Is there anyone else here that tow's with car and how do you have yours set up? I'm sure if I went outside and looked I could figure it out but I was wondering if anyone has any pointers. I just completed construction of a replica 1955 Travellite camper. It's 4X8X4 and about 400 pounds.
400 lbs is very light, or is that tongue weight? Maybe you could tow that with a bumper hitch. Maybe 50 lbs on the bumper? I don't know the specs. Otherwise do some measuring and make or get a kit that will adapt to your frame. Bolt on the 2" receiver stuff. Can be taken off pretty easy. I'm gonna do this with my roadster so I can tow the old cracker box.
I tow a 1200 LB pop-up camper with my '40 coupe.I had to add air bags to the rear to handle the tongue weight (120 LBS empty).After that,it works fine,just gotta be careful with stopping distance. The car has nerf bars poking through the rear body panel and I have a removable hitch/bumper that attaches to the nerfs via four 1/2'' ss clevis pins.
Yeah it's really light. I will research a bumper hitch for it then. I was figuring that I would fab a hitch for it anyway.
Looking forward to seeing this trailer. May want to reinforce the bumper brackets and mounts, but a bumper style hitch will probably work.
I towed all sort of trailers with the 235 in my 54 more-door. Had air shocks on the rear, 2" lowering blocks No wucking furries
Suspension sagging? Power from the 235? You people have your towing priorities *** backwards for the most part on this site. It's all about stopping, make sure your brakes are operating as they should be.
True but hauling a 400 lb trailer is about the same as hauling two fat buddies in the back seat. the car will know the weight is there but it won't bother it much. He's right Low N Slow, with that small of trailer the real worry is that the brakes are in first rate shape. You might be a little slow on the hills but that isn't a big deal except to the guy behind you.
I've always thought that way as well. The stopping is the most important part of any tow. I know Pat and he has always tried his damest to keep the old more door in shape. He'll git her.
anyone have pics of their set up? I was thinking of a removable hitch also, so i can tow my old Shasta trailer...
So what happens when someone is pulling said fat buddies, all their **** they are taking on the trip, all your stuff loaded in the camper, stuff adds up. I'm not saying it can't be done, I'm just saying, you need to make sure your brakes are up to snuff. Drum brakes need some attention and tuning to work properly.
Yeah suspension and brakes are in really good shape, but I'll still go through them just to be sure. Thanks Fellas!
I'm in Kansas and we don't really have hills. Well maybe the Flint hills but it's more of a gradual incline.
Nothing fancy just something to cut the cost of out of town shows and something for the girls to sleep in at the lake.
Just so you'll know, I did go through and rebuild the brakes last weekend. She stops on a 50 cent piece now. Picked a hitch today for twenty bucks at a garage sale and with a little modification it will fit with no problems. Thanks for the tips and comments fellas!
I never meant to imply you wouldn't take your brakes into consideration, my pet peeve is the 2 things that always get commented on is suspension sagging and engine power. I have to pipe up about that because I've seen too many accidents caused because someone overloaded for what their brakes can handle or brakes weren't kept up.
Daddy, are we there yet? I'm hungry! and mama's got to pee. Get this rig rollin and your going to hear alot more of those!
I know you didn't mean any harm. I'm glad you did speak up because it got me thinking about the brakes. I'm glad I did, it stopped fine then and now it stops better. I feel much safer jerking my tear.
Add brakes to the trailer. Electric brakes are great but the "surge" brakes work well enough. The parts can be found for next to nothing at a lot of s**** yards or your neighbor s****ping the old junk trailer!
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