Car Hauler tips/tricks/ideas

[bucket]

Personally, I wouldn't worry about the underside of the wood. Most trailer decks rot from the top only. I know of many people that actually flip the wood over once the top starts getting soft.

 

[bluex]

Well I got voluntold that I'll be using my truck an trailer for the kids dept at church this year in the christmas parade so I needed to build some sides for it so they can decorate an the youngins don't fall off lol.

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Also got the winch a few weeks ago. It was on sale for ITC an they did a $25 off coupon that you could stack so I went ahead an grabbed it. That allowed me to get the 2 yr warranty on it for nearly free. I think I'll probably have to add another fairlead to the front. The one that came with the winch is smaller an I needed the plate it came with for the height

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I like this because everything is self contained an I made the plate to mount the controls. Upgraded the cables to 6 gauge real copper today. Saw where HF uses copper clad aluminum for their wires so I didn't want to leave that. Once I get my wiring for the truck side I'll replace the last 2 from the winch kit.

Almost used it today on a cheap 80 short fleet I found but there was 1 bad picture an it was back in the woods so of course it was RUSTY. Had to leave it as the guy wasn't to happy with my offer but it had very few usable parts

 

[bucket]

Awe, look at that cute little guy lol.

Joking and teasing aside, it should do ok. For a few years I ran one of those super cheapo winches that's designed to just hook on a trailer ball. I made it work. @Swims350 may remember that hokey setup, from when I picked up the Camaro.

But you'll definitely want to carry a snatch block for the heavier work.

 

[TotalyHucked]

^Was gonna say, I'd def suggest a snatch block to up the pulling power but that oughta do ya fine for a good while. We had a 7500 in our box trailer at work that I WAYY overworked several times and it's still plugging right along

 

[legopnuematic]

Winch looks nice, the weight savings of the synthetic rope over a cable is nice too.

At least it's electric. Hate to be the poor soul who has to hand crank a vehicle on with this setup I saw on Craigslist.

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I'm glad my days of having to use a come along to load vehicles is over.. Especially when they did not roll either.

 

[TotalyHucked]

Yeah our R&D director has a hand crank on his trailer. He's in his '60s, I finally harassed him enough a couple years back to put an electric winch on it lol

 

[bluex]

Snatch block an a few d-rings are on the list still. I think we had a 3500 on the other trailer at first, the weather killed it an upped it to either a 5k or a 9k i can't remember. It wasn't fast with the 3500 but it pulled anything we needed up on the trailer, even if it had flats. I think this one will do just fine.

If you look back that Tahoe I loaded with a come along and his parts truck. It sucked, its in the box for emergency but I hope I never need it again lol.

 

[bucket]

Winch looks nice, the weight savings of the synthetic rope over a cable is nice too.

At least it's electric. Hate to be the poor soul who has to hand crank a vehicle on with this setup I saw on Craigslist.

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I'm glad my days of having to use a come along to load vehicles is over.. Especially when they did not roll either.

Yep, I'd take that hand crank over a come along any day. I do not miss my days of trailer loading with a come along at all.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Yep, I'd take that hand crank over a come along any day. I do not miss my days of trailer loading with a come along at all.

Yup! In February 1988, we had to move 14 cars off a property that was in the family, but having to be sold. Did it over 4 days, with the '81 Sierra 305 and a borrowed trailer, a riding lawnmower with a chain, and a couple of come alongs. Dad and I definitely got a workout! We were hauling the cars to another property belonging to a friend of the family, about 5 or 6 miles away. We were able to sell a couple of the vehicles and pull parts off some others, before the guy "let" some people in or decided to pilfer what was there. Next trip up there (couple hours from Houston) we saw what had been done(still makes me ill to think about what was done)(cutting up pristine body '57 Chevys was part of it). That ended that storage......

 

[bluex]

Ugh the 12 days of Christmas deals are gonna have a 40% off any winch. I could have saved like $40-50 more on it

 

[legopnuematic]

If you are within the 30 days you might be able to get a price adjustment. Might be worth a try.

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[bluex]

Step one of the security updates completed. Hopefully this helps, maybe it's just my imagination but I swear the crappy lock i had on there someone had been trying to remove. It never seemed to be in the same orientation that I left it in.

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The new hitch has a built in lock so I cut the shank off another ball an locked it in there. Now it can't be set on a smaller ball an hauled that way.

 

[bluex]

I was looking around for ideas to secure the safety chains. Found this:

Link Lock | Revolutionizing Trailer Chain Safety

www.linklock.net

I was thinking that would be nice so I could pull the chains an just lock them in the toolbox. I wasn't crazy about the weld on installation but it is a pretty cheap solution. Went to check mine out an wouldn't you know, they pin on already an had cotter pins in there. I went an spent .88 on some hitch pins an now I have removable chains

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Buying a trailer looks like it was a bad idea. I can no longer be left alone with marketplace an money

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99 cab an chassis, same year as my dually but with a supposedly low miles 4L80E. Cheap enough to buy an hide away in case I want to automatic swap one day. Didn't have to use my winch, the guy had a skid steer. It wasn't running but he was a Ford guy so he didn't even mess with it. He only wanted the flat bed off it for another truck. Took me about 10 mins of fixing wiring an she busted right off. Had a terrible miss but ran an moved under its own power. More than likely cap/rotor from sitting.

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77 C10 shortbed chassis. Thinking of ditching air ride on LB so why not start from scratch I guess The winch worked great for this, powered it with my jump pack. It's a 3400 giant one also from hobo frought open box isle but it works great too.