New Timpte trailer
02-16-2024, 11:41 AM
#61
Rennlist Member
I will chime in too and say that I've had zero issues with my Timpte 720 when it comes to vibrations. I did have a tire failure almost immediately and replaced them with my favorite tire for this and put Equal balance in them. I will say it is noisy and is hard on batteries (i've had to replace twice). It will also need a new winch cable this year for the lift system. I would really like to upgrade to the new version with hydraulics, but cannot justify the cost to since this one works great.
02-16-2024, 11:51 AM
#62
6th Gear
Join Date: Dec 2022
Location: NC, USA
Posts: 6
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thank you for all the replies with owner feedback, very helpful.
Presumably you are all using the 4 included & moveable anchor points that came with the trailer? By chance does anyone have a picture with their car on the trailer and strapped down?
Presumably you are all using the 4 included & moveable anchor points that came with the trailer? By chance does anyone have a picture with their car on the trailer and strapped down?
02-16-2024, 04:05 PM
#64
Rennlist Member
07-14-2024, 03:34 PM
#65
1st Gear
Join Date: Jul 2024
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
* The approach angle isn't shallow enough for a 997.1 GT3, I scrape the front lip every time I put the 997 on the trailer. It's not bad but it's not great either. Our 996 goes on no problem.
* The original trailers had riveted brackets for the rear tail lights and license plate mount. Mine just vibrated off after a while. I had to rig up a home-brew fix which isn't pretty or elegant. I understand they've re-designed this part in the newer trailers, but no retrofit is available.
* As far as I know, Timpte never delivered a front tire rack solution which I was hoping to see. If I decide to add one I think I'm on my own for finding a solution and getting it mounted. It's been months since I talked to the dealer though, and this may have changed.
Otherwise I've been mostly happy with it. It's definitely been a nicer trailer than the Featherlite it replaced, but I don't know if I'd buy another one if I were shopping today.
* The original trailers had riveted brackets for the rear tail lights and license plate mount. Mine just vibrated off after a while. I had to rig up a home-brew fix which isn't pretty or elegant. I understand they've re-designed this part in the newer trailers, but no retrofit is available.
* As far as I know, Timpte never delivered a front tire rack solution which I was hoping to see. If I decide to add one I think I'm on my own for finding a solution and getting it mounted. It's been months since I talked to the dealer though, and this may have changed.
Otherwise I've been mostly happy with it. It's definitely been a nicer trailer than the Featherlite it replaced, but I don't know if I'd buy another one if I were shopping today.
For loading, I try to put the rear tires into a low spot as that will allow the trailer to stay lower at the front and reduce the load angle even more.
Issue I don't like is the spare tire mount limits turning. I popped the fender on my new Escalade in the parking lot of the trailer dealer just doing a sharp turn.
I also bougth an AGM full size battery. It is too tall, but can be mounted on it's side. I've raised and lowered about a dozen times and battery still doing well. It wasn't fully charged and sat all winter, so worth the hassle of altering the mount and a couple of 3/8 to 5/16 power blocks to
connect everthing to battery as screw posts are a little larger than the stock size.
It is a very nice trailer though.
Last edited by CJ Anderson; 07-14-2024 at 03:38 PM. Reason: battery information