New Trailer for Hauling GT w Photos

Here’s a few shots of my new Trailex trailer. It is very light, made of Aluminum. My criteria for selection is that I wanted to be able to tow it with a medium sized SUV. I did not want to have to buy a pickup. And, of course it had to be able to fit the width of a Ford GT. I chose Trailex over the other two or three aluminum trailer manufacturers because they have very low fenders for door clearance and they use the very wide fold up side door you see in the pictures. The trailers are also built fairly low. I was not interested in a mobile workshop so keeping the overall height low helps minimize wind resistance when towing. My trailer was actually built six inches taller than standard so I could fit a taller car in it. The standard height trailer will fit all Porsches, F-cars, Vipers, GT and most sports cars. The standard trailer will also fit in most home garages.

I picked it up in Youngstown Ohio on Monday of this week. No problem pulling it empty at 80+ mph for the 1200 miles back to Florida. I am very pleased with the fit and finish. There are no exposed rivets on the side skins and the finish is truly wash and wear. I had a great experience with Trailex and would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone.

Of course I could not bring the trailer home empty so I had to make a stop on the way back to pick up a little something. It pulled fine at 70 mph with the extra “ballast”.:thumbsup

I love the new multi-quote feature with the site upgrade so I thought I'd use it: :thumbsup

Mark O said:

I find it interesting that the rear flips up versus the more conventional way of folding down & being used as a ramp. Pretty nice looking thrailer. I like it. :thumbsup

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The rear door flips up instead of down because the trailer is not real tall. A shorter trailer makes for a shorter door and thus a ramp angle that is too steep for low cars. There are two pull out ramps under the bed that pull out for loading and unloading. They are quite long so clearance with the front spoiler was fine.

nota4re said:

Assuming that you have the diesel Touareg there, it is just about the ultimate tow vehicle - having more torque than that lowly supercharged Ford behind it.... not to mention the twin turbos.

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Unfortunately my 'Egg it is not the V-10 diesel. While the towing capacity is the same 7700 lbs, it is only the V8. It does fine, but the diesel would indeed be better.

Kirby Vieira said:

Chris, this looks like the best trailer available for a GT. What was involved to accomplish the loading and unloading? It looks to beabout 20 feet. What is the cost? Love the color of the ballast. Thanks for sharing.

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I did a bunch of research before I dropped the coin. My conclusion was it was best for my needs. The swing up door and low side sill height are great. There are other great trailers out there. Cost is dependent on options. Trailex is definitely proud of their trailers. As Gulf GT posted, if you go to the website there is a price list. Resale value is unusually high.

TEXAS GT said:

I love the double front doors which would make tieing the front end down much easier but the rear door is very unusual. Was it a special request? Why not the normal drop down door? I like the fact that it is low also.
Congrats on the ballast too.

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Double front door is standard. It does indeed make strapping down easy. Rear door answer above.

Fast Freddy said:

i see that will be at the 2007 barrett-jackson in january. i will stop by their display and take a look. i might just place an order. i have been towing my viper on a open trailer and most definately want a closed trailer for when i purchase a GT. tell me how easy is it to tie the GT down in this trailer? and at what point on the car have you tied on too? from your pix it looks like you have wrapped your tie down straps around your wheels? if so i bet that has left one hell of a wear mark on your wheels, ouch!

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They display at BJ every year. I saw them first @ the West Palm show. Tie down is handled with large D-rings on the floor, front and back. There is also a front adjustable bolt down wheel stop. The tie straps are tied through the wheels. No wear marks since the straps were wrapped in cotton bath towels before going through the wheels. This is exactly how Gary Almond ties down the cars he transports. Works great, no scuffs or marks.

Gulf GT said:

Here is the Trailex website. Click on the "car trailers", then "closed car trailers", then click on any photo on that page to get a pricelist.

http://www.trailex.com/index.cfm

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Thanks for the link. I got a number of PMs requesting cost information. They are a small shop and each trailer is custom made. Backlog is several months which is a bummer, but IMHO the end product was worth the wait.