Trailer opinions...
 

In the process of shopping for an enclosed trailer. Thinking 18' will be a tight fit, but will work. Being told that I should step up to a 20'. The overall length is listed as 197.5" for my 72', which is approximately 16.45 feet.

My reasoning behind staying with the shortest as possible trailer is because of my truck. I have a regular cab, short bed half ton.

Longer would be nice, give you some room for stuff. What is the weight of each? You're staring with a car weighing close to 4,000 lbs. I wouldn't worry about the length. Only time that matters is when you have strong cross winds. It's the weight you're towing that matters. Electric brakes, equalizer hitch and anti-sway go a long way. Still you don't want the tail wagging the dog.

Not sure on the weight, I am confident that my truck is very capable of towing up to 9000 lbs without breaking a sweat. I definitely need to get a weight distribution hitch - bare minimum.

If you're not worried about weight then don't worry about the length. In the scheme of things a 20' trailer is a short trailer. My son is towing a 29' travel trailer with GMC Sierra, dry weight between 6,000 and 7,000 lbs. His buddy, Silverado, is towing a longer and heavier travel trailer, it's at least 35' long.

Any enclosed car hauler should be equipped with electric brakes and that is a necessity. Anti-sway is an add-on that connects to hitch and trailer tongue or can be part of the weight distributing hitch, had that on ours when we had a travel trailer so no additional pieces to fumble with when hooking up.

My empty 24' Haulmark trailer weighs 4,000 lbs.
I wouldn't consider buying anything shorter than 20'...and nothing with 3500 lb axles !!!

I ordered it today, ended up staying with an 18' v-nose. 5200# axles and escape door. Nose to tail, it will be a tight fit.

I was really only concerned with length due to my truck being short wheelbase. My open trailer is 18', I am very comfortable with it.

Hey, as long as it works for you that's all that matters.

Don't forget also to get a WD hitch. I have a Blue Ox towing weight distribution hitch and it helps make the ride safer and smoother when hooked up and even when empty. I have a 20' trailer.

Im not even in the same catagory as you guys ,I just bought a 16 ft open trailer but I also only gave $900 for it with 5 new tires .

I need to call and see where it is... I was told 4-5 weeks.:confused:

Absolutely. The vehicles and trailers you see swaying all over the road are because of too much tongue weight. A WD hitch will fix that.

Got an email a few hours ago, it was finally delivered this afternoon. Going to pick it up early Tuesday morning.

About frickin' time!

That is a very nice toy hauler .

Thanks John , initially it's going to be just storage. I am going to put all of my new parts and the interior out of my 72' in the front half. Then get some stuff out of the shop into the other half so we have room to work.

I should have gotten one several years ago.