Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Race trailer design

[Peter Rychel (dino308gt4]

I’ve been following this thread and I’m looking forward to this adventure you guys are going to have!

 

Peter

 

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From: misc
Sent: April 14, 2022 11:16 PM
To: PeterGT4
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Race trailer design

 

Quick update on this race team journey, it's a thousand times more than driving a car on a track fast.....

 

**Caveat**  this project is based upon immediate 2 to 3 months needs and a desire to keep the budget underneath Saturn.

 

It turns out no regular and quickly available trailers have over a 7' 2" interior height, which nuked the 44 in race car stacker idea....

 

I went into a plan B mode and started looking at a 24-ft trailer with the cars(12' long, 44" tall) nuts to butts towed by a motorhome, however most motor homes have a 7,000 GVWR max tow rating unless you get into the hyper expensive models, which nuked that idea and I was left holding a bag of air and a curious mind....

 

Then, the next epiphany this morning... A Silverado 2500 diesel will tow 13,000 lb......I can get a 10,000 GVWR 24 ft trailer which will hold the cars flat nuts to butts and then my son and I will design panels of cabinets, sink workspace, shower, etc that can be raised 48" up off the floor and allow the cars to utilize the entire floor space during transit, and then lowered to the floor when the cars are removed during race weekend.

 

That will give us 8 ft by 24 ft of living and race prep space during race weekend and then 8 ft by 24 ft of car transport space.

 

It's amazing how far down a rabbit hole we are going after a Formula driving School life-changing event 🕺🕺🏎️🏎️😃

 

If anybody has ideas thoughts and concerns, I am all ears because I feel like Roald Amundsen trying to figure out how to get to the South Pole....

 

Thanks!

 

Mark

 

 

 

 

 

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