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Car Trailers

TOMRR

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Been looking at car haulers now for a few months and a local dealer has two 16 footers and two 18 footers
Big Tex 16' $2600 and the 18' Big Tex 3100 would be using it for short trips for my 2006JeepTJ, and my 69 RR as needed, I am liking the 16 footer only for the cost . Any one tow using the same plan in mind ???

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Thanks , That is they way I see it to Iam thinking the 18 '
 

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I have a 16 and the runner hangs off the back about a foot. No big deal and it works great for the jeep.
 

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Unlike Bob, I don't like any thing hanging out the back. LOL
 

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Unlike Bob, I don't like any thing hanging out the back. LOL

yeah Fran, that could be signs of a problem!!!!! :groucho: I agree with Bob. I have a 16 that I used to tow my Runner to the Nats last year, about 1300 miles round trip with no problems.
 

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18' will tow a little better and is worth more when you sell it.

Make sure you have brakes on both axles. It's illegal in a lot of states to only have them on one axle. Better to have real trailer tires, not used take offs from trucks. Get a winch mount too, even if you don't have a winch... You will eventually.

Mine...

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I prefer a 20' myself. It's nice to have extra. Then you never worry about having enough length if you need to haul something else and you can balance your load better.
 

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16' is awful short for that car, and Big John is right about the resale value. Not a popular size for a car hauler for all the reasons stated above, and more. I've been in the trailer industry forever and the most useful/popular sizes are 18'-20' for open, and 24'-28' for enclosed. Biggest complaint from customers is that they wish they had bought the next size up. ;)
 

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save your money and buy a enclosed trailer.....no rocks chipping you car....its out of the weather.....more room in the garage.....great place to store your car without mice
 

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Still looking at car trailers and will go with a 18 footer but is a trailer with a dove tail better then with out ???

Tom C.
 
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The epic term for CAR (is the) Trailer, remember when this was a common way of getting your car to the track or somewhere LOL.


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The whole purpose of the dovetail is so that your car does not bottom out going on and off. The higher a trailer sits, the more pronounced the angle it has to overcome from the ramps to the trailer bed. If a trailer sits really low to the ground or is a tilt bed you don't have as many problems. I have a sliding axle trailer that drops the back end to the ground so that I don't use ramps or need a dovetail.

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I have a 20' Drag Master with a 2 foot dovetail and steel bed and I like it a lot. Consider buying a used one.

Mine looks like crap but has worked for me for 15 years and very easy to load with the dovetail. Like some have said it's easier to load with the dovetail and provides extra length.

Dovetails do bottom out easily if you don't hit inclines at an angle though .. so you have to think about things a little when hauling with them or backing up an inclined driveway.
 

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Been there, done that.. Like George says, enclosed trailer, if you can afford it. This is a way to do it if the finances aren't there.
 
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