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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 04:51 PM
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Do you guys back it all the way to the front?
Yep.
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Old Feb 3, 2014 | 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by boyguan
Do you guys back it all the way to the front?

Any pics?
Yes, and use the ratcheting tie-down straps built in to the trailer on the rear wheels.

No pics sorry.
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by bdo
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Do you guys back it all the way to the front?

Any pics?
Yes, and use the ratcheting tie-down straps built in to the trailer on the rear wheels.

No pics sorry.
I used a U-Haul trailer went to buy the car. Don't mind me and my dad in the way, but this is how we loaded it.

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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 05:15 PM
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Good picture. Seems like with that trailer it's pretty tongue heavy. How was it towing
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 07:20 PM
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My dad said he couldn't even feel it back there.

EDIT: I used the U-Haul tire straps, but also used J-hooks (or whatever) in the body to keep the car from bouncing.
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Old Feb 6, 2014 | 11:03 AM
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I think it's more tongue weight than ideal but you really dn't have much choice with a U-Haul triailer unless you were to get really creative. But the trailer is relatively short, and they have a long tongue for their size, so I suspect tongue weight isn't a huge issue. (Actually I think they are a bit tongue heavy no matter what you do with them. Maybe that's by design since tongue heavy is less dangerous than tail heavy?) Although IMO a U-Haul isn't ever going to tow as nicely as a properly loaded "real" car hauler because you have no flexibility in how it's loaded. Forwards or backwards isn't going to make much difference with our cars' nearly 50/50 weight distribution.
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