Caterham towing
Discussion
I plan to do a few track days this year and thinking it would be better to transport my car there on a trailer (for obvious reasons). Looking further into it i've found a few options other than a big trailer. What I had in mind was a towing dolly which is a trailer that you just put the front wheels in, hook up to your tow bar and off you go. The other option is just what they call a A frame towing dolly which somehow connects to the steering on the car being towed, again hook it to your tow bar and off you go. Is there anybody that uses these or at least has a opinion on them?
A front wheel dolly would have the wheels whizzing the gearbox in neutral and all the oil at the tail end - can equal damage on long mileages.
Doing it the other way around would need a reliable steering wheel lock.
A Brian James twin axle Minno is the common way to go. Tow with a Golf TDI & upwards.
Very stable, plenty of space for jerry cans (have fitting as extras), tyre racks etc.
Get a 2nd hand one and sell it on for similar money once the need has passed - storage is the only draw back.
Long ali ramps are nice but you can get by with short steel ones if you pop the trailer off the car and raise the nose (tail leg supports needed for that of course).
Doing it the other way around would need a reliable steering wheel lock.
A Brian James twin axle Minno is the common way to go. Tow with a Golf TDI & upwards.
Very stable, plenty of space for jerry cans (have fitting as extras), tyre racks etc.
Get a 2nd hand one and sell it on for similar money once the need has passed - storage is the only draw back.
Long ali ramps are nice but you can get by with short steel ones if you pop the trailer off the car and raise the nose (tail leg supports needed for that of course).
Yellow 7 said:
A front wheel dolly would have the wheels whizzing the gearbox in neutral and all the oil at the tail end - can equal damage on long mileages.
Doing it the other way around would need a reliable steering wheel lock.
A Brian James twin axle Minno is the common way to go. Tow with a Golf TDI & upwards.
Very stable, plenty of space for jerry cans (have fitting as extras), tyre racks etc.
Get a 2nd hand one and sell it on for similar money once the need has passed - storage is the only draw back.
Long ali ramps are nice but you can get by with short steel ones if you pop the trailer off the car and raise the nose (tail leg supports needed for that of course).
Minno is the way to go imho.Doing it the other way around would need a reliable steering wheel lock.
A Brian James twin axle Minno is the common way to go. Tow with a Golf TDI & upwards.
Very stable, plenty of space for jerry cans (have fitting as extras), tyre racks etc.
Get a 2nd hand one and sell it on for similar money once the need has passed - storage is the only draw back.
Long ali ramps are nice but you can get by with short steel ones if you pop the trailer off the car and raise the nose (tail leg supports needed for that of course).
Last year, we picked up a smallish Brian James trailer in winther (when noone wanted em), and moved it on late ish summer for 250 quid more - which covered replacing the tyres and getting it serviced. End result was rish free towing (compared to dolly), and the ability to put jerry cans / oils somewhere other than the boot, which is always a decent way to avoid that track day smell day to day =)
I'm sure that if you play your cards right, getting a trailer wouldn't cost the earth, especially cosidering it saves doing 400 miles each track day on soft tyres just towing.
I'm sure that if you play your cards right, getting a trailer wouldn't cost the earth, especially cosidering it saves doing 400 miles each track day on soft tyres just towing.
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