Dirty Queens Racing Trailer

[drano38]

Race Ramps are nice, but if your budget is short, make your own out of blue sheet foam from a home store.
KYBOSSLS posted it first, and I copied his idea, here's a link.
https://trackmustangsonline.com/index.php?topic=2647.msg43829#msg43829

 

[PeteInCT]

NOW you tell me ! ;D Nice idea.

 

[cloud9]

1) You should cross the front and the rear.

I think this is one of those you say tomayto I say tomoto questions

 

[PJWANNABE]

Dirty Queens Racing Trailer - sounds like a adult film.

 

[steveespo]

Dirty Queens Racing Trailer - sounds like a adult film.

Everyone take it easy. The reference is to a card game; Canasta, which is a favorite in my family and in which the object is to get 7 of the same card to make a 'Canasta'. If you do this with 7 cards and no Joker then it is a clean canasta, if you use a Joker or a Deuce it's a 'Dirty Canasta'. The red Queens are my wife and youngest daughter who have light hair, the black Queen is my oldest daughter who has black hair. The Joker is of course me, who has almost no hair ;D It is a very obscure reference that we thought up 2 winters ago.
Steve

 

[Grant 302]

Dirty Queens Racing Trailer - sounds like a adult film.

I'm too close Hollywood to imagine any clean or PG-13 explanations!


Congrats on the trailer...wish I had the room for one.

 

[yknot]

Congrates on the trailer. I didn't mean to sound so negative but after re-reading mine and other post, I think it did in fact sound more negative then I wanted. You are right, things have gone up so much, even a open tag trailer is very expensive no days. I do not know anything about the brand you choose, just seemed very high for what I saw. Aluminum trailers are great if built right, but that is the same with steel. Just most seem to know steel and how to weld it, better then aluminum. I've seen very nice aluminum trailers, and some rather bad designs, I expect yours is in the better range. When they frist started using the aluminum for the common trailer, I remember the many problems of cracked welds and poor design, hopefully we are beyond that. For about 10 years my father and I owned a trailer business, and I have personally owned 8 trailers for motorsports. My current trailer is an enclosed I designed several years ago, for our specific needs then. It runs 40 feet long, with a 18 foot long back section with a sprint car roof. I made the whole thing 12" higher then normal and the sprint car roof is another 18" above that. It gave us plenty of roof height for different vehicles. It has the normal race trailer looks, with full interior,living quarters and storage compartments. Just wish we used it more. Take care of your self and remember you have that extra weight behind you.

 

[drano38]

1) You should cross the front and the rear.
-Pete

I think this is one of those you say tomayto I say tomoto questions

+1
I've heard the advantage of crossing is it keeps the car from shifting sideways.
But if one fails, the remaining strap could pull the car off the edge of the trailer.
My rear straps are straight, but so short I don't think the car can shift.
Since I've got the fronts crossed and rears straight, I'm 100% sure 50% of my car is tied down properly.

 

[roketman]

Steve ,Congrats on the trailer.You are going down a slippery slope!
Just remember to take out the pins before you try to take the car off the trailer!
If you are curious about what I am referring to, ask Pete!

 

[steveespo]

Thanks Ron.
I will remember to release the tilt latches before driving off, hope you or Pete didn't do that
Anyway I am sliding rapidly down the slope, will be at Lime Rock 3/23 for the kick off hope you guys can make it.
Steve

 

[PeteInCT]

Steve ,Congrats on the trailer.You are going down a slippery slope!
Just remember to take out the pins before you try to take the car off the trailer!
If you are curious about what I am referring to, ask Pete!

That's only because you cause too much confusion to all that are around you ! ;D

 

[PeteInCT]

+1
I've heard the advantage of crossing is it keeps the car from shifting sideways.
But if one fails, the remaining strap could pull the car off the edge of the trailer.
My rear straps are straight, but so short I don't think the car can shift.
Since I've got the fronts crossed and rears straight, I'm 100% sure 50% of my car is tied down properly.

When I first started trailering the car I has the fronts straight (which were pretty short) and the rears crossed. Too many guys that have been hauling for years, as well as the place where I purchased the trailer when I asked them, said to cross both ends. Who knows. I guess the assumption is you will get more stability assuming the straps hold. If they don't all bets are off anyway ;D The Aluma trailer has a lengthwise ribbed deck surface that makes the tires pretty difficult to slide left/right. Unless, of course, you are going though the lower level of the George Washington bridge in Manhattan where your car can slip into a pothole not to be seen again....

 

[roketman]

Steve
I will be at the SCDA 3/23 event!

 

[PeteInCT]

Are you trying to convince him to cancel ? ;D