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    Towing Track Car

    Check out my thread from 2 years ago - towing a bunch of my track cars but most recently and most extensively my GT3 Cup car. No WDH needed. It tows beautifully. Way more than enough power for any situation, excellent braking. Aside from a little bit of sagging rear suspension which is nothing...
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    Thanks for the assistance everyone! I've been towing like this for about 20k miles now, hit many tracks over the west coast and it's been absolutely flawless. No WHD. Tow in 'tow mode', 2WD. I also recently discovered that if you use a tie down point on the car's chassis rather than the wheels...
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    I was getting a hint of porpoising in tow mode, due to maxed out payload and tongue weight. Sport mode firms up the shocks and really dialed that vertical bounce right out.
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    Follow up: The whole thing was an absolutely smashing success. Couldn't be happier with how it all turned out. Event was possibly the most fun I've had in my life. Thanks for the suggestions all! Truck pulled beautifully. Not a hint of sway. Brakes were strong. Engine was strong. Pulled the...
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    Can you elaborate? Suggesting the car on the trailer will be damaged from road debris? Or that it'll be stolen due to being out in plain view?
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    Absolutely. I like to set it in tow haul straight away, 4A for wet pavement, and 2A for dry so far seems to work good. Lock gears to 7 max (both towing and normal day to day use), might allow it to run up to 10th during those hour-long straight stretches of i5). On my way down from Stevens pass...
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    Took my trailer and WRX for a walk out to Stevens Pass Sunday. Very steep grade, very narrow lanes, icy road and touched the snow just to get a feel for it. No complaints! Been taking the trailer to work with my to continue getting more experience. So far so good.
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    Hitch angle?

    Thanks gents. I also researched it after the first post and concluded the same. Works well enough, trailer sits level. I don't tow frequently enough to stress over it and will be replacing this beast with the upcoming v8 raptor, hopefully ford has hired better contractors to weld their hitches.
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    Hitch angle?

    Just picked up and loaded this trailer onto my stock 19 raptor. Does this hitch angle look alright? Seems really angled downward, from the hitch itself. Trailer plus load is approximately 5000 pounds with about 500 lb tongue weight. Handles and pulls perfectly as far as I'm concerned.
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    Question though - can you guys take a peak at these pics and let me know if this ball angle looks alright? Looks to me like the ball is kind of canted downwards more than might be ideal? If this is problematic, how to fix? I loaded it with shy of 500lb tongue weight - car weighs roughly...
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    Trailer picked up today! Drove her about 4 hours so far. Impressions --- VERY impressed!!! Raptor tows as well as I could ever imagine. I don't have anything to compare it against, but honestly didn't feel like I was left wanting for anything else. After I picked it up, I drove it about 1.5...
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    Definitely. I have a long and complicated drive way, and the only way to get that trailer in is to back it in, so it'll be trial by fire my first day LOL. Watched several hours of How-To videos so far, feel decently well-armed with information, now it's time to put it into practice.
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    Will be picking her up tomorrow. Plan to spend the full weekend training. Will also spend the next week towing my subaru to work and back every day. Will report back with pics, impressions, and more questions no doubt.
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    The trip is from Seattle to monterey California on i5. There's a relatively short section that peaks around 4000 ft in Mt Siskiyou crossing the oregon/CA border that can see some heavy snow. I'm going to have to monitor the conditions as we get closer. If there's a great deal of snow, I will...
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    Says electric brakes on the spec sheet: https://www.olympictrailer.com/2021-aluma-8220xl-6-N6ai.html (I'm so clueless with all this it's hilarious, lots to learn!)
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    Honestly have no idea what the material is - the house and development is brand new as of early 2020. I have the last house at the end of the street, terminated in a hammerhead, which you can just see on the left edge on this pic (not at home to take a clear pic right now). Seems like a real...
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    Viper ACR-E pricing is getting insane. Following the same trend as my manual murcielago, can't say I'm displeased! I scored this ACR with 600 miles about 7-8 months ago from a dealership that had no clue what it was. Was able to work out an excellent deal too. I drove a Macan S as a loaner...
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    The reason for the upgrade to a true race car (991 GT3 Cup car) is for all the added safety - full cage, fire suppression, halo seat, reinforced fuel tank, etc etc etc. My goal isn't to be the fastest guy on the track. I daily drive my GT3. Just 3 weeks ago I drove my GT3 from Seattle to...
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    Thanks gents! Looks like the aluma 8220XL + an anderson WDH should do the trick for now. I'm trying to keep it simple and functional for the moment and will be building out an ideal enclosed trailer with everything on the wishlist. Problem with trailers is they start a real slippery slope. I...
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    Enclosed is coming for sure in a year or two. Want to get something quick and simple for now to just gets the job done with little hassle. Then as I get more experience and settle on a full time track car (likely a 991.2 GT3 Cup Car) I'll get a purpose-built custom enclosed trailer (hopefully...
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    GEN 2 Towing Track Car with 2019 Raptor - Need some help

    I'm an absolute beginner at towing so please forgive my ignorance. I have a stock 2019 Raptor Will be towing from Seattle to Bay Area CA and back several times a year, and plenty of local 2 hour trips almost every weekend during the summer. Looking at buying this trailer...
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