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bruecksteve
post May 13 2004, 05:43 PM
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I guess I'm going to have to get a hitch and a trailer. I need something that will haul at least 4 315's and tools.
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mitchntx
post May 14 2004, 11:13 AM
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I mounted a fender tool box at the front of my little trailer. It locked, so I left my compliment of track necessities inside of it. No longer loaded and unloaded it for track days.

The trailer I bought had about 30" of space between the last cross brace and the very end of the trailer. I cut out the floor between the cross brace and the back brace and the tires stood up, placed down in this "well". It significantly lowered the CG of the trailer and I could just see over the top of the tires in the rear view mirror. I welded a piece of pipe on either side of the trailer and slid a smaller pipe through them and through the wheel spokes. I made tabs to put a combination lock through for security. Then a ratchet strap across the top to kepp them from bouncing around at 100mph ....

Tire placement also balanced out the tool box to about 20lbs of tongue weight. I could then move around things like a cooler, jack, sand bags for the EZ-Up, rotors, etc. for the desired tongue weight. It sure seemed to pull great at 60lbs, +/- 10 lbs ....
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bruecksteve   WTB - Utility Trailer to haul tires   May 13 2004, 05:43 PM
00 Trans Ram   Steve, let me know what you find. By my reckoning...   May 13 2004, 05:59 PM
trackbird   I saw an LT1 car here in town with a U-haul hitch ...   May 13 2004, 06:04 PM
mitchntx   When I pulled a diddy trailer with my car, I bough...   May 13 2004, 07:28 PM
trackbird   Mitch, I looked for the hitch you used on one of...   May 13 2004, 08:03 PM
y5e06   I have a draw tite (tight?) hitch on my car. boug...   May 13 2004, 08:19 PM
bruecksteve   I got this recommendation from Sam (hope you don...   May 13 2004, 09:41 PM
35th_Anniversary_AS_Camaro_SS   bought Hidden Hitch from etrailer.com The trailer...   May 13 2004, 09:55 PM
PF Flyer   I've had a Hidden Hitch on my SS since it was ...   May 13 2004, 10:54 PM
bruecksteve   43lbs... at least it's at the rear of the car ...   May 13 2004, 11:17 PM
sgarnett   Hidden Hitch is definitely the way to go, but it...   May 14 2004, 10:41 AM
mitchntx   I mounted a fender tool box at the front of my lit...   May 14 2004, 11:13 AM
sgarnett   BTW, I removed the bottom spring leaf on each side...   May 14 2004, 12:07 PM
John_D.   QUOTE (sgarnett @ May 14 2004, 06:07 AM)I als...   May 14 2004, 01:16 PM
sgarnett   QUOTE (John_D. @ May 14 2004, 08:16 AM)QUOTE ...   May 14 2004, 02:15 PM
00 Trans Ram   I'm thinking about taking the wheels and ...   May 14 2004, 03:22 PM

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