Towing a speedster with a Uhaul trailer - load it backwards or forwards?

I live a small life I suppose. If I can't drive my Speedster somewhere, I don't go. And I can drive it almost anywhere.

The next time it gets hauled it will be to it's new owner.

When you haul a 2000lb car on a 18k rated trailer, you are going to rattle the hell out of your speedster.  The suspension on that equipment trailer will not even budge.  Something to think about.

I have hauled a Beetle and Karmann Ghia drag car thousands of miles up and down the east coast.  I just used 5000lb rated straps, with axle straps at the front around the beam and from rear mounts that I made that to attached to the lower IRS shock mounts.  My new enclosed trailer I set up with e-track, but I’m still waiting on the Spyder to haul in it! 😂   I have hauled my bikes in it and the e-track makes it adaptable to anything.

E-track is great, but it means the the trailer is going to be used for nothing but hauling vehicles. It makes whatever you're installing it on useless for anything else.

I have trailers. If I was only going to use one once, $400 doesn't sound all that bad. Plates and insurance eat up about that much on one you own.

PS: I agree with Rick. A trailer with an 18,000 lb rating would be the mack-daddy for a minihoe. Not so much for the Speedster. I've got a single axle Aluma tilt-back open trailer that weighs 750 lbs empty, has a low approach angle, and D-rings in the deck. The only thing I'd change are the D-rings -- they just get in the way. 

My previous trailer I used these recessed D-rings.  

If I used my trailer to haul things other than vehicles, I would have installed the E-track flush with the floor.  This could be accomplished by simply adding another layer of plywood between the E-track.

The Aluma is an aluminum trailer with a diamond-tread deck. The frame of the D-rings stick up 1/8"- 3/16", so equipment with rails (like a package HVAC unit or refrigerated case) can't slide over them. Even cardboard or plywood boxes get hung up on them. The trailer came delivered with hex bolts holding down the rings, which stick up even more. It's enough of a problem that I wish they weren't there -- I've got stake-side pockets I can (and do) tie off on. I don't think I've ever used the D-rings, because they are never in the right place (unless you put them in yourself).

E-track is fantastic... if you don't plan to use the trailer for anything but hauling a vehicle. When I had the enclosed trailer, I wasn't looking for another 4 sheets of plywood on the floor (weight) to build up the floor around the track.

Your mileage may vary.

@Stan Galat posted:

E-track is fantastic... if you don't plan to use the trailer for anything but hauling a vehicle. When I had the enclosed trailer, I wasn't looking for another 4 sheets of plywood on the floor (weight) to build up the floor around the track.

Your mileage may vary.

Funny story Stan.  About a dozen years ago, I go over to NJ to buy a small milling machine.  By small, I mean about 900lb.  As I load this into my enclosed trailer, I start thinking maybe I should have screwed another piece of plywood over the floor to distribute the weight.  Since I didn't have any with me, I decided I would load the machine directly over one of the cross beams.  As I'm going through NYC, where there is a pothole every 5 feet, I keep waiting for the mill to exit the bottom of the trailer!    I did make it home without a mishap, but the next big machine I bought, also in NJ, which was a 2000lb South Bend lathe, I rented a u-haul trailer with a steel floor.  Best $35 I spent.  The guy dropped it right on the trailer with a forklift.

To get it off the trailer at my house, I disassembled it.  It had to come apart to get it in the basement, so I went through the entire machine before reassembling it in my shop.

Men: we do stuff.