goosneck trailer

[MonteC]

What would you guys get or what would be better for hauling lowered cars?

A wedge style or a flatbed style? Im looking a couple trailers. Both 38ft Both are car haulers not equipment haulers. Both are all metal construction.

But the details arent really important. I just want to know which style is better for loading and unloading lowered cars?

Also once i pick a trailer up ill be offering tows to the track, since i dont have anything to haul to the track ATM. :cheers

[05Saleen]

Dove tail trailers are alot better on loading and unloading cars lowered cars.

[MonteC]

Dove tail isnt a type of trailer. The flatbed im looking at HAS a dovetail, most all flatbed car haulers have dovetails. The wedge trailer sorta mimmicks the dove tail on a flatbed trailer.

I guess i can post up pictures incase anybody isnt familiar with the two trailers.

wedge:
http://images.craigslist.org/3mc3pf3l65V05W05S2a4kba562b6a144b11cc.jpg

flatbed:
http://images.craigslist.org/3mb3of3l45T55Z05X3a4r3423f9f75ddf16dc.jpg

You alsmot cant see it in that picture but the flatbed has a dovetail.

[BigdaddyDupree]

seems like i would like the flatbed better. and it seems more practical like you could use it for other stuff if you wanted. the wedge is purpose built trailer but thats just my opinion

[MonteC]

Im kinda partial to the flatbed. Easier to strap cars down and feels more stable while towing. The wedge sucks when strapping cars down you have to fish for the chains in the middle sometimes crawl through the under side of the trailer like a jungle gym to hook the chains up. Ive pulled both and had to strap cars down on both. But ive never towed lowered cars on either.

[BigdaddyDupree]

i know my trailer is a flat trailer but only 20 foot. but has a 4 foot dovetail and long ramps. and we loaded zacs car with no problem

[MonteC]

seems like i would like the flatbed better. and it seems more practical like you could use it for other stuff if you wanted. the wedge is purpose built trailer but thats just my opinion

Great minds think alike. That is also a point i was tossing around. I could use the flatbed for other things if needed, but it would be difficult hauling anything expect a car on a wedge. :?

But i would make that sacrifice if a wedge would accommodate lowered cars better than a flatbed. I am hoping someone has experience with this.

[BigdaddyDupree]

i dont see it being any easier. the flat bed looks low. id go flat bed and not turn around man. s-10 would look good on the front

[gearmesh, inc.]

Even though the wedge is purpose built for car hauling, you will be able to load 3 cars on it and have a shorter overall length, since one car typically sits over the pin. This shorter length will make it easier to maneuver in tighter spots.

Yeah, I know, count on me to throw a monkey wrench into the established momentum of getting the more versatile flat trailer!

[clubracergt1]

JMO, but I would go flatbed simply for practicality. In the event that something breaks at the track, a flatbed is much easier to push a vehicle onto. Also a flatbed trailer makes a wonderful makeshift, trackside lift for working on the bottom of your ride in a pinch. I have changed a trans on a flatbed trailer, at the track, on a '75 Corolla GT4 car. It wasn't the easiest thing in the world, but it beat working off of jackstands. I don't see the wedge style trailer working very well in that situation. I also agree with Dupree-the flatbed can be used for so much more than just hauling cars.

[MonteC]

Damn you Gerald! You do have a valid point though.

[MonteC]

JMO, but I would go flatbed simply for practicality. In the event that something breaks at the track, a flatbed is much easier to push a vehicle onto. Also a flatbed trailer makes a wonderful makeshift, trackside lift for working on the bottom of your ride in a pinch. I have changed a trans on a flatbed trailer, at the track, on a '75 Corolla GT4 car. It wasn't the easiest thing in the world, but it beat working off of jackstands. I don't see the wedge style trailer working very well in that situation. I also agree with Dupree-the flatbed can be used for so much more than just hauling cars.

Well both have winches. But yeah i can see what your saying about a make shift lift.

[Illusions]

I vote Flatbed. The front of the Blazer is only 5-1/2" from the ground and I've seen some lower get loaded to a flatbed. I just takes some boards or 7 ft long ramps not the 5 footers you commonly see. plus there are other tricks to getting lowered vehicles on and off too.

[BAD BOB]

i dont see it being any easier. the flat bed looks low. id go flat bed and not turn around man. s-10 would look good on the front

only time it would be up front

[BAD BOB]

i have heard that hauling 3 on a wedge trailer sometimes you will get hasseled by DOT bc of the amount of cars being hauled (dont know if its weight) even if you have not for hire on the side. they just wonder why you are hauling 3 cars at one time.

[MonteC]

i have heard that hauling 3 on a wedge trailer sometimes you will get hasseled by DOT bc of the amount of cars being hauled (dont know if its weight) even if you have not for hire on the side. they just wonder why you are hauling 3 cars at one time.

Big brother all up in my business.

[BigdaddyDupree]

just go flatbed.

[minytrker]

I pull alot of trailers here and haul all kinds of stuff from trucks, tractors to car. The flatbed is the way to go. Im thinking about getting a smaller one myself. I been using a 48ft goose neck but its over kill sometimes. The car hauler wedge is about only good for cars, I have free access to one here and have never even pulled it.

[Darryl Buckner]

For a fact a gooseneck tows better then a tag along trailer. Also keep in mind to get a license tag for it if it is that long. I didn't know until I got stopped with my enclosed, that I needed a tag in S.C. I was told any trailer over 18' or total package (truck and trailer) of 70' or more. Its not a big deal, no insurance is required, and its a permanent tag (no renewal necessary), and it a $70.00 one time fee..

[MonteC]

For a fact a gooseneck tows better then a tag along trailer. Also keep in mind to get a license tag for it if it is that long. I didn't know until I got stopped with my enclosed, that I needed a tag in S.C. I was told any trailer over 18' or total package (truck and trailer) of 70' or more. Its not a big deal, no insurance is required, and its a permanent tag (no renewal necessary), and it a $70.00 one time fee..

I didnt know that either. Thanks for the heads up.:bigthumb:

I guess ill go after the flatbed.

Anybody want a car dolly?

[perm102]

I didnt know that either. Thanks for the heads up.:bigthumb:

I guess ill go after the flatbed.

Anybody want a car dolly?

How much?

[LadyInRed]

I guess ill go after the flatbed.

I guess we're spendin' some $ ;)

[MonteC]

How much?

600 obo

Just had a brand spanking new spindle put on it by fields ornamental. And new bearings on both sides. Tires are in good shape and everything was just greased up.

[minytrker]

Its not a big deal, no insurance is required, and its a permanent tag (no renewal necessary), and it a $70.00 one time fee..

My 28ft enclosed is $92 a year here for tags but we have no property tax. Every trailer in TX has to have a plate. My boat trailer is $45 a year which is about the the cheapest trailer I have.

[04ctd]

you are still open to use my enclosed if you need to do something.

but my car should be in it soon

i think an enclosed trailer works well for lowered cars.

the longer door and the rear sectoin being angle down acts like a long ramp.

i have made a LOT of money toting "red" things around on flat trailers.

that wedge trailer is a useless, one purpose trailer.

FWIW, i put radial tires on my enclosed trailer, and it's AWESOME.
10x better than with bias ply cheapo trailer tires.

and, really, i don't think there is many people who would want you to trailer thier junk, unless it broke up there.

i offered to put all AveJoe's stuff in my trailer (he had 4 tires, jack, handful tools)
and he said it was not worth the effort to have to meet up back in town to get the stuff back.

i think having to meet up with them/deliver it to thier house, would quickly become a major annoyance.

many things SEEM good when you first think about them, but fade after an in-depth discussion.

with that said, Goff trailers had new tongue pull trailers for $1700 last year.
and a 10 ton for $2000 or so, special ordered to my specs.

i would get the 10 ton to match your truck,
and if you ever needed to tow a 3/4 ton truck to your shop, a regular car trailer wont work. we bent a boys trailer with my 2004 dodge 4x4, it was 7200lbs with fuel.

northern tool has a ATV winch for $99. Zac has one on his trailer, and I have one somewhere in the junk in mine.

it's enough to pull a rolling car on a trailer, but not a broke car (no wheels or bent up)
it actually bent the lower radiator support on the mustang when we tried to load it (for tranny work)

HTH?

[Bradleyrj]

I have helped a friend who hauls cars for a living with a wedge.. DO NOT GET ONE! They SUCK to strap cars onto, dont pull well (IMO) and like mentenioned above.. are purpose built. He has a really nice 6k trailer...that he cant use for anything else..

[LadyInRed]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/spectraredz/May2010016.jpg

[04ctd]

can't hide money.

was this purpose bought to help Tyler out?

[LadyInRed]

Haha I think Joe broke his driveshaft just to be the first one to get a tow on it.

[MonteC]

can't hide money.

was this purpose bought to help Tyler out?

I was a couple days late to help tyler. But joe got the honors. I was gonna say popped the cherry but i think the only cherry joe has ever popped was his own.