Widebody challenger on uhual trailer?
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Figured. May have to get another trailer somewhere then.
Nice. Did you need blocks or anything on tje end of the ramp not to scratch the bottom or front lip?
Here's a link with some tips from U-haul.
Auto Transport: Low Clearance Loading - YouTube
It does load ok. You want to make sure you get the nose of the trailer high decrease the angle of the ramps and use wood blocks under the ramps to step the tires up to prevent the splitter from hitting the ramps and trailer.
Put blocks in the front wheel pockets to keep the splitter up and over the front of the trailer. Have a couple people with you to keep an eye on the car going on so you don't scrape the wheels. It's tight but fits.
Auto Transport: Low Clearance Loading - YouTube
It does load ok. You want to make sure you get the nose of the trailer high decrease the angle of the ramps and use wood blocks under the ramps to step the tires up to prevent the splitter from hitting the ramps and trailer.
Put blocks in the front wheel pockets to keep the splitter up and over the front of the trailer. Have a couple people with you to keep an eye on the car going on so you don't scrape the wheels. It's tight but fits.
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Thanks for the detailed reply, you made my life much easier knowing I can use the UHUAL. Nice truck too BTW.
Never trailered my Hellcat but I trailered another car 2K miles. When I went to the rental yard I asked that I be allowed to load the car before renting the trailer just to ensure it fit ok. The yard was ok with this and someone went with me. I had brought some boards to use to get the nose of the car up some before beginning to go up the ramps. They worked. The car fit fine.
I signed for the trailer and then had the yard employee go over with me how to connect the trailer to the tow vehicle -- a moving van which I was also renting --and how to secure the car properly to the trailer. He gave me advice to check the trailer hitch and safety chains and the car hold downs at every fuel stop and before leaving the hotel in the morning. Also I was told to pull into every highway weigh station -- that was open -- on my route. I did this and was waved through every time. Once I was asked what I was carrying. Apartment furnishings in the moving van and smaller lighter things -- like clothes -- in the car.
The yard provided hold down straps which fit over the tires/wheels and which really held the car down snug. Of course I also had to fit a safety chain to ensure even if all the hold downs failed the car would stay on the trailer.
Last but not least be sure -- get something in writing ideally -- the car is insured when on the trailer against any and all risks.
I signed for the trailer and then had the yard employee go over with me how to connect the trailer to the tow vehicle -- a moving van which I was also renting --and how to secure the car properly to the trailer. He gave me advice to check the trailer hitch and safety chains and the car hold downs at every fuel stop and before leaving the hotel in the morning. Also I was told to pull into every highway weigh station -- that was open -- on my route. I did this and was waved through every time. Once I was asked what I was carrying. Apartment furnishings in the moving van and smaller lighter things -- like clothes -- in the car.
The yard provided hold down straps which fit over the tires/wheels and which really held the car down snug. Of course I also had to fit a safety chain to ensure even if all the hold downs failed the car would stay on the trailer.
Last but not least be sure -- get something in writing ideally -- the car is insured when on the trailer against any and all risks.
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