[TrakCar]

I was watching Nascar the other day and started thinking about the fancy pit boxes all the teams have. I've been tossing around the idea of getting a small trailer to haul behind my car when I drive to open track days, big car shows, and auto-x events. So now I'm considering building or adapting a small utility (4x6) trailer as a "track day trailer"

4x6 utility trailer
provisions to mount track rims
jack
Tool box
Chairs
EZ up
Cooler/ grill (I have one of those fire and Ice things they sold a couple years ago)
Air tank
etc
etc

I'm also probably looking at selling my truck since It sits 90% of the time at $4.00 per gallon, so the trailer would also see use as the "Home maintenance and Lowe's trip" trailer, and possibly to haul a 4 wheeler.

So has anyone else done something like this? Post descriptions, Pictures, and lessons learned if you have.

Thanks

[John_D.]

The Aveo rear shocks were not up to sway control. The first on-ramp from the freight terminal to the interstate, had a big dip in it about 80% of the way through the turn. Started swaying as I was merging into traffic and took nearly 1/4 mile to get it to settle back down.

In a pickup truck, applying a little gas will often pull out a sway. In the fwd car, applying throttle, letting off, or just coasting made no difference. It swayed, and swayed, an equal (and big) amount for a long time. I just had to coast back down under 60mph and it eventually stopped. Kept it under 70mph after that, less if going around a curve and/or over a bumpy bridge transition.

If the trailer tongue was longer, I could have put a larger percentage of the weight in the front of the trailer, which probably would have helped. I was probably running around 75lb tongue weight.