Trailering a car is a complicated issue that should not be taken lightly, and your comments show your experience of many years and miles of open road driving. Most drivers just have no clue the issues a truck and trailer must contend with while going down the road. Its amazing how poorly people operate near and around a truck and trailer on the highway. I think we can all agree you can never have enough safety margin towing a car with any "pick up" type of vehicle. At the CCCA meet and Duesenberg Drivers Club meet last month, almost 80 percent of the people were using the Tripps. I have also seen "door ramp failure" on a new unit that was "extra" heavy duty. I have seen ramp movement and failure too many times, including more than a million dollars of damage to a very expensive car when the ramps shifted. One thing I would not do is use the detachable ramps. As far as the Tripp set up, we can disagree. I agree with the frame and twelve inch on center. Bill has a bunch of cars, and it's likely he will put his heavy CCCA stuff in it also. I tow with a one ton dually - I had a custom Class 6 receiver hitch built that attaches to the side of my Ford truck frame - it is rated at 17K.Įdited Octoby Trulyvintage (see edit history) I will NEVER tow a triple axle trailer again.Ī 7K torsion axle in a tandem axle configuration is the ideal set up for a bumper pull trailer.Ī gooseneck or fifth wheel enclosed trailer is suitable for a third axle.Ĭlass 5 receiver hitches are rated at 10K - they are not suitable to handle the weight of a triple axle trailer unless it has 3.5K axles. My previous two trailers were triple axle. My current trailer has an 8K cargo capacity. I custom build my enclosed car haulers to meet client demand. Most brass cars do not weigh 6000 pounds - they are relatively lightweight but can be tall if they are a touring car transported with the top up. The OP was looking for advice in selecting a tall enclosed trailer suitable for hauling “ most brass cars “. Jim.that’s a nice rig you have there.if I were usually hauling lighter stuff I think it would be very workman like.if driving for a living I would still run the Tripp set up.maybe without the spread.EdĮdited Octoby edinmass (see edit history) Fact is almost no one uses their trailer enough for an economical payback, as far as space, I disagree, I have a work bench and cabinets up front and the V gives me a tone of extra space in the shelving units for long and bulky items. PS- nose cones are always a good idea for both fuel and less wind loan on your transmission, slight rounding of the corners helps almost as much as a nose cone, and the V is almost as good. Did 570 miles yesterday, have 930 to go today.l’m off! Also, with the Tripp set up, you can safley use a single rear rear tire truck instead of a dually, although I would NEVER do that. Yes, they scrub, but I’ll safley get 80k out of them, in less than two years. And the legend about burning up tires simply isn’t true with the triple spread if you buy good tires.my Sailun’s currently have 55k on them p, front and rear axles tread is at 60 percent, center is at 80. Trailing a car is inherently dangerous, and heavy cars much more than the run of the mill post war stuff. Yes the wheels slide and scuff.,and it’s not an issue. I routinely turn tight radius’s with my trailer. If there was an engineering issue with them they wouldn’t sell them. I have hauled hundreds of thousands of miles, the triple spread gives much better stopping power, It is twice to three times as stable, and is much more stable loading and unloading cars than two axles close together. Bill and I tow VERY big cars.I usually have ones that run from 6000 to 6500 pounds.
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