Trailer Choice?
Created by: jimarnett
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Just noticed, my newest is a 7712, so 77" wide not 72". Just over $1600 USD.
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Trust? Tony Robster Specialist? Not ever a good idea.
When I was a kid, our family had a single axle steel trailer that everyone in the sports car club, the mini community and the local Honda dealership borrowed. I would not want to ever use it again, it is probably in the same farm yard the last guy to use it left it in; however it would be far superior to most of the small trailers like you describe.
I have a pretty nice Featherlite 3110 to haul cars when I do that sort of thing. My previous 3110 was twenty years old when it was stolen. They hold their value.
My equipment fleet has some PJ trailers. The newest single axle is a 72" wide deck 12' long, and while I would not put a mini on it, because that would be slumming, as I was rigging it up I did think to myself that it would be OK for the job. New they are $2700 CDN and they are well built and have good resale. I fit Electric brakes and breakaway switches to all of mine.
You don't want to be hauling a mini on a marginal trailer, like the one Hugh just described, and get into any sort of situation on the road. A mini has enough mass that once it is moving and has momentum it can really throw your rig around.
Really, at a minimum, something like PJ's 72" tandem axle UJ trailer would be ideal for the mini, for the other stuff you haul, for the other drivers on the road, and for a good return on investment.
When I was a kid, our family had a single axle steel trailer that everyone in the sports car club, the mini community and the local Honda dealership borrowed. I would not want to ever use it again, it is probably in the same farm yard the last guy to use it left it in; however it would be far superior to most of the small trailers like you describe.
I have a pretty nice Featherlite 3110 to haul cars when I do that sort of thing. My previous 3110 was twenty years old when it was stolen. They hold their value.
My equipment fleet has some PJ trailers. The newest single axle is a 72" wide deck 12' long, and while I would not put a mini on it, because that would be slumming, as I was rigging it up I did think to myself that it would be OK for the job. New they are $2700 CDN and they are well built and have good resale. I fit Electric brakes and breakaway switches to all of mine.
You don't want to be hauling a mini on a marginal trailer, like the one Hugh just described, and get into any sort of situation on the road. A mini has enough mass that once it is moving and has momentum it can really throw your rig around.
Really, at a minimum, something like PJ's 72" tandem axle UJ trailer would be ideal for the mini, for the other stuff you haul, for the other drivers on the road, and for a good return on investment.
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Recently in a pinch, I actually used a 5' x 8' trailer. Hauled a Moke on it and it worked great. From there I put a fully laden Classic Mini on it. It barely fit and the trailer suffered much from the weight. I pulled it less than 500 miles with the Mini and when I was through the trailer was warped. I think if I had gone much further the little trailer would have been completely destroyed. Anyway, when buying your trailer, size is only half of the equation. You also need to consider the strength of the materials it's made of too.
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Trust me on this one, the perfect traler size for mini is 5.5ft X 10.5ft. It fits perfect ,not too tight, and pretty light too.
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I had a 7x12 utility trailer that was a good size for a mini. It was wide enough to open the doors to get in and out and it was long enough to have multiple places to tie the car down.
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8' seems awful short to safely and comfortable fit the car on and strap it down.
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Are the open 5x8 wood floor trailers okay for towing a classic Mini race car with 2" flairs? I'd like to use the trailer for other hauling as well.
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