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Old 05-05-2007, 03:50 PM
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Sell your trailer, and buy a rollback. My 20' Texas Rollback will load lowered Vettes.. No horsing the truck around, or using ramps of any type.
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Originally Posted by Old Geezer
Sell your trailer, and buy a rollback. My 20' Texas Rollback will load lowered Vettes.. No horsing the truck around, or using ramps of any type.
those look like sweet trailers. What kinda price range though?
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Originally Posted by brandonppr
those look like sweet trailers. What kinda price range though?
mine some yrs ago. I think it was about $4K, but it's also a 20' unit. Most folks buy them shorter. I got this at 20', so I could haul the pit scooter on it, along with the car.
There are several different mfgr's of the roll backs.
Some are just a tilt bed. Not what I wanted. The roll gets to a lower profile, when in load position.
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My brimar los really low too... I just crank the front leg up all the way when I load/unload the car and there's no problem. That in effect jacks the truck up when I crank the front support leg down too.... but it also does another task, stops the trailer from shifting alot when loading/unloading the car... which was the original reason I did it, helping to tilt the trailer back for loading was a bonus really.
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sounds like you need longer ramps...ditch the ramps from the trailer and get yourself a couple planks of wood...the ones they use for dump truck beds i think they are 4x12" like 10-12 feet long...youll have to cut a bevel on the one side so the car can roll up off the trailer, or figure out a way to attach them to the deck...
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Originally Posted by CHRIZ28
I load my car backwards

Chris
That is a very, very bad idea.
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Why??? I've hauled my car and alot of other cars like this alot. Never had an issue. My car is a pain to get on backing it on the trailer, no way it would go on driving it up. It also loads the trailer better, not too much weight on the truck. I have to use a 6 cylinder F-150 long bed, so it can't take too much load on the tongue...lol. Why do you think this is such a bad idea, if it's that bad, I'll try something different, but so far so good?????

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Putting the majority of the cars weight on the end of the trailer could lead to disaster if you ever have to make any kind of emergency manuver. It will cause the trailer to swing out of control.
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will a camaro on a 18 foot texas rollback clear or will i have to put some blocks to keep it from scapeing
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^^^Every car is diffrent. I have to use some wood to get the front up so it doesnt scrap.
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your trailer seems low



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