[William Miller]

unclebilly, with the 2x8's was there any substantial bending of the boards between supports? I have a frame member aproximately every 4'. That's one of the reasons I was thinking of using rough oak rather than typical construction lumber. Can you give me any details on how you attached the ramps?

I was thinking of wood or aluminum runners to save weight. Aluminum would be $$$. The most important thing will be to be careful in overloading with tools and other junk.

One good think about weight distribution is that the 911 weight biased in the back. Not quite as much as my boat with the small block and outdrive. The axles are already close to the rear end of the trailer now.
Once the runners are on, I'll put the car on and load up like I'm going to the track. Then I'll put a scale under the tounge and balance things to get the right weight. Once the car is positioned, I'll make some moveable stops. I think I'll weigh the tounge with the boat on it and see what we have. I have it pretty heavy. Having the suspension compressed on the tow vehicle a bit helps reduce both wandering of the truch and fishtailing. The only real issue I have now is it's pretty bouncy when empty.

Trailer brakes were just redone with disks. I might convert to electric in the future because the technology on water proof brakes has gotten better and the cost is comming down.


Great comment on the insurance, That's something I didn't think about.
In Maryland, the trailer doesn't have it's own policy. I have a boat US policy with breakdown assistance (something like that). I wonder if they will cover when I'm towing the car?

Both the tow vehicle and 911 are covered by the same company.
Now if I get DE insurance then that will add some complexity.
This is more complicated then actually building the thing! But I guess most of the issues have to be understood regardless of the conversion.

I haven't searched yet, but does anyone have some good tips on tie down systems?
Thanks all!







I've learned not to rely on what the "folks" tell you. I read the policy!! Sometimes it's hard to get them to send you all the attachments.