20' trailer vs 22'

[rstreet]

Does anyone have any experience with an X frame car in a 20 or 22 foot enclosed trailer. I was thinking a 20 wouldn't work because it would have a tremendous amount of tongue weight with an X frame car in it but someone on another post said they were using a 20 ft one. I think that you can balance one better in a 22 footer. I am not going to be concered with extra storage space only weight. I will have to tow it with a Yukon(wife won't let me get a 3/4 ton anymore)
Robert

[jim_ss409]

With my 20" trailer the weight distribution was just right as long as I kept the car quite far back. I was using a load distributing, torsion hitch and I scaled the truck and trailer. The weight was perfectly distributed but each axle was really close to it's maximum weight. I was pulling it with a short 1/2 ton pickup and it was fine but the 3/4 ton I'm using now is noticeably better. This trailer works great with the lighter 55 Chevy but it's about maxed out with the 62 Convertible. If I was getting another trailer for the 62 I'd probably look for one 22" or longer because the cupboard space is handy, and I'd also look for the heavier axles.

[real61ss]

Robert,
I have a 24', that's what most of the show car people use, the racers use bigger one's than that.
One thing about a 20 footer, with a '61 Chevrolet, you won't need to tie it down.....just shut the door, it ain't going nowhere!!! :rofl

My son-in-law has a 1/2 ton Chevrolet pu and he pulled a 24' trailer with my Starliner in it to the show in Richmond a few weeks ago with no problems, of course he had the sway bars etc.

[tcornett]

Hi GUYS.

I am currently in the same situation and have no previous experience with trailers. I recently purchased a 62 bubbletop that I will trailering at times. I am now in search of:

1. The tow vehicle
2. Enclosed trailer

I will purchase the truck first and don't know whether I need to go to a 3/4 ton or will a 1/2 ton work. I am guessing the bubbletop weighs somewhere near 4000 pounds

I am also guessing I would need a 22' trailer and assume that weighs around the same?

Any ideas / suggestions would be appreciated.

:scratch

[Seon]

Hi GUYS.

I am currently in the same situation and have no previous experience with trailers. I recently purchased a 62 bubbletop that I will trailering at times. I am now in search of:

1. The tow vehicle
2. Enclosed trailer

I will purchase the truck first and don't know whether I need to go to a 3/4 ton or will a 1/2 ton work. I am guessing the bubbletop weighs somewhere near 4000 pounds

I am also guessing I would need a 22' trailer and assume that weighs around the same?

Any ideas / suggestions would be appreciated.

:scratch

I've owned many a tow vehicles so I'd recommend a 1 ton extended cab dually with a 7.4 engine. It'll tow with ease. As for the trailer, go with a 24' so you can install cabinets and a work bench.

[MileHiSS]

I use a twenty foot enclosed that I added last fall. I bought the shorter length so I could pull it behind the family coach. Most of the time I use a F-350 dually, and you would never know it was back there. I had a 26' and never seemed to fill the extra space.

[Dick MacKenzie]

We pull a 30' trailer with the race car so I can't comment on the trailer.

To Tim's question about the tow vehicle, I would avoid the 1/2 ton you will work it's little butt into the ground with a closed trailer and full sized X frame car. I would go 3/4 ton with diesel power at a minimum, specially if you're towing up and down any hills (PA turnpike comes to mind).

The one ton dual rear wheels provide a lot of stability. With an enclosed trailer cross winds can move you half a lane before you know what's happening and those other two wheels in the back help prevent that.

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