Looking for an open trailer

[ninjabones]

Lainey:

Lots of pros and cons to moving up to the trailering ranks.  Adds a whole level of complexity, planning and work.  It is part of the natural evolution, but I do envy the days when I could just throw a bag in my trunk and be off for a long weekend.

Now, I've got fuel jugs, tools, tents, coolers, spare wheel sets, etc.  Takes me 1/2 a day to prep everything before an event and then a few hours on the back end to get everything unloaded and settled back at my house.  It's also one more piece of machinery that you have to maintain (tires, brakes, inspections, storage, etc).

There's also a learning curve to the trailering experience and i'd recommend putting in the time to learn how to do it safely.  I definitely made a few bonehead mistakes early on (despite having had quite a bit of boat-trailering experience beforehand).  I'm not saying you shouldn't do it, just carefully weigh the options and then make sure you put in the effort to do it safely and fully understand what you're getting yourself into.

In my case, the decision was made for me. I crashed at WGI and had to rely on a friend to trailer me home, while I drove his barely street legal track car (no exhaust, seat jabbing my ribs, race suspension) 7 hours home.  I would have been royally screwed if I didn't have a few friends with me at that event to help.