Shifter6

Anyone have experience with a Trailex 7041 aluminum trailer? It has a 12.5' deck length and 70" wide. The specs are similar to the 7031 but its a 4100lb trailer.

http://www.trailex.com/open_bolted_car_trailers.cfm

Thanks

k24556

Corvettes are around 14 ft long, so i would say it would be tough to get the car on the trailer and get the right tongue weight for good towing. Also binding the car down to the trailer that small might get interesting. I almost bought a 16 foot trailer, but ended up getting an 18' and glad I did. I bought an RNR (R&R) aluminum and it had torsion axles, radial trailer tires and weighs about 1240 lbs. Follows like a puppy dog. It was just $4k, but i had to drive to MI to pick it up. Decent trailer for the money certainly, and about half the cost of a Tslot trailer.

The Tslot bolt up trailers I have seen are not full deck and that is where the weight savings comes in. The aluminum extrusion they are made from is called Tslot and is pretty neat stuff for building things, but really pricey. The trailers I have seen made from this stuff seem to be well designed and the Tslot allows you to do some interesting mods to the trailer.

AU N EGL

should not be a problem

Last C5

70" Wide???? If your trailer is really only 70" wide, then NO your C6 isn't going to fit. You need at least 77". Double check and see if the trailer isn't really 80" wide.

k24556

yea the 16 or 18 foot trailer would work, but he was going to put a C6 on a 12 1/2 long deck. He would have the nose over the tongue and the butt hanging over about a foot.

k24556

oh yea you are right about the width!!!

k24556

The model Tom shows would work, but the model the OP asked about would not.

Shifter6

OK it wont. My car is 72" wide at the tires. I think the length woud work because you can overhand the front a little.

I read another post where a member was trailering his C5Z on a trailex 7541. That trailer is 75" wide and 4100lb capacity. He said it "barely fit." I a pretty sure a C5 is wider than a C6 so I can see why.

It seems 75" wide is the bare minimum and 80" would be prefered.

Z06cool

Also imagine trying to line up and drive up a trailer that narrow... A winch would be mandatory.

bigmig74

I hate to wake the dead (post) here, but did the OP ever get this trailer? I have a 99FRC and a Trailex CT 7031just came up for sale. I've seen some Porsche guys "mod" the trailer to make it wider. Since the entire trailer is bolted together, maybe that's not very difficult?

tw78911sc

my 2007 Z06 front splitter is 74", and rear wheels are wider than front

bigmig74

I ended up buying the 75” version for my C5. Sorry to revive an old thread.