I picked up my trailer yesterday. It is a '99 Pace Shadow 24' with 5000 pound axles. The guy I bought it from had a Formula 4 open wheel race car and decided it was becoming too expensive and sold the car, and then sold the trailer to me. As you can see in the pictures below it has been very well maintained and looks great behind my new truck!!
I have some questions for you guys who have enclosed trailers like this to transport your car?...
1) How far do you position the car inside the trailer? It has a dovetail at the rear and the manual says to make sure to have 60% of the weight being transported (includes car, tools, tires, rims, etc..) in the front of the trailer. They show a picture of the marker being exactly midway between the two axles.
2) Do you put the car in neutral while being transported, and do you use the parking brake?
3) What type of tie down straps do you use? and where exactly is the best place on the R to strap down to? ie: the suspension arms??
4) If I end up getting a winch, what rating (3500 pound, 4500 pound??? etc...) should I get? and does it need some sort of plate bolted from under the trailer? and where the heck do you connect the cable to pull the car up inside the trailer??
Thanks in advance!!
and now, here are the pics... Man, I put the R inside the trailer and drove a few miles away from my home today to see how the trailer would pull with the car inside.... BOY, does this truck pull like a freight train!!!:-D There was very little difference pulling the trailer empty vs. with the car inside! I am sure glad I got the Powerstroke!!! :thumbsup:
I have some questions for you guys who have enclosed trailers like this to transport your car?...
1) How far do you position the car inside the trailer? It has a dovetail at the rear and the manual says to make sure to have 60% of the weight being transported (includes car, tools, tires, rims, etc..) in the front of the trailer. They show a picture of the marker being exactly midway between the two axles.
2) Do you put the car in neutral while being transported, and do you use the parking brake?
3) What type of tie down straps do you use? and where exactly is the best place on the R to strap down to? ie: the suspension arms??
4) If I end up getting a winch, what rating (3500 pound, 4500 pound??? etc...) should I get? and does it need some sort of plate bolted from under the trailer? and where the heck do you connect the cable to pull the car up inside the trailer??
Thanks in advance!!
and now, here are the pics... Man, I put the R inside the trailer and drove a few miles away from my home today to see how the trailer would pull with the car inside.... BOY, does this truck pull like a freight train!!!:-D There was very little difference pulling the trailer empty vs. with the car inside! I am sure glad I got the Powerstroke!!! :thumbsup: