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Hey All - Might be a newb question but I have yet to tow my 997 on my new to me Featherlite 3110, so I am wondering if anyone with the same setup might give me heads up where best the car might sit on the trailer (further front/further back)? Towing vehicle is a 2016 Toureg TDI. I have not played around with it yet, was just curious if anyone has any pointers for me.
The exact placement is less an art, and more a science. Your tongue weight should carry 10-15% of the load.
The bulk of that is determined by car position but other variables are in play: for ex your tire rack/toolbox/gasoline jugs or lack thereof.
My solution was to buy a tongue weight scale and use that to fiddle around with a few different distances. It's fun! When I switched to a different car I got to do it all again! :-)
Below is a link to the TWS I bought. It came with an EXCELLENT booklet on guidance for how to use it, and also was an excellent resource on trailering/pitfalls/troubleshooting and prevention.
If you have a buddy who trailers they may be able to loan you one.
Also, FWIW, I've seen a couple of friends trailering their 997's and neither of them has loaded their car in reverse.
Both of them had front-weighted the trailer with toolbox/tire rack/other equip. Both of them used race ramps to avoid scraping the nose on the ramps.
You may already be experienced at trailering, but if you're not, the best pieces of advice I received:
1. GOAL -- Get Out And Look....if anything anytime anywhere feels/sounds funny etc.
2. Use the strongest ratchet tiedowns you can find
3. NEVER allow the trailer to sway. Do whatever is needed to avoid that: slow down, load distributing hitch, anything.
4. Once you establish your load distribution using TW scale, then always load the trailer the same way every time.
5. Check every single item after you load up your trailer. If you find something off, fix it, and then begin checking again from the start.
You may already be experienced at trailering, but if you're not, the best pieces of advice I received:
1. GOAL -- Get Out And Look....if anything anytime anywhere feels/sounds funny etc.
2. Use the strongest ratchet tiedowns you can find
3. NEVER allow the trailer to sway. Do whatever is needed to avoid that: slow down, load distributing hitch, anything.
4. Once you establish your load distribution using TW scale, then always load the trailer the same way every time.
5. Check every single item after you load up your trailer. If you find something off, fix it, and then begin checking again from the start.
I'll add another point to the GOAL list; figure out if there is space to turn around before you drive somewhere. Even if you think backing a trailer is easy, it's still easier to avoid it in the first place.
Just to add to the pileup...I have spent anywhere from $35 to $6500 in towing-related damage to race car and or tow vehicle in 3 years of towing. Only in one of those instances did I load my trailer alone. All other damage-related events were when someone insisted on "helping" because they obviously knew my trailer and race car better than me. n I can laugh about it now, but at the time it wasn't so funny. https://rennlist.com/forums/trucks-a...lp-please.html
The center of the rear wheel lined up with the edge of the of the rim of the rear trailer wheel. This worked best for my 3110 with my 997RS towing with a cayenne diesel. My trailer had a small box and a tire rack, so a couple 100 lbs up front. So you may need to have yours a tick further back if you don't.
Specific to the question:
The center of the rear wheel lined up with the edge of the of the rim of the rear trailer wheel. This worked best for my 3110 with my 997RS towing with a cayenne diesel. My trailer had a small box and a tire rack, so a couple 100 lbs up front. So you may need to have yours a tick further back if you don't.
Here's a kindergarten drawing.
Thanks for this. As of now the trailer has a box up front, but I do plan to add the Trailex tire rack. My girlfriend also just me an electric winch so at some point I’ll be adding that a long with a battery. Speaking of winches. Most tow hooks are obviously off to one side on the front of the car - Should the winch still be mounted in the center?
01-02-2019, 04:12 PM
Featherlite 3110 with 997.1 C2S
n I can laugh about it now, but at the time it wasn't so funny.
