b body enclosed trailer

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bigger the better ..

24-26 would be the smallest

Mine is 30 foot

(Ps, IMO you should not pull a enclosed with less than a heavy duty 3/4 ton Diesel either )

**unless you live very close to track**

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id think in texas you could pull an enclosed 28 foot trailer with a 21 speed bike lol.

Texas is flat in some areas plus, has lots of medium sized hills ..

When I go to Home to race like last year, Its 800 miles one way ..Tulsa for me was about 300




I had a 2500 2004 Hemi quad cab ..Not anywhere near enough truck to pull a enclosed safely plus, you go over the GVW and you can be stopped and given a fine for that ..And its not cheap

although not pretty and not a desiel but it pulls nice. 3/4 ton ferd 460.
















im thinking about this for several reasons. one so i have a place to sleep and bathe at the track. i figured i could take a makeshift shower in it. and then i thought it would be a nice place to store one of our cars in if i need more shop space like when i rebiuld my sister in laws tranny, i can fit her car in my shop with the other cars but it makes working on anything really tough.


thanks for the input guys mike

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Mine has a shower ..

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I pull my 69 Satellite with a short bed Ram & a 24 ft enclosed. I have been on the interstate many times & it does ok, but I'd rather have a longer wheel base truck. Car fits in trailer nicely. Have lots of room in front. I'm kinda tall so my next trailer will have a swing out door at the drivers door area so I can get into the car as I need.

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for sale LONG wheel base Crewcab, 8' bed 460 gas

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And from the rear. Had to put it this far back to reduce toung weigtht. It wanted to sway when a semi assed me if I pulled it up farther. Now its steady.

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Are you using a weight equalizer hitch... they are
almost a must. I hauled my 26' with a 5.9 1500 for
5 years with the EQ hitch and it pulled great, stopped
great(both axles with brakes). With the EQ hitch you
can shift the weight around without upsetting things.
I used the 1200 lbs bars

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If you had an Arrow you could use a 18ft....

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Or a Radio Flyer wagon

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what kind of fuel milage drop can i expect going from an open trainer to closed?

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It depends on how you drive and the weight of the open trailer, I took a 850 mile trip with a freinds open trailer, it was empty for half the trip and we got 21.3 MPG with the air condition on towing at 67 MPH on mostly flat ground. I got 20.8 coming back at the same speed with a 1933 Plymouth 1/2 ton pick up truck on the trailer The most MPG I recorded with that truck towing my 24 Pace enclosed trailer empty was 15.6 MPG or so, that was towing at around 55 MPH. I usually towed a little faster than that and got 12.3 to 15.0 MPG, depending on the terrain, at around 68 MPH with the car in it That truck was a 1998 1/2 Ram 2500 2WD CTD with 3:54 gears, automatic and 235x85x16 inch tires My new truck, 2006 3500 4 wd four door with 3:73 gears, automatic, doesn't do that well Best so far has been around 12.8 at low speeds(under 75 MPH in NV.)

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thanks alot guys. i really dont see a gold cart or atv in my future. im cool with walking, i might take a bike though.


what kind of fuel milage drop can i expect going from an open trainer to closed?

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You will find that it doesnt make much difference with
the weight of the trail and contents(unless REAL heavy)
but the big front wall of the trailer is what kills
the mileage... keep the speed down and its less pressure
on the front and a little better mileage