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YJKrawlin

YJKrawlin

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Now that we've narrowed down our tow rig and are on the hunt. I'm turning my attention to our crawler hauler buildout. Ideally this will have a camper on the tongue and enough space to tow our 70 bronco OR our 89 Mustang. So a shallow approach angle is a big must have. With that being said, I know we are leaning towards a 30-40' gooseneck trailer with a 5th wheel camper mounted on the tongue (to utilize the space above the gooseneck) or a standard camper on the front. With that being said, has anybody towed a trailer this long around some of the parks/campgrounds around here? Anywhere that a low deck trailer wouldn't be recommended for? Windrock, gulches, Uwharrie, GER? Would hate to get invested into a setup and then find out it high centers everywhere we go. I wouldn't mind a deck over, but know that it's harder to find one with a shallow enough dovetail for how low out mustang is, even after removing the bumpers. I do also like the idea of the deck over for the option of running a tank under the rear to help act as a ballast when unloaded. Just looking for opinions for those who've towed these style trailers to the parks around here.
 
Windrock and GER won't be a problem, my group tows rigs like that to them regularly.

Uwharrie Arrowhead the upper loop RV spaces it could be a challenge, all the 40ft RV spaces are pretty generous in size, and the best slot for it would be the one pull thru site, 40. But don't go on a weekend I'm there, That's my spot... I've never stayed at Baden lake, but others here can speak to that. Would also be fine at Rausch Creek should you decide to venture that far north. I've never been to the gulches so can't speak to that either.
 
I mean depending on your budget, there are options…
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Something like this is probably more practical
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I think a hydraulic dove tail

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or car transport style trailer

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would suit your needs for hauling the mustang. You might need some race ramps for the hydraulic dove tail depending on how long the dove tail is, but I always thought the skeleton frame of the transport trailers would make great crawler haulers. And they're usually cheaper.

But, I agree with zuke about access. I've seen big and low trailers at every place I've been around here so you should be fine with just about any trailer in your length range.

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Load Trail, PJ and others all make gooseneck buggy hauler's. Low deck, drive over fenders, slide in ramps. Even on a hydraulic dove or hydraulic tilt, the approach angle is still about the same as a dovetail with mega ramps depending on deck height.
 
I used to tow a low deck, buggy hauler gooseneck that had 34' deck.
No real issues at Harlan, Windrock, Chocco, etc. I would drag the tail going up and coming down the hill to the Windrock campground. Just make sure nothing under there can get damaged.
Can't comment on URE as I only go for the GTG and park at the group camp.
 
I don't think you'll have too terribly much trouble getting a trailer like that around most wheelin places. Worst case, you might drag a little bit.

You've probably already considered this, but in case you haven't...with a low deck trailer, sometimes you gotta watch out for trailer fenders when you park a car and open the door. From that standpoint, a deckover might be advantageous for you, but comes with it's own loading challenges, which you mentioned.
 
I've got a 32ft deck over that drags the tail plate all over the place. Landing gear touches sometimes on aprons. NBD.
 
Your best option is gonna be a 2 car gooseneck. Mines a Kaufman 36. Can load the jeep with no ramps and it’s low enough to get my hot rods on it as well.
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Noel said:
Was my best option for wheeling and hot rods. Then I did the homemade uhaul camper. But been thinking about a new camper
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We will only ever be looking at hauling one vehicle at a time, but hoping to carry a 20ish foot camper for comfort.
 
YJKrawlin said:
We will only ever be looking at hauling one vehicle at a time, but hoping to carry a 20ish foot camper for comfort.
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That’s what I’m planning to do soon. Load my car on the very back and see what size camper I can fit. Could really even get a small toy hauler and load golf cart or something inside the garage.
 
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This is the concept of what you need:

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But I'm not sure if thats a nice, factory built trailer. There are a few things about it that look a little off.
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Oooh, I definitely like the idea!
 
jeepinmatt said:
This is the concept of what you need:

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But I'm not sure if thats a nice, factory built trailer. There are a few things about it that look a little off.
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It looks a lot more narrow than a standard tilt deck trailer? Maybe it's just the angle of the pictures;
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Oooh, I definitely like the idea!
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If it were a gooseneck instead of a bumper pull I think it would be perfect.
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There's a dude who passes by my place I assume on the way to URE every once in a while during the summer, maybe someone else has seen him?
It's a 3rd Gen MCSB dually pulling a 38(?) foot deckover/straight deck gooseneck with a tiny older 5th wheel mounted above the neck on the trailer exactly how you've described;
I'm pretty jealous to be honest because I've always wanted to build a "Hillbilly Hilton" but use a large slide in camper instead of a travel trailer mounted to the deck.

I've seen him with a buggy on most times he comes by, but I was at the Farmington dragstrip a couple summers ago and saw him with a Foxbody. I didn't get a chance to talk to him since he was leaving, but I did see a set of those 10 foot long aluminum ramps tucked up under the car.
Maybe a straight deck trailer with long ramps/race ramps would be a happy medium?
 
BNielsen said:
It looks a lot more narrow than a standard tilt deck trailer? Maybe it's just the angle of the pictures;

If it were a gooseneck instead of a bumper pull I think it would be perfect.
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There's a dude who passes by my place I assume on the way to URE every once in a while during the summer, maybe someone else has seen him?
It's a 3rd Gen MCSB dually pulling a 38(?) foot deckover/straight deck gooseneck with a tiny older 5th wheel mounted above the neck on the trailer exactly how you've described;
I'm pretty jealous to be honest because I've always wanted to build a "Hillbilly Hilton" but use a large slide in camper instead of a travel trailer mounted to the deck.

I've seen him with a buggy on most times he comes by, but I was at the Farmington dragstrip a couple summers ago and saw him with a Foxbody. I didn't get a chance to talk to him since he was leaving, but I did see a set of those 10 foot long aluminum ramps tucked up under the car.
Maybe a straight deck trailer with long ramps/race ramps would be a happy medium?
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That's definitely the backup option if we have to go that route. I remember my friend getting some aluminum ramps made for his 2 car trailer years back, I can only imagine what they cost to have made nowadays.
 
YJKrawlin said:
That's definitely the backup option if we have to go that route. I remember my friend getting some aluminum ramps made for his 2 car trailer years back, I can only imagine what they cost to have made nowadays.
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When I wind up with my next trailer, I'm gonna be ditching the the steel ramps for aluminum ones; Vevor ramps are hot shit and that's no lie.
I wasn't sure about them until I saw my buddy use a 4 foot long set to load an older Ford backhoe on his trailer. I thought for sure they'd bend right in half but nope. I'm pretty sure a lot of the companies that sell them are just rebranded Vevor ramps anyway
 
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