the list was to take a 2x4 the same
length as my wheelbase and put nails in the ends equal to my ground
clearance. That really helped so I didn't have to drive the car onto every
trailer I looked at to tell if it would drag or not (thanks to Duncan for
that one).

Thanks again for all the great ideas and input. It made this process much
easier.

Regards
Bud Rolofson

71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
66TR4A CTC57806 (The Wreck-Almost parts) 66TR4A CTC57529 (The Project)
71F-250 Camper Special (Triumph Support Vehicle) Z-50A Hardly Davidson 1977
Honda Mini-Trail Bike (Triumph Pit Bike) levilevi at comcast.net
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