Safety equipment purchases (choices)

[HoustonNW]

I'm still thinking about a 16' trailer. A $30/month storage fee is almost an event a year.

This seems like it is too good to be true:

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/ctd/1677618627.html

83" X 16' AUTO HAULER

EXTRA LOW DECK, NEW TIRES & TREATED WOOD FLOOR

This trailer would normal sell for $2,199.00 but we have it reduced to

$1,499.00 !!!

83" X 16 Auto Hauler that is loaded out.
83" Wide Deck (Extra Wide)
2 - 3,500 lb Axles,
Brakes,
Brake Away Kit,
2K A-Frame Jack,
Treated Wood Floor,
Stake Pockets
Extra Low Deck
New ST205 / 75 15" Tires and Wheels,
Lockable Slide Out Ramp



Is it?

[GlennCMC70]

Does it have a dove tail on it? You cant build one yourself for that.

[mitchntx]

Before I bought it, I would see how much of a PITA it's going to be to load your car.

Having to cobble together a series of ramps, boards, spacers, etc to get the nose to clear the tail of the trailer.

While typing here on the internet it doesn't seem like that big of a deal.

When you are hot, drenched in sweat in the searing sun at TWS in August and no breeze, it becomes a big deal.

[jeremiahkellam]

It was in NE Texas, up near Mt Pleasant (just down the road from my father-in-law) but they have 20' dovetails for about $1600 (or they did a couple years back).

http://tigertrailersoutlet.com/car_hauler_trailers

[Jrod]

Before I bought it, I would see how much of a PITA it's going to be to load your car.

Having to cobble together a series of ramps, boards, spacers, etc to get the nose to clear the tail of the trailer.

While typing here on the internet it doesn't seem like that big of a deal.

When you are hot, drenched in sweat in the searing sun at TWS in August and no breeze, it becomes a big deal.

True story. As a reference point, an 88 Thunderbird bumper will hit the front rail on a 16' trailer. We took the bumper off the Lemons car, but you proably don't want to do that with a real racecar. The mustang snout is of course shorter, but I know nothing of F-cars.
And you need to run away from the stumpy 'tractor' ramps that accompany many flat bed type trailers.

[mitchntx]

The mustang snout is of course shorter, but I know nothing of F-cars.

About 80% of the F-Car's entire length is cantilevered over the front wheels.

[MikeP99Z]

A Camaro is around 16' long.

[kbrewmr2]

betcha that 16 x whatever measurement is the deck dimensions, not overall...

$1400 for a new one with all the paperwork in order to make registering it easy is cheeeaappp. Unless your time and effort is free you can't beat that.

[Fbody383]

Before I bought it, I would see how much of a PITA it's going to be to load your car.

Having to cobble together a series of ramps, boards, spacers, etc to get the nose to clear the tail of the trailer.

True story. As a reference point, an 88 Thunderbird bumper will hit the front rail on a 16' trailer.

I built a set of plywood ramps similar those high-tech (expensive) plastic ones in an afternoon, from two sheets of 3/4", some liquid nails and screws. Under engineered or they would be lighter.

You can always cut the front angle iron on the trailer ~ but that means less to slow the car down if you hit something while towing.

[Jrod]

I've threatened to do just that, but it's not really my trailer. It is also not a car trailer; it's got rails all around about a foot high.