Front End Clearance for Trailering

[Voodooo]

Thanks guys. I think I may go the tilt trailer route and try to find the best way to improve the approach angle.

Now I just need the car to be built!

I'll document what I do as I'm assuming somewhere down the road it might help someone out.

Worse case scenario you could always get a set of race ramps like I posted above to reduce the tilt bed angle and give more clearance.

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[Bobne]

Worse case scenario you could always get a set of race ramps like I posted above to reduce the tilt bed angle and give more clearance.

I talked to a trailer salesman this morning about a tilt vs a flatbed with a dovetail.
The load angle on a tilt is about 12-15 degrees, but he said just put some 2x12's on the back while your loading to reduce the angle. But I don't know if it would be safe. I think I'm going to go with an 18' flatbed with a 2' dovetail, and 5' ramps. The load angle is less than 10 degrees. And I could put planks or race ramps behind the ramps if needed.
Although for the race ramps I think that's a lot of money to pay for a couple of pieces of foam But I also know you get what you pay for.
I'll probably get a trailer tomorrow since my car (theoretically) is supposed to be in next week.
Caveat-I also want to use the trailer to transport a compact Kubota tractor with a loader on it.

 

[Bossing]

I talked to a trailer salesman this morning about a tilt vs a flatbed with a dovetail.
The load angle on a tilt is about 12-15 degrees, but he said just put some 2x12's on the back while your loading to reduce the angle. But I don't know if it would be safe. I think I'm going to go with an 18' flatbed with a 2' dovetail, and 5' ramps. The load angle is less than 10 degrees. And I could put planks or race ramps behind the ramps if needed.
Although for the race ramps I think that's a lot of money to pay for a couple of pieces of foam But I also know you get what you pay for.
I'll probably get a trailer tomorrow since my car (theoretically) is supposed to be in next week.
Caveat-I also want to use the trailer to transport a compact Kubota tractor with a loader on it.

Sounds close to or similar to the trailer of [MENTION=19530]Voodooo[/MENTION]

It's a nice setup and shouldn't be too expensive. If you can swing an aluminum one that would be ideal too but obviously more expensive.

 

[Voodooo]

I talked to a trailer salesman this morning about a tilt vs a flatbed with a dovetail.
The load angle on a tilt is about 12-15 degrees, but he said just put some 2x12's on the back while your loading to reduce the angle. But I don't know if it would be safe. I think I'm going to go with an 18' flatbed with a 2' dovetail, and 5' ramps. The load angle is less than 10 degrees. And I could put planks or race ramps behind the ramps if needed.
Although for the race ramps I think that's a lot of money to pay for a couple of pieces of foam But I also know you get what you pay for.
I'll probably get a trailer tomorrow since my car (theoretically) is supposed to be in next week.
Caveat-I also want to use the trailer to transport a compact Kubota tractor with a loader on it.

I sent you a PM

 

[Voodooo]

My trailer is 18' deck. 14' flat deck 4' dovetail. 5' steel ramps and 74" race ramps. No way a 2' dovetail is gonna clear with 5' ramps. I guarantee it. You can use wood, but I think in total ramp length you'll need about 10' min. That 2' dovetail is too steep. You'll hit the bumper/splitter. The trailer I bought is a SURE-TRAC its all 2x5 steel tube with a full diamond plate covered floor and has 7000 pound axles. It's also powder coated with all LED lighting and 4 wheel brakes. I only paid $3200 for it. Funny. I also have a John Deere compact tractor with loader I'll use it for sometimes. I wanted a aluminum featherlite 20' but the dealer was out of stock and I didn't want to wait and the build quality of the SURE-TRAC is nice.

 

[ohtobbad]

I thought I read somewhere,, you need 8-10%angle to load the GT350 without scraping.
they build low car trailers and then when ordering, they will give you longer ramps
like "Bossing" has, this eliminates any issues.

 

[FTD]

I thought I read somewhere,, you need 8-10%angle to load the GT350 without scraping.
they build low car trailers and then when ordering, they will give you longer ramps
like "Bossing" has, this eliminates any issues.

Says 7% in the owner's manual.

 

[Voodooo]

I still think 7 degrees is pushing it close.

 

[Bobne]

I sent you a PM

After talking to Voodoo I'm not going to get the 18+2 Flat car hauler. I went and measured an 18' tilt and its 11 degrees. So if you use it you'd have to use planks to lesson the angle, and I don't know how that would work with a tilt trailer.
I guess I'll wait until I have the car to get one, so I can do more precise measuring, but that means I'll have to drive it home--very slowly and carefully, since we have lots of snow and I have to travel two miles on gravel roads to get to my house. I looked for storage locations in the small town where the dealer is but of course there's none to be had!

 

[ohtobbad]

I have a tilt trailer for work and its not the answer, when tilted enough to load
its to high at the front, some variation of Bossing's set up is the way to go.
I looked at a low car trailer, called and they said they can make longer ramps.
They just charge more But at least you will have what you need.

 

[Bossing]

I have a tilt trailer for work and its not the answer, when tilted enough to load
its to high at the front, some variation of Bossing's set up is the way to go.
I looked at a low car trailer, called and they said they can make longer ramps.
They just charge more But at least you will have what you need.

Yup. Long ramps especially if aluminum can get pricey... I bought my trailer with all the extras from a previous Corvette track rat (C5, C6 and C7 Z06's). He had the 10' aluminum ramps (7000 lbs load rating capacity) custom made for his cars and it cost him 8 Benjamins. :eyebulge:

The ramps are so long I have to store/secure them in my truck bed when I travel...

Can you spot it??

 

[mmm635]

A trailer such as a Texas Rollback will work great and you won't have to worry about ramps. I have a 26' Texas rollback I use for my cars when hauling only one. Most stock 911's do not need any extra ramps to get on my trailer, but my modded cars I use an extra set of aluminum ramps that are 2' long - it would not be necessary for the GT350. It can just drive on.

This is what mine looks like and will try to get more shots of it in action. Although my fenders are removable, I never have to due to the low clearance.

That said, here is a video of a trailer that works similar to mine so you get the idea...[ame="[MEDIA=youtube]dolw2smrbN4[/MEDIA]"]

 

[ohtobbad]

the vettes nose smacked off the trailer when loading in the video.
not sure how much difference in that, to the R in height.

 

[Voodooo]

That's a nice idea but not really any better then long ramps. To many moving parts and worries for me. I can't imagine it's cost effective either.

 

[R1Jester]

So after reading into this more I'm shying away from uhaul and going to look for another trailer. At first I couldn't justify getting the race ramps for the price but then thought that I'm probably going to be able to use them when I need to change the oil in the car. So they could have a functional purpose too!

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