[TR] Trailer size 5x9?

[Frank Fisher]

my experience with Uhaul trailer is this:
the Moss book says the TR4 and TR3
have the same tracking of the wheels.
if you tell them your hauling a TR3-4
they wont let you rent it. they know the 
car barely fits.
you have to tell
then its a TR6 or (god forbid) its an MG!
when i loaded my TR3 on the trailer
the wheels just barely caught the inside 
edges of the ramps up.
once on the
trailer you will see there is a long hole down the center of the 
trailer with
a triangular bent rail thing, that is intended to stop you driving 
into the
hole in the middle. the TR3 inside to inside of wheel is about 2 inches 
less
than that of the distance out to out of the rail. so the tire sits up on 
the
rail rather than on the bed.
one way to get over this is to put a 2 x 6 pine
plank on the bed. id didn't and 
i made the journey from Indiana to California
with no problems.
good luck
Frank

 



________________________________
From:
Michael Porter <mdporter at dfn.com>
To: wbeech at flash.net
Cc: "Dachnowicz, Peter"
<DACHNOWP at APTEA.com>; triumphs at autox.team.net
Sent: Fri, October 1, 2010
2:05:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Trailer size 5x9?

On 10/1/2010 2:50 PM,
wbeech at flash.net wrote:
> The spec page of the Moss catalog list the TR4
length as 13'-0" and the
> width as 5'-9".  Recommend that you keep looking
for a slightly larger
> trailer, if you are wanting something enclosed, that
6x12 isn't going to
> work either.
> 

Probably some typos in there--the width
of the TR4 is actually 4' 10.25".  The 
actual length is 12' 11', so Moss is
pretty close there.


What is probably more of concern with a small trailer is
how the car balances on 
the trailer, and if it can be fitted on the trailer
without the overhangs 
becoming a problem, so the problem is not so much one
of overall length, but 
wheelbase.  The TR4 wheelbase is 7' 4-1/4", so it
should easily be accommodated 
by a 9-foot trailer.  The larger question is
balance and where the overhang can 
best be managed.


Cheers.

-- 

Michael
Porter
Roswell, NM


Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's
within walking distance....

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