Tips for Towing Your Race Car
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- If you're a car enthusiast for any amount of time, you'll likely find yourself needing to tow a car (especially if you own a Subaru). I've been towing for quite some time because all my cars seem to break, and over the years I've picked up on some tips to making towing easier. Sure, you can tow a car without much trouble. But if you tow for a long distance, you're going to want to make it as easy on you as possible.
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Me: someone who tows nothing
“Gears and gas has a new video out about towing, can’t wait to watch”
Sweet now I only need a race car... and a truck oh and a trailer 🙃
r3ktfahdle Nah, what you need is Advanced Auto Parts
All you need is money
Instruction unclear, Burnt my clutch out on my Miata trying to tow the F150 :C
lol...you were supposed to put the F150 ON TOP of the trailer, then tow
Also, DON'T TWIST YOUR STRAPS. As seen on your right-rear wheel.
The straps are tested, and rated, in a straight pull. Twisted straps reduces the strength of the strap.
Agreed as shown by this video czcams.com/video/SgUWRiv1ucM/video.html
czcams.com/video/ifyJjQXOttE/video.html Doesn't matter at all
Really interesting as I was kind of afraid of towing just due to my lack of knowledge. But thank you
Same but we need one for our cars lols.
Wow this is pretty overwhelming to someone who’s never towed anything! Very informative and well laid out.
to make life easier to drive like your reverse gear is out.
Before any of this, learn how to drive with a trailer and back one up
This is true!
Yes! Most definitely. I rented a uhaul car transport just to practice for a day. It was kinda hard honestly.
@@foford2010 So smart though
After months of searching youtube, I finally get a perspective of an 8.5w enclosed trailer with f150 standard mirrors...also with use of extensions. Was dreading converting to tow mirrors.
Extremely great coverage of the setup!
You guys are the reason me and my friend started an automotive YT channel! Love from from Texas!
Really learned a lot from this video thank you guys very much!
Now I’m ready to do some work with my ‘12 Pilot
I like how much difference there is between towing in murica and europe.... in europe most ppl use like a station wagon with a 2l i4 diesel to pull those kinda weights and at most we use a bus like a mercedes sprinter.
Gotta admit that pick ups are a lot more common nowadays but still most ppl tow stuff with simple golfs n stuff
They just want them to buy trucks.
Hehe, yeah, pickup plus a heavy trailer seems a bit overkill for a track day car. My tow car at the moment have a 895cc engine, only tow my small trailer up to 1200kg with it though, works great. Not very merican though :) Europe is a different place, you wouldn't even be allowed to tow that weight on a normal driving license :)
@@garagecedric tho European semis tow more than us ones ;)
I needed this
I never knew I needed this video. Very insightful!
Very Informative and easily understood. THX
Really good video. Thanks for all the information.
Great informative video!! Thanks for sharing and keep up the awesome work guys!!
That evo is pure beauty
Very informative. Thanks for the video!
Great quality of video! Thanks for sharing ! ❤️👌🏻👍🏻
Love y’alls videos!
This is a very good video for the novice as well as the intermediate trailer tower. One part I don't agree on is the method of strapping down your car. Strapping through the tires allows the body to bounce which is very similar to the car driving down the road. This means if you have a car with 20K miles and you tow it 20K miles you have now put 40K miles on the struts and shocks - unnecessary wear and tear on your struts and shocks. If you strap it down at the body you have now eliminated that wear; your body isn't bouncing and your struts and shocks aren't suffering wear. Just my 2 cents. Great video!
Me: Doesn't have a trailer or truck, pauses the soccer to watch Gears and Gasoline's new video
This is one of the best videos yet.
Awesome video as always, but I feel that you left out one important aspect of towing. Tire pressures of the trailer and truck. I would also suggest that you keep maintenance of trailer up to date. Bearings failing with your race car attached is not good.
Thank you so much for making this. I don't tow currently, but as I would like to get into racing down the future, I'll inevitably have to tow at some point, which I know little about. But now, I know more than I previously did 😊
I just hope the Diesel Colorados will drop in price at some point so I can afford one. They're stupid expensive
This was helpful and still enjoyable.
Great video as usual
Out of all the vids iv seen today this was the most informative. I was starting to think i need to have a duly
That was a really good informative video guys 👍👍
Great work ty
Good information!
Thanks gears and gasoline!
As a truck driver I can't tell you how many times I've seen trailers jacknife and get away from people due to poor vehicle balance. Nice to see you try to inform the public about this
Air springs are worth consideration. Expensive but it's useful to have onboard air... would make a cool install for the platinum.
Honestly the best Car orientated CZcams Channel.
Nice way of presenting 😊
First time tongue weight has made sense to me. Thanks!
Needed this for future reference.👍
thank you!
That was best Advance Auto commercial I’ve ever seen. No sarcasm intended.
Best way to judge it with out tech is to look at the tyres and if one is more flat than the other move the weight away from it, you should have both your tyres evenly weighted
ShockerHitch - Some people love it for hauling, good quality product
I really want a Ford Raptor but it can't tow what we need. Thank you so much for this video!!!
Great advice! One more tip- Make sure your trailer is reasonably level! If you are using a tow bar, it needs to be reasonably level too! I almost wrecked my cars because of this. I was pulling my 04 Civic with my 05 Civic, but my tow bar was way lower on my tow car's hitch then on the car I was towing, so it was pushing my tow car all over the road and trying to pick up the back when accelerating. Even worse, I could barely stop because the tow bar was pushing the back of my car down when braking and picking up the front end, so I had no traction to stop. I almost got into an accident when my front wheels locked up when braking and I got pushed into an intersection! Never thought about the angle of the tow bar, but that is certainly a mistake I will never make again! Adjustable hitches exist for a reason folks!
u can cross the straps by useing lower control arms or the rear axle on solid rwd vehicles. cross strapping helps better because if at any chance the trailer ends up going sideways the car wont because the straps are holding car both sideways and forward and reverse movements. also dont twist straps
Does the intro song remind anyone else of a version of Me and You by Cassie? It's been driving me nuts for hours lol. Great information lol
Not sure about it being preferable to strap by the wheels vs the unsprung axles/control arms vs the sprung chassis itself. So many different opinions out there on that topic.
One more thing to ad, make sure the engine weight is on the side of the tow hook, which means that cars with rear engine or mid mounted engine have to be reversed on the trailer. The reason is: it's easier to control the mass of the trailer in case of snaking
Might have been good to also mention truck payload as that is affected by tongue weight (or if going further, GVWR/GAWR/GCWR). I know current Platinum or Limited F-150's have quite a bit lower limit for payload due to increased content inside the vehicle. 1000lbs of tongue weight will be a large chunk of that, plus anything in the bed, passengers, driver etc so good to keep it lower at 670-725lbs like you did.
4:27 I’ve been putting the rubber part with teeth on the floor and the part that curved up towards the wheels. I guess I’ve been doing it wrong this whole time
Tell your friend Mark to upgrade from a chain style weight distribution to a trunnion style like an E2 or Equalizer. Much better hitch for sway control.
I’ve towed a 10,000-11,000 pound G23 (depending on ballast and gas), behind my F150 with a regular hitch no issue. Farthest I’ve gone is 5 hours with it, but I’ve really had no need to get a weight distribution tongue tbh. Not sure how much different it is with cars and enclosed trailers.
what about more from the aftermarket series?
What’s in the bed, containers w/ nozzle things ?
Does Advance Auto Parts also carry Evo IX's?
You could probably build one out of parts?
Best thing I ever did to my tow vehicle was lowering it. Virtually eliminated all sway.
Great video but I want to see the K-swap Civic Type R!
never thought to check the tongue weight like that.. gonna need a bigger scale
and I work on trailers at work all the time lol
I would suggest also to play with your toy hauler in an empty parking lot. Backing up can be quite a challenge really
Was this filmed at Liberty?
“need to tow our car” .. I drove my miata to the track some time out of state for 5 years otter 3-5 hours away tracked it for 1-3 hours and then drove it home get the right car don’t over build it and have road side assistance haha . Balling on a budget
i guess it's an option when you don't have other options...but when you do longer track days or 2 day weekends something is bound to break
This is helpful and all but there is a problem
I don’t have a race car
Gear and gasoline : new towing video
Me : yeah!! .. also me : imma just get a flat bed truck
Man I’m jealous of your country. In the UK if you passed your test after 1997 you can only tow a maximum train weight of 7700 pounds. That’s truck, trailer and race car! You have to take a test if you want to tow more.
lol and here i am wanting to know if my 2019 fwd Hyundai santa fe xl can tow my e30.
maybe on a tow dolly...but it's a stretch
4:26 Nice
What licence do you need to tow a trailer?
Do you still have this truck? Give us an update
Should include using quality engine & transmission fluids - for the towing F150 and the racing car.
I've never owned a race car, I don't even own a truck but somehow I enjoyed this video
I bought a 7.3 ford excursion to tow my future racecars
Can I buy racecar from AdvanceAutoParts
I love your system in the USA. I‘m from Germany and I have a manual car(1300€), bike(1600€) and trailer license(500€). I‘m kinda jealous, but at least I know how tow!
Nothing in this video is relevant in Europe. We have very different laws and different trailers.
Thats not my Point. I meant its funny that some need those Information from CZcams, bescause you don‘t have to learn that stuff, before you are allowed to tow some serious weight.
Damn I’m struggling to save up for a sports car and now I gotta buy a nice truck and a trailer and all that extra stuff to make sure I’m doing it all safe... what do you guys do for a living??
So....I substract the tongue weight from my car's carrying capacity and thats how much I can load IN my car? Besides the towing capacity is how much I can pull besides the carrying capacity?
depending on your vehicle on the door should be a sticker stating a GVW or gross vehicle weight. that usually is the max you can haul with that vehicle.
that's summit point
Weigh safe hitch ftw
What are those LBS ?
Kilogramms are better
Let's say if you wanted to tow a Fiero what vehicle recommended?
is his camera guy the same person(s) every video or each video has a different camera person?
12:06 am in Australia! What’s up?
Scarnon
11:51 pm in South Korea. Right behind you
11pm in Perth right now
8:56 pm in syria right now
2:31 in North Korea right now
Future show idea. K20C1 swap into ZX2.
You wanna know what's hilarious? I just bought a 2006 Nissan Armada SE two days ago so I could tow my Z and Genesis around for track days. Video was right on time gents. lol
Cars can tow, it's just in America they want you to buy a truck.
@@alexstromberg7696 Oh I know, But I also plan on taking some people with me too. lol
Just as I started looking for a tow vehicle lol
Y'all leveled up huh...
That's weird. In the EU tongue weight should be between 50-80 kilos, regardless of trailer weight. We also have to do extra exams / driving to be able to tow anything over 750kg.
Awww fuck I thought this was ganna be about what tools and how to set up your enclosed trailer
And always always have a brake control!
Recomendation buy a 2wd 2nd gen ram
96-98 12v
Or
01-02 24v
12v is rayed at 13500 lbs
24v is rated at 14000-15000 lbs
I get 24-26 mpg hwy with mine and they severly overbuilt it and can handle 18k
Pop some rv275 injectors 4 inch straight pipe new air box go cheap bhaf or go expensive s&b)
And an edge tuner keep it on an easy 60-120hp tune which will boost ya somewhere round 800 ft lbs all in all
Then badda bing badda boom reliable truck with enough power to do anything ya need and decent efficiency and decent reliability
Also do a gooseneck hitch\trailer tows better then conveniently
Or do the v10 option if you want power and 10mpg because your a wimp who thinks diesels are to smelly and loud for you to own ... 🙃
11k lbs towing
Early boyss !
Someday i will have a car
420 nice
Slight diss they sent to subies in the description lol
Ok, but how do I race my tow car?
I think it's dope that Advance Auto sponsors them so much, but I will never buy parts from them ever.
Ironically, I was watching Donut Media Frenemies Ep3 when this notification popped up. I died laughing
First thought was, this will be useful for the next time we have to yank a $500 shitbox out of a ditch and back home!
Good video. Tongue weight is extremely important. Too little and you will never forget how fast it will scare the hell out of you.
You need to measure under the ball, not the jack
Don't worry about it, I play euro truck simulator 2 a lot