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10-28-2012, 02:13 AM
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loading a lowered truck onto trailer question
Ive been dead set on lowering my truck 5/7, but something just crossed my mind. Loading it on a trailer. I plan on taking it to shows as far as Florida. So the question is, how do you guys go about loading ur lowered rigs onto a ordinary car trailer?
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10-28-2012, 08:20 AM
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long 2x4 or something else to extend the ramp to make it shallower
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10-28-2012, 09:35 AM
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Put a 4x4 posts or something big under the trailer jack to try to get it as high as you can. Depending on how big of a dove tail the trailer has, if it has one at all.
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10-28-2012, 10:42 AM
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So lifting the front or lengthening the ramps would be the only way. Never really thought about lifting the front of the trailer. Ramps crossed my mined but wood ramps wouldn't stand a chance. Maybe backing up to a curb or driveway, giving the ramps a little lift.
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION: 2003 2wd rcsb, LQ4 6.0 swapped...229/230 581.-592. 110LSA cam, stage 2 landspeed 243 heads((port/polish, milled .025, 5 angle valve job, valves 45* back cut)), pacesetter LT's, dual 3in. exh. w/ dynomax race mufflers. stage 5 RPM trans. yank 3600, TCI flexplate, tru-cool 45k trans cooler..more soon to come.
DAILY DRIVER::2006 colorado scsb, 5spd 2.8 4cyl. 2% tint. black Zq8 17's.
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10-28-2012, 01:28 PM
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or back trailer up to a hill always works well
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10-28-2012, 02:02 PM
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Thats what id do. Find a hill that works and you will damn near be able to drive straight on with no incline whatsoever
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10-28-2012, 03:14 PM
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Don't put it on a trailer... Just drive it, enjoy it 
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01-22-2013, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Dubmission82
Don't put it on a trailer... Just drive it, enjoy it |
That's my opinion. Why build it if you don't feel safe driving it as far as you want to drive.
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01-23-2013, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Professorkaos
That's my opinion. Why build it if you don't feel safe driving it as far as you want to drive.
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Because when the trucks 29 years old and parts are hard as hell to find. Its a bit different lol.
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10-28-2012, 03:16 PM
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Im gunna have to search for a hill around town. Lol or make some long ass ramps. But to make ramps thatll be strong enough to not bend, and thatll make them way heavy.
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION: 2003 2wd rcsb, LQ4 6.0 swapped...229/230 581.-592. 110LSA cam, stage 2 landspeed 243 heads((port/polish, milled .025, 5 angle valve job, valves 45* back cut)), pacesetter LT's, dual 3in. exh. w/ dynomax race mufflers. stage 5 RPM trans. yank 3600, TCI flexplate, tru-cool 45k trans cooler..more soon to come.
DAILY DRIVER::2006 colorado scsb, 5spd 2.8 4cyl. 2% tint. black Zq8 17's.
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