you don't need to use that kind of setup. I have 5th wheel rails in the bed of mine and a drop in plate with the ball. 4 pins holds the plate in...takes less than 5 minutes to pull and full bed capacity

FYI...gooseneck trailers are rated in total length, not floor space like tag trailers. My 36' trailer is 28' cargo + 8' over the bed (additional storage space)..

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This is the setup my wife conned me into selling my 24' Pace for. It levels out and drives nice when the car is in there.

 

wow that thing is crazy. hows the car go in? it looks high off the ground.

 

Car goes in pretty nice actually, I had to make some wooden ramps to step it onto the trailer. I still prefer my old 24', but if Mama's happy, everyone's happy.

 

I always saw those for bikes and wondered if anyone could get a car in one. Definately looks like a good ticket if you hit away races or want to take the family to the track.

Derek

 

That was the exact reason we bought ours. My 4 and 6 year old love it. And now we camp out the night before so we're actually on time for the next day. I think it'll really pay off next year when we're back in the lower 48

 

What does something like that set you back? got a link to the company that makes them?

 

One reason I was gonna put the a/c in my trailer and insulate the walls, was becuse I planned on using it like a camper. I know it sounds ghetto, but with a side tarp, you can put the car under taht under a car cover, then use the trailer like a camper, air mattress and a sleeping bag and I'm golden.

I know it sounds a little off, but a couple racers I met at pinks allout this year that were pretty good guys (ram racers, I'm sure the jersey to MIR crowd know alot of them) use their trailers like that, and if ya figure a hotel at 100 to 150 a night, if ya stay over 10 times a season, that's a grand a year saved.

Have to do the ghetto shower the next morning, but honestly if you're gonna be working on a car all day you're gonna be nasty anyway.

a grand a year and that's a good it of $ in 10 years, enough to pay for alot of the trailer.

That setup you have Jim is nice, I've seen those before and are a decent setup. I wasn't sure if a car would fit, but it's good to hear that one does.

Fireball I wasn't aware of how they sized those trailers. sounds like the 5th wheel isn't that bad to remove, which is something I'd be doing more often then I want to think about.

I'd love to just go with a 36 footer with living qtr's, but I haven't got that kind of $ to spend, I'm not gonna lie. My budget for the trailer when I buy it, will be about 15 grand give or take depending on what I can put down, what I get for my open car, $ situation etc.etc. But,. I don't think for a minute what I want to do will be a penny under 15

 

JL, you can buy a whole lotta trailer for 15K. My Pace was 7500 brand new. That was with insulated walls and everything. Imagine what you could do with another 8K.


You should see the looks I get at the track when I unload the car. People are amazed that it fit. I'm not gonna lie, it's tight. If I ever have to get a chute or sissy sticks I'm phucked. I made the dealer let me load it in before I bought it though.

Just food for thought. A buddy of mine picked up a used 5th wheel version of mine--like a 2004 model for 21K. He hauls around his Terminator in his.

 

Just dont forget the more toys the more there is to maintain, I have had everything from a tow bar and a tent to a pusher motorhome and huge trailer and the more cool stuff you have the more money and time is spent to maintain everything. Honestly after changing the oil on the generator, ATV, checking the brakes/bearings on the trailer, maintaining the hitch, maintaining the diesel pickup, not to mention the race car, then throw in maintaining a LQ trailer or motorhome in there and that 100.00 for a nice clean hotel with a free continental breakfast isnt so bad

I'm about ready to go back to a 1500 pickup or small SUV and an open trailer, if you have some friends helping you out it isnt bad but if you do everything by yourself adding all the extra work to go racing sometimes takes the fun out of it..

 

I bought a 24' V nose back in the spring and it is just about right for what I'm doing. You can always use the extra room but I just couldn't fit it in the budget. Nor did I have the truck to pull it. I got the escape door and 5200lb axles but I didn't splurge for the finished interior. We took my sons small four wheeler with us to memphis last year with plenty of room. But I would say it would be tight with cabinets. By the way it is 24' plus the v nose.

 

Right on KP. That's putting it in perspective. One can really go over board with the traveling setups. Cost and maintaining it all.

 

I have a 28ft forest river with everything built in Gen built in compressor A/C wired for my welder . I ordered mine what i would never do without is power jack and A/C . this food for thought. I put a compressor in the gen comparment then run teflon hose down the right side to a stanless 6 inch X the width of the frame . Put a drain in the bottom and went in the side with the feed line . on the way to the tank i did 2 tees 1/2 inch with them welded to the frame one leg in, one leg to the next tee and one leg to a made up hydralic line as long as it is from the frame to the side of the trailer ( stiff will hold it self up) . I also sleep in mine some of the time and the guys that are saying not to get an inclosed are crazey ,

 

JL,

As others have stated, you can get alot of trailer for 15 K. Have you tried looking at trailers on racingjunk.com ? If not, you may want to shop around on there and see what is available.

I have a 38 ft gooseneck, 1 ft. extra height, 30 feet of floor space, finished inside with lights, generator, overhead cabinet, fridge, etc, etc, As KP mentioned it can be a p.i.t.a. to get everything loaded and kept maintained but, it's sure nice to have everything you need all in your trailer.

As for the truck and the hitch issues, you may also look at getting a fold away ball (pops up when you need it and folds flat when not in use) <--- works great.

Anyway, shop around and look at what everyone else is using and then make your choices based on what you want to handle.

Kev

 

The maintenance of everything is of course a cost, and something I don't want to get crazy with as well.

So far I've been fine with an open car, but I'm at the point that I'm loading a ton of crap in and out of the truckif I go somewhere and have to stay overnight the hotel's are $, plus I don't like leaving the car unattended in a hotel parking lot, that I have always hated, and if I leave it at the track I feel better as there's always a TON of better cars there to steal then mine LOL, but that'st still one I don't really like to do, if I was staying there with it, I'd feel alot better. The ATV, that I want for track use for 2 reasons, #1 if I wanted to tow the car to the line, I could. #2, after going to a couple places and pitting down at the scoreboard, I have grown tired of having to walk about 10 miles over the course of the day or 2 that I'm there, pinks allout @ etown, I was pitted less then 100 yards from where Scott Kalitta died, and I can tell you, everytime I wanted to go watch cars, hell do anything I was walking a mile. That, got old real quick when it's 90 degrees out and you're in fire pants, the ATV would have been great to have there.

Plus it would be nice to have someone be able to go to the line with a support veichle, with the air tank, etc.etc just in case. Sport quad with a rack built on the front of it, or a small 80's 200 size utility would suit that just fine.

I figured about 15 including the generator fwiw. I've seen alot of nice stuff on racingjunk, and believe me I'll be shopping on there once I figure out what I want exactly.

The truck and maintenance on that, I drive that every day, so that's just life in that case.... gotta drive something and the maintenance on that isn't any worse then anything else. Oil changes are every 7500 miles, over double what a car is, yeah it's 12 qts, but if you're putting 6 in a gas job every 3000 and a filter I'm ahead in that department. Plus the diesel is a good 30 to 40% better on fuel, so even the buck a gallon more for diesel doesn't really matter in the overall picture.

Trailer maintenance is a once a year thing to me, every spring ya just pull the wheels, check the brakes, grease the bearings, go over the wiring, change the oil on the generator, air filter on that, air filter on teh little compressor, check the lights, grease the hitch and all the other moving parts, and that's about it. One saturday to check it all, one more if the brakes need to be done/tires changed and that's it, that isn't a big deal to me really. It's a cost, but better then having it brake down, or an accident because the brakes failed.

 

It is interesting reading these posts. I'm looking for a low cost trailer.

I have checked out www.TexasTrailerMan.com.

He's in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and his crew puts together some beautiful rigs. Using the options on his web site you can put together just what you want. He takes a down payment and if it not in stock will have what you need in thirty days or less.

 

A Basin (bowl), 1 Gallon of water, soap, shampoo, terry cloth, and a bath towel is all you need, they call it the french bath but hey it works and you will feel envigorated.

 

"Envigorated"! I seriously just LOL'd!

 

BS machine does come up with some good ones


Where I'm from that's called a ghetto shower LOL. BUt yeah, better that then nothing at all and honestly, I'd do that to save 100 bucks knowing I'm gonna be covered in grease, fuel and dirt in no time.

 

I try once in a while.