[Smitty2919]

Long story short, last year was my first autocross season and I went all out in mods more than I expected but I had a BLAST! That being said the hook has been inserted and will not come out.

With the addition of my wife wanting to get into a husband-/wife race team (I was ecstatic when she was willing/wanting to at least try) the old 95 Z will get double the runs. My stock 68k mi diff on khumo v710's gets angry and a trailer will serve as a safety net is something breaks.

So I wanted to come to the masters of Fbody racing and all that is involved. Here are some questions I had running through my head.

What to look for in a used trailer off craigslist? (I prefer double axle electric brakes)
I assume at least a 7ft wide x 16ft long. 18ft would be ideal with a 3ft dove tail?
Thoughts on "home made" trailers?
I would like to keep this $1200 and under but know of a trailer proven to work for a Fbody/Z06 owner that bought a new 18ft w/ 3ft dovetail trailer for $2000.

I'm "iffy" on buying a trailer that has been sitting in someone's back yard under a tree with rust etc on it from the simple fact of how well the wheel bearings/elec brakes are holding up. Given a trailer's function, I'm hesitant to buy someone's junk lol.

[Smitty2919]

Thanks guys. Sorry for not putting this in the Towing section...I missed it.

To answer some questions:
-Truck is a 2003 Silverado 2500 2WD 3/4 ton 6.0 gas motor. I'm not at all worried about the truck capability. It's technically my wife's truck she bought for towing horse trailers. Her hobby has 4 legs lol. I have used it to tow a 04 GTO on a UHAUL trailer to MI from KY and had zero issues...other than the poorly maintained UHAUL trailer (lesson learned).

-The trailer will sit outside behind my newly acquired house (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Now I finally have SPACE to store a trailer I can get one it's a matter of time getting $$ for one.

-While the tilt trailers are badass and to add aluminum structure on top of that would be quite splendid, but it's not in the budget honestly.

-I wouldn't mind rewiring the trailer because, lets face it, there isn't much to wiring one lol buying/replacing electric brakes are what I may not want to get into right off the bat depending on price of them. If I'm looking at brakes ~$200+ then I'll keep that in mind when searching.

It's like anything spend a little more and be done, or buy cheaper and possible need to put money into it...