[Rap]

Can anyone give me a lead on a tire trailer for sale or where I can go look to purchase one?

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[Inkedupfatboy]

http://www.harborfreight.com/automotive-...42708.html



How big?



I have a stealth for my Harley

http://www.stealthtrailer.com/index

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[Rap]

I have seen a couple at DE's that hold 4 tires with a bar thru the middle of the tires and a box for storage. I have seen a couple of pics but can't seem to find a company that makes them. Harbor Freight doesn't have the model just the base that I suppose could be adapted.

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[Inkedupfatboy]

I found this - check it out



http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/view...9656#p9656



Ed

Check out this thread - the guy made his own to tow behind his vette



http://forums.corvetteforum.com/autocros...ailer.html

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[Rap]

Boy everything you wanted to know and more. I'm several steps away from a trailer and a truck, which is why I'm thinking about the tire trailer. Thanks for the link!

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[Inkedupfatboy]

No prob - google is my friend - lol



I have a 20 foot flatbed with a winch and a Honda Ridgeline

It does what I need it to.



Here is a photo - not a good one - of my rig











Ed

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[Inkedupfatboy]

Ok - let's try this again -

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[Rap]

Nice car! Lol

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[Inkedupfatboy]

Thanks - Someday I might even get to drive the damn thing. It is getting transaxle rebuilt.

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[Rap]

So just back from my latest DE trip. I went down to Summit where the Potomoc club had their DE and Porschefest. Thank god I took a car control clinic in April. Friday the track was soaked with puddles from the night before, plus it sprinkled off and on during the day. I had issues with my tires, another story, early on. This is a tricky and technical track, not as good or bad as Watkins Glen but formidable. This clinic saved my bacon more than once. Saturday the instructor said as I was drifting through turn six, unplanned I might add, "great drift". Everyone's a comedian! Lol this was my first run in blue, promoted at last WGI, and I felt like a turtle. Everyone passed me and many lapped me. Of course some of these cars are monsters and driven by better drivers. Still in all by Saturday I had the lines down a majority of the time. This is a long haul. It takes 4 hours to get there. Today I had to stop three times coming home because I was just beat. Ahhh to be young again! Lol

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[Cloud9...68]

Man, you sure getting a lot of track mileage under your belt lately! I'm jealous, but not for long, as my car is about to come out of its long track hiatus. Congrats on getting into the blue group - for me, this was a major turning point, as my whole tenure in the green group was nothing but an unending excercie of waving one, two, three, as many as four cars at a time past to pass me. I think a kid on a ten-speed got the better of me once as well...



I got promoted to blue for no sensible reason, as I was still slow as molasses. I think they just felt that I was "ready" after all the time I had logged, and I was definitely highly skilled at the art of waving people by! But on my second event in blue (it rained for my first, which was a great equalizer), things started to click, and I actually passed my first car! A much faster, supercharged 350Z, no less! And I began to notice that other much faster cars (Lotus Elise, Cayman) were having a lot more trouble keeping up with me through the corners all of a sudden. So on the afternoon of the second day of that weekend, I was allowed to go solo for the first time. What a thrill! After sucking so bad for so long, I felt like I had finally arrived.



If I can do it, anybody can. Hang in there. And as the great Fangio once responded to reporter when asked the secret to his success, "Less brake, more gas!"

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Yesterday I got a initial read that I might have broken the link pin on my front sway bar. Somehow this made the problems with the rear. Anyone care to explain to me how this connection, if at all, had this impact on the rear squirreling out on me regularly. Finally made the plunge and bought a set of enkei wheels and 18 toyo r888. I'm chomping at the bit to feel and see the difference from the current stock 16 with Yoko advan. I suppose over the winter I will need to contemplate some suspension changes as well as my next step on this learning curve. Interestingly enough, I've not yet felt the bug to strip out all the carpeting and other items to reduce weight! I'm still looking fore a tire trailer.

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[Cloud9...68]

What kind of Enkei's are you getting? I have NT03's, with Hankook RS-3 extreme performance tires:



http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http...A&dur=5789



Very light, and it's what Pablo has, so they must be good!

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[rl968]

I might have an aluminum car trailer for sale. Probably be about $3500.

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[Inkedupfatboy]

The trailer that my 968 is on only set me back $1995 - 20 foot with beavertail, dual axles and brakes.

My 6 x 12 box trailer - ramp door, man door, dual axles and brakes was only $3500. I went to PA to get it.

The same box trailer here in aluminum was 9 grand. The aluminum really cranks up the price. The weight savings for me was never worth the price increase.

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[rl968]

Steel rusts and has to be painted often. aluminum lasts forever, zero maintenance. More wear on the tow vehicle and you can tow less with a steel trailer. My aluminum trailers weighs about 1300 lbs. a comparable steel trailer is about 2300. I'd say its worth the extra thousand or so as the first time you have to paint it you'll be wishing you had aluminum.

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[Inkedupfatboy]

I can see a grand difference, sure. But, when the price is 2X the value - nope. There was no way I was going to spend 2.5 times my money just to shop local for my box trailer.

Actually I have had my flatbed trailer for about 3 years so far and the only thing I have had to do to it is tires and I sanded down the fenders with a DA and then spray painted them last year - pretty good exchange so far.



If you can get a good deal, the yea go alum..but I could not justify the price. The other thing is not everyone knows how to load a trailer, so being light can be an issue for some people. Mine tracks really well behind my truck. If you can get a used one that has been taken care of and the price is better, that is the way to go too..I needed the entire flatbed as I haul more than just cars..

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[rl968]

my tow vehicle is an 04 Sequoia with max towing of about 5500. My 968 weighs a tad over 3k. If I use an aluminum trailer, I'm at 4300, well under capacity. If I use a steel trailer, I'm probably over the limit when you consider me at 180lbs and gear. if you have a tow vehicle that can pull 6-7k lbs or more, probably not an issue, but I didn't want that extra weight and stress put on my truck. Most guys I know that have steel trailers have big diesel trucks that can pull it. the rest of us with full (Sequoia) or mid-size (4-runner, pathfinder) SUVs tend toward aluminum...and $3k or so for aluminum is a good deal. You find one cheaper, buy it.

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[Inkedupfatboy]

I have Honda Ridgeline - tows 5K, I have hauled a Grand Marquis to Durham, I Huyndai to Boston, I Volvo from PIttsburgh, A Volvo from Tampa, and my 968 as well as an antique carousel from North Carolina.



That being said, my truck has a towing kit on it. Tranny cooler, bigger alternator, bigger radiator, bigger battery, hard wired for brakes, factory hitch... and I have NEVER, EVER had a problem towing anything or stopping anything. I am sure I have been over a few times, but I also know they build in a bit extra that they don't list in the ratings.



My trailer is not all steel, the decking is wood.

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[Rap]

Cloud they are the same. I'm looking for one of those small tire trailers to hitch to the back of the 968. It would carry 4 tires plus other a box for tools and such or a covered 6x3 area. Saw a nice one at WGI

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