 Trailer weights, Minimum weight of a car trailer |
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 Jan 4 2004, 06:59 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 951 Joined: 2-January 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 88  |
What are the typical weights of trailers to tow a car with?
thinking 16'-18' w/ dual axle and electric brakes. Open or closed decks, and aluminum, diamond plate, and wood decks would be factors. What is the lightest & smallest trailer w/ brakes capable of carrying an f-body? Trying to calculate possible total payload including trailer, car, spares, and tools. thanks morgan |
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Jan 5 2004, 03:44 AM
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Senior Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,226 Joined: 24-December 03 From: Danville, CA, USA Member No.: 27 |
yeah...I would REALLY hesitate to box myself into something like what you are talking about...I always buy my stuff thinking one or two moves down the road....i.e. I bought the steel deck open trailer like Mike is talking about for my Datsun....I could have bought the lightest trailer out there, but I knew I would be towing more than a Datsun some day.....and I DID....towed a ton of stuff on it...when I went to buy a new truck....and yes, I was a TRUCK HATER also....I bought the Ford F250 SD Deisel.....COULD TOW A SMALL HOUSE.....looked silly towing the small trailer for a while, but low and behold...after a few years I bought the enclosed trailer....when I bought that, I bought bigger and nicer than I needed figuring I would get to it sooner or later...
Well now.....the Camaro fits in there as snug as a bug in a rug....WITH ROOM TO SPARE! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) lesson is....you may not want the big truck/trailer now, but don't box yourself in...you just end up buying twice as much stuff! |
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y5e06 Trailer weights Jan 4 2004, 06:59 PM
94bird You should probably put this post in the towing se... Jan 4 2004, 07:14 PM KeithO The lightest trailer that I found (and I searched ... Jan 4 2004, 08:49 PM y5e06 A guy in my region has a very small custom trailer... Jan 5 2004, 02:03 AM 94bird I guess I don't see the need to build somethin... Jan 5 2004, 02:07 AM y5e06 If you must know....
now don't laugh, but I wo... Jan 5 2004, 02:16 AM 94bird I think you'll need a weight distribution hitc... Jan 5 2004, 03:26 AM steve-d I ended up going the passenger car route. Its a ... Jan 5 2004, 01:34 PM mitchntx The guy I bought my Sloan Kwikload from towed his ... Jan 5 2004, 01:40 PM WOOS1 I think that the Trailex trailer is made from 80/2... Jan 6 2004, 12:51 AM
Spinmaster My trailer empty is 1750lbs and with the car it i... Jan 7 2004, 01:46 AM |
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