I need a way to haul my Camaro so I won't be afraid to flog it at the track.

Can you guys give me some ideas? I don't currently have any vehicles w/enough hp to pull it so I'd be looking at getting a truck. Possibly a flatbed, so you don't have a trailer to store in addition to the truck.

What do you guys use for hauling??

If ONLY i could afford a Hummer...

 

 

this is what we used last year. my parents just bought a 2004 sportcoach to pull it this year (consiquently, they sold their house and are now living in the motor home!)

 

i drive it to the track, but i have a friend who drives a flatbed tow truck.

 

Tahoe and trailer

 

So this year they'll be living at the track...

(Oh, I drive to the track - all 7 miles...)

 

yeah, kinda. they will live in the RV that will travel to tracks and events all over north america. they have a drag racing ministry and they travel with the OSCA, PSCA, NSCA, and some other SCA type of orginaztions (Street Car Association)

 

new motor home and a very excited dad...

 

91 454SS towing a 16' open car trailer. I'd love a 22' or 24' enclosed trailer but that would mean having to buy a new bigger truck to haul it.

I can't get any kind of bigger trailer since it would never fit into my back yard without tearing my fences out. A 32' enclosed would be real nice.

The nice thing is I only live about 5-10 minutes from the track. It takes me longer to load and unload the car than to drive to the track

 

03 z71 pulling a 16ft open trailer w/winch

 

Yeah, yeah I know the Ford is further behind than the chevies F-150 302cid 3.42 in a 6200lb truck-dont get in too big a hurry to go anywhere with 20' flatbed tralier. I'm workin of Joe to sell the RV in the background, used it to pull my car to Detroit for the photo shoot with a 28' enclosed, 100mph and could'nt tell it was back there ahhh BBC power!!

 

DUHH, here's the pic, day dreamin of warm summer weather again!

 

Hey IHI the only good thing about winter is when you finally get to drive the car again it always seems faster than you remember but I guess 6 or 7 months of not driving it will do that I HATE WINTER!!!!!!!!!!!

 

LOL, anytime I get into that heap after driving my poor ole truck I feel like I'm in warp drive, and the cars slow Got everything lined up with Quick Performance for the new Ford 9", now just need these frickin accounts to pay up for the snow removal!! Actually yesterday and this morning paid for the new rear and chump change, need more snow!!!

 

IHI...are my eyes playin tricks on me...or is there a guy on your roof?

 

Ya thats a diehard chevy fan ready to jump cause hes towin with a f**d j/k hahahaha

 

LMFAO!!! Actually the ole Fa-jord scared the chit outta him!!
We took that pic before we headed to Nationals last year, I think that was the guy taking a picture of his goat, but cant remember.
Here's a view from the other side. Definately a diverse group, but you see which one looks the best We had 8 other cars from our track in primer besides these 2 so the announcer was calling our track "Team Primer" Oh, the house is actually the guy's with the Malibu. I just bought a different house to get "outta the hood" and this one has no out buildings at all, so that's on the agenda for this year, or wait, is it the car's drivetrain?!! Or maybe both if business is good again.

 

I should have taken a picture in 2002 on the road trip back from Yakima. There were 3 of us traveling together all with Camaro's on open car trailers. First was a 69 first gen, second was a 72 second gen then I pulled up the rear with an 87 third gen. I thought it looked pretty good going down the highway.

 

That would've made for a neat "through the generations" type picture. Even if folks dont catch onto that, they still ooo and ahhh anytime they see cars like ours on the hwy, or maybe that's just me

 

Hey IHI have I told told lately how much i hate winter ahhhhhhh!
(gonna have to go sit in the car and make noises now)

 

IHI....all i want to know is who's golf cart? definately looks modified... and did you tow that or drive it to the track as a "street golf cart class"

 

It is modified!! Last year when I rented it for a big race we pitted with some guys from Chicago that souped it up for us, -put a zip tie around the govner spring, what a difference! Guys back at the rental shop took 'er for a ride, asked what I did to it then went off doing hot laps around the building!! It's still that way a year later!

It's a rental, and let me tell ya, everything you've ever heard about rental units is true. I had to fix the roll bar/canopy before I could take it back. Figured out if you have a drunk driver and co-pilot up front, and 3 more drunks on the rear deck for ballast you can ride wheelies as loong as you want. In the feild, down pit roads, where ever you want. It handled the 2 foot mini dike jump pretty well to, could actually almost flip it over backwards when the drunks mentioned above would be brave enough to hold on out back going full tilt over the jump. Does'nt go real well through the woods though. You can keep the cart in the wheel stand position and spin the tires with the oil light blinking all the while the drunken driver is trying not to spill his beer while facing the sky and asking what that light means and not blow it up!! We definatley got our use out of it thinking of more ways to beat on it with the endless hours between rounds-the drunken part was after the racing of course!! I didn't have my digital camera at the time, but we have great disposable camera pics of all the action, I just need to kepp over to my buddies and get 'em so I can scan them into the computer. That little things got my vote for toughness!! Oh, and of course I had to put the Jegs summit stickers on for contingency money!!

 

new rig

 

Last few years I towed with a Jeep Grand Wagoneer, piggish on gas but would pull about anything. This winter I picked up a Grand Cherokee (I work at a Jeep dealer, go figure) to tow with. Of course, I use an open trailer for the car. Low buck set up but that just leaves more for the racing budget.

 

Hey, just wondering, what is the total weight that your car and trailer weighs?

I'm looking at some rigs, and want to limit engine size, tow capacity, gas mileage.

 

we are pushing 10,000lbs as it is, but we have alot more in our trailer than just a race car. but with have a gross weight of just under 40,000. gas mileage sucks

 

There are gonna be answers all over tha place for this one since there are too many variables. open/enclosed trailer kind of frame under trailer, how stout the axles are, weight of car, if you have a tool box on the trailer or not, what and how many tools, truck weight, how much fuel you bring along, etc...my F-150 is 6000lbs empty-that's full of fuel in the truck though, car is 3420lbs, my 20' open metal deck trailer is 1500lbs, bring along my pit bike XR50, 10 gallons of extra fuel for the car, tool box, jack, jack stands, battery charger, air tank, lawn chairs, wheel chokes, ground mat to lay on, extra oil, generator, refillable water extinguisher, fire extinguisher, cant think of anything else right off the bat. I'd guestimate my total GVWR around 12-12,500lbs all said and done. Literally all my 302cid/3.42 gear can do pulling me up some of the big hills. 2 years pulling this stuff arounf the state and usually a couple out of state races. Really need a diesel for all the towing I do with work as well as racing, ie great gas mileage even when loaded to the hilt, big blocks usually get the same weather empty or loaded, small blocks work, but at the expense of poor mpg.

 

Yep. I can vouch for that. I do notice my mileage drop a bit more when I'm hauling the car at 70 mph down the highway though. Nice thing is even climbing the hills I rarely drop my speed. If I really want to get good mielage, I keep the speed down to around 60 mph. That puts my rpms in the 2500-2700 range. 70 mph is around 3000 rpm. 4.10 gears and an overdrive.

 

i wish i had a coverd trailer, for long hauls. how much did it run you, just for futur reference, when my car deserves one.

 

that trailer was custom built by Cowtown Custom Trailers *which is no longer in business* MRSP was ~ $20,000. we got it for ~$14,000. but that is a 34' long trailer with a totally furbished interior. you can get a good 28 footer for alot less. like under 6k if you look hard enough.

 

Nice thing about enclosed trailers is that unless you totally trash it, you should be able to get your money's worth out of it when you every decide to sell it. Used trailers in good condition are about the same price as a new trailer. That is the trade name trailers. Home made ones are not really worth that much unless someone has done a really good job on it but that's not very often. If they did then they'll want way more than what most people are willing to pay.

 

Damn you guys and your 15 min or less drives to the track Takes me 2 hours. Probably end up trailering my car next time out, drove it the first time but with the 305.