Larry,
My buddy has a trailer that is basically only big enough for a LBC.
Fortunately, he has always loaned it to me when I needed, as I have
experience the same "rental" problems. Plus they never want to rent them to
you unless you have a heavy duty truck, which I don't have. This trailer
has a great balance and is real easy to pull and stop (no extra brakes). I
can pull it no problem with a 4 banger turbo Volvo wagon, even at 70MPH. I
don't now the specics, but one of the things that makes pulling a dream is
the length of the (longer) tongue (on the trailer, not mine). It keeps the
trailer from swaying and scaring the hell out of you! Since he uses it for
his Sprite vintage racer, he also added saddle tool boxes to the sides. I'm
hoping I can buy it from him when he sells the race car!
Gerard
At 1:54 PM -0500 3/9/01, Larry Cogan wrote:
>By now I have way too many lil cars, mostly Brit, and all at or less
>than 2000 lbs. (And many beyond my level of maintenance.) I must have
>paid U Haul at least half the price of a trailer, by now. Then there
>is the hassle of dealing with them, not to mention reserving one at a
>distant location and arriving on a tight schedule, to find no trailer
>available and they never heard of me. You see where this is
>going...... I saw a purpose built LBC trailer, small and built of
>aluminum at a car meet. Very cool, but the owner was loath to tell me
>how much it cost. That means too much, I guess. But what about a
>little steel one? I visualize this with an electric "wench" up front,
>with a cargo box on the tongue. Painted to match...... oh well.
>(More stuff in the back yard to terrorize the neighbors.) Does this
>make sense? Anyone got one just built for LBC's? What does it weigh
>empty? Are brakes necessary? How cheap could this be? (I already
>have the wench!)
>Larry
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