loading a trailer...drive on or winch on?

[Graham]

jellison said:

Why would you reverse a car onto a trailer!?

weight distribution.

I had to do that with the taz on one trailer I had... put it on forward and the heavy v6 put too much nose weight on.. put it on backwards and it was just about perfect...


a few inches can make all the differnce fnarr fnarr..

so the answer to the question ( like many) is it depends and you need to experiment..

[onomatopoeia]

jellison said:

Why would you reverse a car onto a trailer!?

Mine is rear engined. The car, not the trailer. I like some nose weight when towing or the tail tries to wag the dog.

[jellison]

teamHOLDENracing said:

I always push or winch the car onto trailer or truck, simply because firing up a cold engine just to load it puts it through an unnecessary heat cycle. Even if its already warm driving it on wears the clutch, which is a viscious little 5.5" thing and a bit like a switch.

5.5" that is Small!! Mine is 7.25;) I have always just driven it from the end of the race starigh on in one hit, no slowing down excessively - bam straight on.

[teamHOLDENracing]

That doesn't work for us. The car is the last thing to go on, after the awning, poles, flooring, tables, chairs, strip lighting, tea and coffee making facilities, TV/DVD, tool box, air bottle, wheels, pit trolley and 1001 assorted bits and pieces. Generally about 2 hours after we start packing up....

[jellison]

teamHOLDENracing said:

That doesn't work for us. The car is the last thing to go on, after the awning, poles, flooring, tables, chairs, strip lighting, tea and coffee making facilities, TV/DVD, tool box, air bottle, wheels, pit trolley and 1001 assorted bits and pieces. Generally about 2 hours after we start packing up....

Holy Moly. Even when we use the Motor home we can be done in 15mins.

[Incorrigible]

Erm, I don't know really, the lackys do that while I'm doing the press interviews

Love

OJ

:snigger:

[Cuzza]

Incorrigible said:

Erm, I don't know really, the lackys do that while I'm doing the press interviews

Love

OJ

:snigger:

LOL - I thought the inmates put your gear away for you???

[mat205125]

teamHOLDENracing said:

I always push or winch the car onto trailer or truck, simply because firing up a cold engine just to load it puts it through an unnecessary heat cycle. Even if its already warm driving it on wears the clutch, which is a viscious little 5.5" thing and a bit like a switch.

Just looked on your profile. I'll let you off. Understand why winching is easier

[teamHOLDENracing]

Having only 40mm ground clearance doesn't help!

[jellison]

Here's how I load my Trailer (you have to sit through a few laps of racing!).

Quick Loading!

[jfp]

jellison said:

Here's how I load my Trailer (you have to sit through a few laps of racing!).

Quick Loading!

Nice ding dong. tested an FIA Griff 400 round Mallory a few times, rapid. TR sounds nice though.

[jellison]

jfp said:

jellison said:

Here's how I load my Trailer (you have to sit through a few laps of racing!).

Quick Loading!

Nice ding dong. tested an FIA Griff 400 round Mallory a few times, rapid. TR sounds nice though.

Sweet - who Griff? What kind of time do they do round there (I have one I am building).

That was quiet compared to - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6734978036... when we had a proper exhaust system made for it and it had been on a diet!

[jfp]

jellison said:

jfp said:

jellison said:

Here's how I load my Trailer (you have to sit through a few laps of racing!).

Quick Loading!

Nice ding dong. tested an FIA Griff 400 round Mallory a few times, rapid. TR sounds nice though.

Sweet - who Griff? What kind of time do they do round there (I have one I am building).

That was quiet compared to - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6734978036... when we had a proper exhaust system made for it and it had been on a diet!

The Griff belonged to Serge Von Havre. I only shook it down for him, as I did a Bizzarini. From memory a 52 around mallory, but like I say that was a Wednesday morning. It was a left hooker, proper spec, went like the clappers

[jellison]

Sweet - they are the Dogs Danglies