Has anyone used a uhaul trailer to tow a low s2k with large front splitter??

 

When we went up to sonoma ddess did. I recall him having to remove the bumper and splitter to get it on the trailer and tow with it removed.

Depending on your ride height you might be able to get some 1x8 boards to put down under the front wheels to lift the splitter high enough to clear the front stops and use some truck ramps to narrow the approach angle.

 

Is it at least doable? I'll probably buy something over the summer but need to tow a long distance next week. was reading somewhere about pulling it on backwards.

 

I don't have a splitter but my car is fairly low. I was forced to come up with an impromptu solution that worked rather well. I took two concrete wall caps off my retaining wall and flipped them upside down. The block has ridges to straddle the wall, so those ridges cradle the tires. I also use a smaller block in front of the big block as a ramp..

 

Note: before tightening the strap, shove the small block (ramp) between the tire and trailer's front barricade. (Not shown in this photo). Once the strap is tightened, everything is quite rigid.

 

You need some 2x8 and will be ok. The front wheels need to go boer the bump so that means it won't sit in the cradle. Shouldn't be a problem as the straps tighten and will hold the wheels in place without a stop. I would get two straps in the back and your good to go

 

Also, the U-haul ramps are too short, so you'll need to extend the ramps, drive off a curb, back the trailer against a hill... Whatever you do, be sure you can duplicate it at your destination. Nothing like easily loading on an incline then getting to a track without so much as an ant hill.

 

I've used uhaul trailers in the past. I always load the car in reverse as it seems to work best. I have been successful even when my car was tucking tires up front haha.

I have 12' long 2x10's that I use to lengthen the ramp, thus lowering the angle of incline.

Also, the ends of the uhaul ramps are resting on a sandwhich of 5 or so 2x8's. Again, the idea here is to reduce the angle of approach.

Then, at the top of the metal ramps, a few small scrap pieces of 2x8's.

This technique should work with a front splitter, but may require a few more pieces of wood.

 

What we do to get our lemons car on with its splitter is we bought heavy duty rhino ramps we back the tow vehicle on. That makes the approach angle shallow enough to just miss our splitter, then some 1x8 blocks under the front wheels bring the splitter over the front stops easily.

The rhino ramps are small enough to not take up too much storage space as well. If you need to you can still make some wood ramp extensions for a few bucks at home depot as well.

I dont have a splitter on my S or i would have more specific advice sorry.

 

Awesome that's guys! Inmate have found a buddy that can hook me up for now, but also dropped see with wife that I may need to get my own....not comment back which is a VERY good sign .