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Does anyone use a trailer? I'm interested in one because I have so far to travel to any event. The GGAHC rides are 175 miles away and I am fatigued by the time I get there. What size is best? How long of a tongue is best? Any one have any suggestions as to what is the best? I cannot afford an enclosed one. The BJ's not a queen, I'm a woose.
 
No TH, if you can not drive for three hours or less with out becoming fatigued you not a "woos" you be a Wussy!--Keoke /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/nopity.gif
 
Tahoe Healey, I just went through the process of buying a trailer and bought a bit bigger than I really needed. You can get by with a 12' by 6' but be sure you get a low rail so you can get out of the car once you drive it onto the trailer. I bought a 7x14 just to have the extra room. There are fabricators galore who will build a trailer for you and do the extras you need. My trailer was $1300 with regular tongue, 4500# springs and tailgate/ramp with a bend in it to help the low body of my Healey get onto the trailer without draging across the muffler. It tows great behind my Nissan Pathfinder. Good luck!
Charlie
 
Why you guys keep encouraging TH to get a trailer. He lives on top of a mountain and to get to the GGAH rides he doese't even have to start the engine he can coast all the way!---Keoke- /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif
 
Its the coasting backup that's the b****h. But then I could brag about the great gas milage. Its the 3+hours down, 6+ hours down there, and the 3+ hours back.
In NC and the right coast, there are all kinds of trailers mfgs listed, but they want $1.50 per mile to ship it out here 3000 miles. I was thinking 7x16 or 18. The problem is also I have to convert the factory tow package to handle electric breaks. I think my wife is on board with this cause she likes the air-conditioning and 14 speaker sound system. Is your trailer dual axel with breakes?
 
My trailer is only single axle without brakes. I don't have to contend with many mountains where I live. I did lend my trailer to a friend who trailered a Subaru SLX(?) from WVA to the coast here. He towed about 3200# worth down some good size mountains with a Vanagan. He said it towed fine and he went down the mountains slooowly. The extras you need would probably be an additional $700 to $800 dollars for a twin axle trailer with brakes.
Good luck,
Charlie
 
Keoke said:
Why you guys keep encouraging TH to get a trailer. He lives on top of a mountain and to get to the GGAH rides he doese't even have to start the engine he can coast all the way!---Keoke- /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif
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- keoke, why he could just have his sherpas cary it for him? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/nonod.gif Nope 7777, he be scared they ask for a tip and he be too penurious for that. As a matter of fact the ski lift run right along side the road and he won't pay to get Towed!---Keoke- /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/driving.gif

Hypoxia!-Ya I never thought of that .The air up on that mountain be pretty thin and folks complainin about the water in the lake agin. Hmm Hypoxia jess might be!---Keoke- /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
keoke, this trailer idea is startin to sound more and more like a plain and simple case of "hypoxia" to me. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
Sherpas get extra when it snows and you gotta feed them.
Anyone have thoughts on wood bed vs diamond plate runners(open center)(yea I know the oil drips to the pavement but other than that)?
 
If trailering his Healey let's him enjoy it more, then I say go for it. That's especially true if a significant other would go along on the trip more often. I mentioned the prospect of my dearest and I going places, one in the MGB and the other in the Healey, and was met with most definitely negative expressions. Different strokes ...
 
My 15 foot A.T.V. trailer has a wooden floor,
A couple of things I dislike about it are, its heavy! Riding A.T.V.`s you accumulate a lot of mud. Mud collects on the trailer where if it were mesh it would be easy to wash off.
I guess the weight is the main thing, if it had the runners it would be much lighter. Hauling the TR-3 on it makes for a lot of weight to pull, especialy up these mountain grades here in Utah.
It WILL have at least a mesh floor before long!! Runners wouldwork for the A.T.V.`s but there would only be about 12 inches of open space anyway.
Wood rots and will eventualy have to be replaced too.
My TR don`t Drip. YET.
 
I use a 8'X16' dual axle with electric brakes, steel frame, wood floor. I added a winch which is a big assest. I now can load and unload my Healey by myself. Most trailer mfg. will build you one for under $2,000. The winch operates on 12V DC which is housed near the front of the trailer. The trailer weighs 1200 lbs. If I had to do over, I would utilize ramps that fold upright when not in use, they're very heavy.
I wrote a nice article for our local car club newsletter on buying and using a trailer safely if interested send me an email offline.
Good Luck.
 
Spring for an enclosed trailer, it makes a great little garage also. When I see some of the dents in the front of my tailer from rocks I am glad I went enclosed. I got a good deal on this custom job from BDA Trailers in Albuquerque, 14 feet inside, only 5 feet tall, #1600.
 

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