BHRmotorsport wrote:
Back when I was racing FF I had trouble getting my car onto its trailer because of ground clearance, then one week-end the Formula Atlantic guys were at the track too and I saw that they had "plate" transport wheels for their cars...they were large diameter round alloy plates that they could roll the cars around on, lots of ground clearance for ramps and they significantly narrowed the cars making for easier access in their enclosed trailers. I was impressed so I made a set of "wheels" for my FF out of 3 layers of 1/2" plywood laminated together. It worked great, easy to load on the trailer and no side clearance issues either. I did place some safety blocks under the suspension once loaded to protect against a wood wheel breaking while towing. It was a cheaper solution than fixing or exchanging the trailer....well, plywood was cheap back then, cheaper than it is now anyways.
Bill
I've also seen the technique you describe in use. One limitation you can run into while using it with full fendered cars is clearance for suspension movement during transport. On a locost it would probably depend on how tightly the tires are packaged to the fenders.
The design pictured above does get me thinking. While I've worked with other tilting trailers before, I don't recall ever seeing one that does it in quite this way. I'm definitely going to have to do a bit more thinking when it comes time to build a trailer for my toy, I'm a big fan of 4 wheeled trailers for even moderate sized loads (especially when it comes to trailer tire failures at speed), and with even a light car's weight as the load, I would consider brakes to be essential for my long term trailer.