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Ok, its me again ... I have decided not to buy an enclosed at all now, to get the one I want is like 13000+ and thats the bare trailer. I got the price sheet with the options we were wanting and I am not paying nearly $19,000 for a trailer that will be used about 3 or 4 times a year. I am just going to modify the flatbed. I have and add some nifty tie downs so I can haul them on it. I should be able to get two cars on this trailer. I have to build some ramps and I am thinking a winch , a few tie downs.
Today I am starting bolting down the floor on it even better than the factory did... somewhere between 2 and 4 hundred bolts when I get done.
Here is a link to pics of the trailer I already have.
Its about 40 ft long overall and gives me close to 30 ft of actual useable space. I guess the second car can hang off the back deck a foot.

Looking at the picture of the back of your trailer - is that a dove-tail arrangement?
Are there ramps tucked under there somehow? If so, how do they fold down/up?
If they can be removed these might work for loading the cars - http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-7000-LB-ALUMINUM-RAMP-RAMPS-FOR-TRAILER_W0QQitemZ300032502583QQihZ020QQcategoryZ50073QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Jim- I would guess that the black metal wedge pivots down to become the lower half of the ramp. Which means you can't have a vehicle sitting on it.
Scott- Fix up this one, paint it red and then either trade it in or sell it to buy the enclosed one.
Scott- Fix up this one, paint it red and then either trade it in or sell it to buy the enclosed one.


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Its a pop up dove tail, kinda neat.

Dave, the flatbed was a present from the wife, no way I can ever sell it. 

Suzy has a great outlook on toys , when I say something about selling one to get another; she says "we collect toys, we don't sell them"
I do love that woman!



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Must be windy in Highland... I want a trailer, I don't want a trailer. Scotty why don't ya just keep the trailer ya got. But if ya want too go ahead an buy one.
Whew, ur wearin me out. Are ya gonna keep it? How about just makin it more Vetteish? I got a set of Stingray tailights & the housings for it? Maybe ya can paint the front portion white & the portion red ta color coordinate the cars to the trailer.
Ya probally better get a sleeper fer the back of the truck or a bed camper for it. Ya keep flippin back an forth pushin that poor girls buttons an she's gonna help ya put thm clothes out there yet.
Whew, ur wearin me out. Are ya gonna keep it? How about just makin it more Vetteish? I got a set of Stingray tailights & the housings for it? Maybe ya can paint the front portion white & the portion red ta color coordinate the cars to the trailer.
Ya probally better get a sleeper fer the back of the truck or a bed camper for it. Ya keep flippin back an forth pushin that poor girls buttons an she's gonna help ya put thm clothes out there yet.



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Geez, I wish I had your money. If I did I'd burn mine...
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