Hey guys I need some help here...I haven't hauled anything too large with my truck but need to haul a 1970 Chryslar 4 door hardtop.A fellow here is going to borrow me his 18 foot straight pull trailer....I can't find out how long this car is.Could a run into any problems towing this long car on the 18 foot??Worried the front nose will hang over the front of the trailer...

 

You will be fine load it frontward;s and it should tow fine

 

You will be fine

 

With an 18' deck it should fit on length but you'll be a little nose heavy. You probably should be more concerned about the width if you have to get between the fenders. The overall width of a Newport, New Yorker, 300, T&C is right at 80".

 

I forgot about the width...I think the standard width between the fenders is 72 inchs...Will have to build some sort of ramp system to clear the fenders...A guy back home has to do that when he hauls dually trucks on his flat deck...

 

I hall with a 20ft and you wont have any problems unless getting out of the car is (fender placement) have someone drive it on and stop when the truck hits the springs or a little after.

 

If the trailer is car-hauler width, you'll be fine with the exception of possibly having to crawl out of the car through the back door if the front door won't open because of the fenders. If it's the narrower flatbed trailer with the angle iron sides sticking up 12" or so, you may end up with a crease down each side of the car and having to crawl out the windows.. Length won't be a problem if it's an 18' deck.

 

I sold my '71 Chrysler Newport just a couple of years ago. With driver and full fuel weighed 4,700-lbs (low option sedan; A/C and V8-383). Car is -- no exaggeration, this is true -- longer AND wider than a Suburban. It doesn't weigh as much and the wheelbase is 124" versus [about] 130". Weight bias is 56% to the front (or, over 2,500-lbs). V8-440 weighs 75-lbs more on front.

Unlike a GM or Ford, the motor is both lower and farther back in the chassis (thank you torsion bar suspension; weight is on lower control arms, not upper as with coil sprung).

Car length is 225"; or, close to 19'. Width is 79.1" Track is 62".

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If the trailer is a car hauler then the deck is usually 82 inches with 10 inches either side for the tires and fenders, 102 inches total maximum, which is also the maximum width allowable.. So if the car is 79 inches then you should be OK between the fenders.

 

I've pulled a 70 3/4 ton GMC and a 76 3/4 ton suburban on a 20 utility trailer with a 12 inch high pipe cage. Just have to crawl out of the truck as the doors wont open. I've loaded them by myself (both driving them on and using a 12,000 lb Warn winch). Never got close to hitting the sides. I use to drive them on before I had a stroke and my depth perception went to heck. Now I winch the on. I did drive a 94 Lexus SC on the other day (wide car) I placed an old mirror on the passenger side so that I could see the room I had to work with......I just poked my head out the drivers side.