I' have only towed once on ah uhaul trailer and the front of the car doesn't really clear the bumps they have. I removed them last time. Would it be ok to back the car on the trailer and tow it?

I figure the s is about 50/50 and that the weight would still be ok for the tongue. It would be much faster to load since I wouldn't have to disassemble any of the rental trailer. I think I would be able to extend the ramps so the lip wouldn't scrape either

 

Consider long 2x4s for loading onto trailer. You can back up, but it's harder to drive it onto the trailer that way. Towing-wise if there's enough tongue weight it's fine.

 

I've towed backwards on a Uhaul trailer many, many times. It is a PITA to load. Especially if you get one of the older trailers, with the orange floor.

If they give you the trailer the computer recommends it will be the very narrow, orange floored trailer. It's not too bad if you get the slightly wider trailer with the galvanized unpainted floor. I tell them that I have altered the track of my car such that it doesn't fint on the smaller trailer. There are letter designations associated with each trailer that I don't remember off hand. I think the small one is an L or H?

You've probably already figured this out, but you need to get the rear wheels of the tow vehicle up in a bit or you'll drag the frame rails of your s2000 on the rear edge of the trailer.

The other problem with loading backwards is that only the left side trailer fender folds down, so if you're a bit portly you won't be able to get in/out of the car.

 

The point about the folding fender is good. I think I will have to figure something out. Even last time with some very long 2x4. I stacked them ontop of each other which was a 4 inch lift and that didn't even clear the frame rail

If you pul it forward what's your suggestion on clearing the bumps. Or should I just park it a tad further back

 

I haven't found a good way to clear the bumps. For a while I positioned the car farther back, but then you can't use the tie downs that come on the trailer. Also, the rod that the integrated tie downs attach to wants to end up under your front wheel. I've gone back to loading backwards. I've gotten pretty good at lining it up and squeezing in/out of the narrow door opening.

I built some wooden ramps that along with raising the back of the truck a bit will clear the frame rails.

Honestly, I'm going to get a featherlite.

 

I do it all the time. It's better this way based on weight distribution anyways so not all the weight is on the hitch imo. I use a few 2x4's like said above but I put them under the ramps for more clearance. Putting them on top is almost useless and they always move while taking the car on/off. What I found to make it easier is actually using a parking lot entrance to load the car because I can get my truck to be lower than the surface of the parking lot and therefore bring the ramps up damn near half a foot or so.

When I get to the track though it's not as simple but it does make it easier before I leave and when I get home.

 

I have towed the car on a UHaul backwards. Always had the all-galvanized version of their trailer. IME getting the car on forwards is a PITA with clearance but backwards it drives right on. As for the folding fender, I just crawled out of the car top-down, then went to the passenger side where the fold-down fender was, and crawled in to raise the top. I didn't really like how the wind on the car backwards appeared to catch the soft top at the rear window and lifted up on it (and that's probably just me being paranoid, and I did it anyways) but otherwise it worked out well.

 

Same here. There is a dip in the road near my house that I always use to load & unload. It helps a ton! But I need wood blocks etc on a flat surface.

 

I have no soft top, only a hard top, which is bolted in.

When I back the car on, I try to position it as far to the driver side as I can. This just barely leaves enough of a gap between the drivers door of the s2000 and the passenger side fender of the trailer.

 

Do you guys back it all the way to the front?

Any pics?