Hi All,

I posted this in the DE forum but since most of my RL pals are in the 997 forum, I thought I'd share this birth announcement with you. I'm very excited!

As many of you predicted, it was just a matter of time before I bought a trailer. It is an open trailer so I can still fully graduate to an enclosed one some day! I bought this very nice and well maintained Featherlite from a fellow PCAer in my region. He customized it with a tire rack, spare tire carrier, and a set of diamond plate ramps that dovetail with the Featherlite ramps. Everything he put on the trailer is also lockable which is a nice feature.

I installed a Valley Odyssey brake modulator unit in the Cayenne (thanks to ltc ) which seemed to work very well with the trailer. I set the unit as directed and the manual trailer brake works nicely.

I will be mainly towing my 986 which weighs 2750 stock. It will lose a few hundred pounds this winter! Driving today with the car on the trailer revealed no issues with both the trailer and my Cayenne. I will be going to my last DE of the season next weekend at NHMS which will be the trailer real inaugural tow. It’s only about 90 miles from here so I figure that will be a good first experience for me.

Did I mention how excited I am? I’ve wanted this for so long. I am lucky that I have a wife that understands my obsessions. As she puts it, I’m lucky that I have a hobby that I’m so passionate about.

BTW,….I love the big Porsche crest that the previous owner put on the stone guard!!!!!

And now for some gratuitous pics!!!!!!!!

 

I love the slippery slope!

Do you in any way blame MJones for this?

 

Looks great Dave!

You can get double duty out of the trailer too. Just remove the stone guard from the trailer and attached it to the front of the Pepper and you have a snow plow!

 

Yeah, how about that slippery slope?
Brian gets some of the blame,....certainly! Rennlist collectively gets part of the blame. My local PCA DE folks get the rest of the blame.

Way to think outside the Boxster!

 

Very nice trailer. I am jealous, Dave.

 

Very Nice! That is certainly the right way to do it. Enjoy!

 

Dave,--nicely done! Love the long low-angled ramp. Now put that stuff away for the oncoming storm! And where's the Pumpkin??

 

Bravo Dave... nicely done.

 

Looks great. I have an open Trailex trailer with the tire rack and have towed my SC to Keystone CO for parade with our Cayenne GTS no problem climbing (and accelerating) over an 11,000 foot peak. I have surge brakes on the trailex as well as the great 11 ft standard Trailex ramps ... saves the front spoiler. By the way there were at least five people at Parade that used Cayennes as tow vehicles.

 

My wife was driving the Pumpkin today as I had the Cayenne and Boxster tied up! Her new Mini will be here in a few weeks. It was her first time driving the Pumpkin today. I don't want her to get too accustomed to it!!!!!!!!!!


And to everyone else, thank you for your well wishes.

 

awesome...the crest makes a great statement....all the best.

I'm off to the Delware DE this weekend but alas, I still drive there.

Maybe some day I'll join the big leagues.

 

Thats one of the best open trailer designs I have seen.

 

Great set up indeed. I am looking at the way you secured the rear, and can't help but wonder if the latteral pull of the tie down could affect rear wheel allignment?

 

awesome trailer.

 

I had nothing to do with Dave's slide down the slippery slope except for watching the fall......

Nice trailer BTW