Tips for Transporting Cars with Trailers

Whether you need to move a nonworking car because you want to donate it or because you just sold that car to a new owner, you can use a trailer to move that car. Enclosed trailers have solid sides and a door that opens on one end, which keeps the car safe during your travels. If you’re looking to save money, you can opt for an open trailer that lets you tow that car on something that looks like a flat bed. Before it comes time to move that car though, you can check out some tips that might make that trip a little easier.

Map Your Path

Donating a car to charity lets you write off the value of that vehicle on your taxes, and selling the car to a new owner gives you cash on the spot that you can use right away. Though you might think that you know where you’re going, you should still map out your path ahead of time. Don’t rely solely on the GPS on your phone or your truck’s GPS unit either. You never know when you might hit a dead spot where you don’t have a signal. It’s often helpful to bring along a paper map.

Bring Help

The help that you bring can include both people and products. When you bring along a friend or loved one, you have someone who can talk with you during the trip and someone who can help you pull in and out of both parking lots and spaces. You’ll also want to bring along products like hydraulic trailer jacks. Even if you think you don’t need a jack, consider what you would do if one of the tires on the trailer went flat. Jacks help you lift the trailer to change that tire.

Check the Lights

Don’t even think about driving away without first checking your lifts. When you hook the trailer up to your truck, you must connect the taillights on the trailer to your truck’s system. If you do not have functioning lights on your trailer, someone may hit you from behind when you come to a sudden stop. Depending on where you drive, you may face an expensive ticket for not having working lights too. As long as you have a map, bring some help and have working lights, you can easily move your old car.

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