16 foot open trailer and A body????
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07/02/15 10:19 PM
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I bought a nice used trailer from a trailer dealer and brought it home today. In my excitement I didn't pay a lot of attention to how long it was. Well, it's 16 foot with a 4 foot beaver tail on it. Looks like my Duster will fit on it..... Hopefully... But won't know for sure till I load the car up late tomorrow afternoon. I have 16 foot that is flat. Anybody had such a trailer before. Think the one I had few years ago must have had 18 foot that was flat, and was fairly roomy as I remember.
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69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight 418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam Best so far, 10.40 @127 1/4 1.41 best 60 foot 6.60 at 103.90 1/8
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Re: 16 foot open trailer and A body????
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07/02/15 10:40 PM
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I had a 18 ft. ( 16 flat with 2 ft. dove tail) and I hauled my 71 Demon on it with out any problems.
1.33 60 ft,6.21 at 110.59 in the 1/8, pump gas small block,2950lbs,drag radials,mufflers and driven to track ...
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Re: 16 foot open trailer and A body????
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07/03/15 12:43 AM
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I used a 16' for a few races, my Dart fit with no problems. The one I used did not have a dovetail though, so I had to use ramps under the truck to get enough for clearance.
Better get inside Ma. Looks like a storm's comin'.
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Re: 16 foot open trailer and A body????
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07/03/15 01:15 AM
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The Duster and other short wheel base A bodys are 108 inches which is 12 ft. ,correct? So your fine as far as it fitting on your 16 ft long trailer properly, make sure and get the center of gravity on the car loaded forward of the center of gravity on the trailer so it will tow easily without swaying I know guys that have used 1000 lb wharehouse platform scales under thier front trailer nose wheel disconnected from thier trucks to see how much tongue weight they where putting on the trucks towing hitch, they would move the car to get what they wanted and then put marks on the trailer so they could put the car there every time from then on IHTHs
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Re: 16 foot open trailer and A body????
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07/03/15 01:44 PM
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In my excitement I didn't pay a lot of attention to how long it was. You small block guys crack me up getting all giddy ---- over the length of it ----- Lol..... Good, real good
69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight 418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam Best so far, 10.40 @127 1/4 1.41 best 60 foot 6.60 at 103.90 1/8
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Re: 16 foot open trailer and A body????
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07/03/15 01:56 PM
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Towed my 70 dart on a 14' trailer. It was tight. 16' should be fine. I use a 14 w/2 ft dovetail. The dovetail makes for easy access to the back straps.
Yeah, it's got a smallblock.
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Re: 16 foot open trailer and A body????
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07/04/15 09:30 AM
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We've had a 16 ft for over 25 years. Hauled the Road Runner and the Demon on it with no problems.
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Re: 16 foot open trailer and A body????
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07/04/15 11:42 AM
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I used it last night. Had about 6 inches room in the front with the back tires just on the flat part of the deck. It was tight.
69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight 418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam Best so far, 10.40 @127 1/4 1.41 best 60 foot 6.60 at 103.90 1/8
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Re: 16 foot open trailer and A body????
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07/04/15 02:31 PM
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How did it tow? What are you pulling it with?
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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Re: 16 foot open trailer and A body????
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07/04/15 04:47 PM
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I used it last night. Had about 6 inches room in the front with the back tires just on the flat part of the deck. It was tight. Thats the problem with the short trailers Don... you dont get any fore and aft movement to balance the load properly.. if its to far rearward the trailer will wonder and whip... this is aggravated even more during braking.. as the nose of the tow ride dips(normal) the back lifts up and the tongue weight gets even lighter... this amplifies the whipping condition
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Re: 16 foot open trailer and A body????
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07/04/15 11:28 PM
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Is the car centered on the axles? If not you may want to try that to see if it works better or not My 24 ft.enclose car trailer puts about 800 lbs on the rear end of the truck with the car all the way back so I can barely close the rear ramp door to clear the rear bumper, the motor in the race car is barely in front of the front axle I had to move it foward to shut the rear ramp door when I put the parachute on the car, that made the back of my 1 ton singe wheel crewcab 4WHD go down some more in the rear, it towed fine though
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