I love watching you guys iam 81 years old and live on an old farm in Idaho i havd had 4 34 fords and a 61 ss chev bubble top 409 4 speed loved them all i wish i could work on them keep up the good stuff coming may Jesus bless you all
@RoadGlider5052 жыл бұрын
The hitch height isn't the problem. There isn't enough weight on the tongue.
@corey63932 жыл бұрын
Agree 100%. needs more tongue weight. Definitely was not designed to haul that specific car. If the axle were about 10-12" back, or the car could come that far forward it probably would have towed like a dream.
@FishNFoolLures2 жыл бұрын
Them guys aren't as smart as they look. Well maybe they are, cause they don't look too smart here. lol Anybody that has towed a trailer much would know that you can't tow a trailer that the weight is balanced like that. You need at least 200 to 300 lbs. of tongue weight for it to not have that hospital wobble.
@georgewilson91212 жыл бұрын
possibly the car needs to back onto the trailor.....to change the weight distribution ,
@georgewilson91212 жыл бұрын
a model A with a flathead v8 motor would be front heavy.........
@terrancesweeney18702 жыл бұрын
Thank you Matt & Mike for saving another Model A!
@kevingauthier79732 жыл бұрын
Correct you need 10% of your total weight of the trailer on the tongue
@donames69412 жыл бұрын
Guys when you get home move the trailer axle to the back 12 to 24 inch back it be good then and in my state the safty chains need hooked to the tongue and Chris cross so if the trailer comes unhooked the tongue falls on the chains and not the highway other then that its a dam nice trailer
@billmiller71382 жыл бұрын
Yeah, no tongue weight , axle needs to get moved back. I don’t know how anybody ever towed with that thing. Unless they put one of those Y- blocks on the tongue.
@snoopu26012 жыл бұрын
This got to be the craziest trailer tow home. No risk no reward y'all tried it . The car looks really restorerable. There are still car's out there to be found even where you left the car it the yard I saw a cool truck in the back ground look like a Studebaker? Those make cool hot rodz
@buddydunham95862 жыл бұрын
Matt, always love the way you keep things era correct! Need a 49 ford sedan to tow that rig My Dad had several of them, one old girl that had a center headlight that turned with the steering! Keep on saving the old cars, btw it’s never a failure if your having fun!!
@jimbonser87482 жыл бұрын
What great fun! My Model A pickup rescue, 50 some years ago, had a 2 inch diameter tree growing up through the floorboard and out the roof. - - - No sweat the farmer had an axe.
@hdvette642 жыл бұрын
Another great adventure. I miss doing that stuff. Drug so many things home on the edge of disaster. The best of times. I’m digging the Stude pick up at the garage
@ryandean692 жыл бұрын
Can’t win them all! But trying is the fun part! I got a homemade Model T trailer when I bought a stash of parts and while it tows nicely I made the mistake of looking underneath it while doing tires and only the top half is welded!!!!😮 Every joint on the bottom side has 0 welds!!!! The stuff you find!!!! Another great adventure guys!😁
@leeroyholloway42772 жыл бұрын
I'd love to have that Hack. I once pulled a 1 ton chevy panel from Nashville to Atlanta on a tail-heavy trailer with a station wagon. It got away from me once and nearly passed me... ended up making the trip at 35mph.
@ianburit37052 жыл бұрын
Hi, after towing car trailers for 14 years most weekends I learned a lot about loading old cars/ race cars on them, to get yourself out of trouble you could have lashed the big trolley jack on the very front of the trailer to increase its nose weight and made it tow better, even a big can of petrol (gas) or water would have helped out..But living Is Learning eh.. Thanks - Ian- UK
@eliembree46372 жыл бұрын
Matt is as happy as a kid on Christmas and Mike is as unhappy as the Grinch who stole Christmas. Hahahaha. The hot rod life.
@DKing-jg7fl2 жыл бұрын
Suspect that trailer was originally built to haul an old sprint car or other kind of racer shorter than a model A. Remember seeing similar trailers in some old photos of a circle track where my oldest cousin used to race.
@johnp83852 жыл бұрын
That was a massive auction hence brought crazy money for most vehicles license plates signs etc. Remember hearing about Chetty for years was old school restorer used lead and was 1- man operation at least got to see what all he amassed in his profession and talk with some friends sad to see collections dispersed but at least vehicles will be given new life took picture standing next to tire machine on skid back of building cast stand probably weighed a ton
@robertbourne614 Жыл бұрын
Never fun towing a light on the front load , great find always fun to watch thanks
@barryhickman6911 Жыл бұрын
It LOOKED cool while it lasted though! Another great score!
@wolfgangricky2 жыл бұрын
Fails are Wins too. If you can't have fun at what you are doing, don't do it. This was definitly a fun one. Ty for taking us along
@bobgaylord88832 жыл бұрын
Maybe a PITA, disapointment and time waste for y'all, but this is a retrieval y'all will remember for years & years and the memories will improve with each passing year. I can safely say that, 'cause I did similar crazy stunts decades ago. Great video with some particularly great camera shots. Thanks for the memories.
@xozindustries74512 жыл бұрын
Been there, done that. I towed an Airstream Motorhome back from Maine to Connecticut with the trailer swaying anytime it got over 35 MPH, I had to give up an hour away from home and have it towed by a friends dad with a F7000 dump truck and Seeger Beaver, and he said he couldn’t believe how heavy it was on his trailer, he figured I was just scared until he towed it the last hour
@SirFace42 жыл бұрын
A great video is not a great video with out 27+ ads, love it
@IronTrapGarage2 жыл бұрын
The videos are shot and put on KZbin for free. Much like public television the ads are what pays for the content to be made. You can go back to Sunday football if you like their ads better.
@michaelguinn57362 жыл бұрын
I can tell one thing the first minute of the video, Matt & Mike we're not in Michigan!! Those roads were nice!!
@IronTrapGarage2 жыл бұрын
HA!
@justdale19662 жыл бұрын
Never fail when you find a score like that
@eddiemason711810 ай бұрын
It’s all part of the fun of this crazy hobby we love.
@kellypbr77422 жыл бұрын
I'm in my 70's and I've always dreamed of owning an old fixer upper truck, wish I lived near you, I'd buy it out right.
@terryeustice53992 жыл бұрын
Matt always on the hunt. It’s a great barn find. Congratulations on wedding. And another car. Awesome!
@MartsGarage2 жыл бұрын
Oh dear, so close and yet so far. If you could have shifted the A forward it might have helped. Front wheels off maybe? Lose the wheel stops at the front of the trailer. Take weight off the back of the load - bumper off. Ramps off. All easy to say but a lot harder to do on the side of the road. I hope the second go around goes better. All the best, Mart in England.
@gregvanderboom50112 жыл бұрын
It would of towed fine pulled by a car. I remember my Dad pulling a car home on a janky trailer with a 66 Corvair. The hitch only bolted to the Corvair's bumper so it was just perfect. We got pulled over outside of Kansas City, Mo because the trailer and the car didn't have any tail lights. Good times!
@pinwizz692 жыл бұрын
Definitely one of the strangest adventures you guys have ever took us subs with you on. That old car is definitely gonna be an interesting restoration in a future series. I hope you do restore it Matt and Mike.
@ralphhammond83982 жыл бұрын
Hey guys, quite an adventure, enjoyed watching it....Ralph
@GwynnOak12 жыл бұрын
You guys are the greatest! Always amusing, ready to try anything. Even your fails are wins in my book. It's making the effort that counts, Your win/lose ratio is still heavily in favor of the wins. In the long run that's what counts. I love that you respect and revere the old school hot rodding. Yeah a LOT of the early cars were pretty sketchy. But those were pioneering days for the sport, technology was primitive. No migs or tigs or plasa cutters, we're talking ox-acetylene rigs, and if you were lucky arc welder. The old young and dumb was a huge factor too. I look back at some of my early rods, and think how lucky I was to have lived through owning them. NO way I'd drive a death trap like that now! Sadly in spite of the progress, I still regularly see cars put together by hacks. I bought a 38 Chevy pickup a few years back, (for the body mainly) was running, guy asked did I want to test drive it? My answer? Not even around the block on a bet! Afraid I insulted him with the truth. He really thought the guy who helped him build it knew what he was doing.
@ZigZagMarquis2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. The visuals of late fall in PA makes me a little homesick. Good luck on your next adventure. I'm not a car guy, but I look forward to your videos.
@IronTrapGarage2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@billywird2 жыл бұрын
yes sir looking at the axle placement on that trailer i sort of figured there would be a tracking problem, and of course with a different tow vehicle it sure made it harder to tow and if you got over the speed you were towing at and that trailer gets to swaying too much it can sure put you all over the road. been there and done that. but you gave it the old college try.
@davidrobinson76672 жыл бұрын
I'm from Western Pennsylvania, cool find !!
@upptowne2 жыл бұрын
the trees are beautiful up there
@floydhardin78802 жыл бұрын
I saw where a guy added a comment that there is not enough tongue weight. He is correct. You could add more weight in front of the trailer axle and it would not sway.
@gerrymilidantri64572 жыл бұрын
Awesome video today reminds me of the day's my brother and I used to flat tow old cars from peoples properties 50 years ago ! at the age 20 they were fun adventures. Email me when you get a chance I might be interested in the fenderless coupe.
@smedley3332 жыл бұрын
I used to do a lot of flat towing also. It's illegal now. At least it is here in Oregon. The very first time I did it I had just started working at a gas station in Phoenix Arizona in 1974. I was 18 years old. My new boss told me to get in his truck because we had a job to do. On the way there he told me we would be towing a car back to his station and explained to me how it worked. I was flabbergasted to learn that I would be doing all the braking for both us. It was a big car and a big pickup and the car had no vaccum so no power brakes. It took A LOT of pressure to get the brakes to do their job. Things started out okay but then my boss started going faster and faster until we're flying through downtown phoenix at 60 MPH and I'm not getting much help from the brakes. We somehow made it back safe and sound but I was a wreck. My boss said "good job" and he had me do it many times after that. He didn't have a tow truck. I now use a tow bar and magnetic lights that are wired into my truck. We did a lot of sketchy things when we were young and happily we lived through all of it. But we had a great time and learned so much. I never really had a mentor so my friends and I just went for it. We screwed up sometimes but we eventually figured most stuff out. There were some old guys that would sometimes give us advice but we had to be careful because they didn't always tell us everything so they could get a little entertainment form our adventures. I wouldn't call them mentors but they usually helped us with their knowledge and experience. I wish I could find a young person to mentor, or at least help, but most kids today just don't seem interested.To be fair, todays cars are not easy to work on. On my daily driver I can change the oil and a couple little things but after 6 years I still haven't even seen the splark plugs. And you can't even check the transmission fluid.
@onehotpinto2 жыл бұрын
Alright! You got a period correct trailer for the track roadster. Set the shop truck up to tow it and you're set. Be a cool set-up for a car show.
@GoonieLord2 жыл бұрын
1930 Model A Coupe is my personal favorite a car that will outlast practically everything on the road today
@HogshooterHotrods2 жыл бұрын
Cool find, looks perfectly sketchy I figured you would just turn it into a weekend trip and buy a collection of parts on the way home!!
@LTD3472 жыл бұрын
That trailer is so cool. Should get some sort of vintage built hotrod on it and tow it with the model A. Would look amazing
@jdm45692 жыл бұрын
All you need is a cheap sway control and it would solve that problem. I fought that same thing with a trailer and did everything you did to try to fix it but it wasnt till I put a $25 sway control on it that I got that problem resolved and now Im able to run 75mph will no issues
@Kevin-hj2mb2 жыл бұрын
If you come back to get it, check out Swigart Museum in nearby Huntingdon. Great auto and memorabilia collection.
@vermontguy76922 жыл бұрын
A minor failure at worst. A major failure would have been upside down in the ditch. Thanx for another cool video, guys!
@pappabob292 жыл бұрын
Not a bad looking Model A once it's cleaned up!! Hope you're gonna spend some time trying to get that banger to run!! Those are always fun and "indestructible"!! A "fun" video watching you guys do the "Vise Grip" imitation!! ;o)
@hookemfairgarage72382 жыл бұрын
This brings back memories.
@alethacriss93082 жыл бұрын
🤣😂 Great video! Maybe you could move the axle back on the trailer a foot or two, but you folks already know that. Tom and I look forward to see what happens on this project.
@BrianSmart19592 жыл бұрын
Maybe you could have just thrown a couple of 100 pound bags of cement on the front of the trailer to get some more weight up front. Or have Mike stand on the tongue. 😁You'd just need to keep an eye out for speed bumps.
@jakleo3372 жыл бұрын
Yeah, no tongue weight is a recipe for 'the fishtail frights'. Just move that axle back a foot on the trailer and it will be good.
@robertjean6592 жыл бұрын
All good fun anyway. Another gem into the garage. 🇦🇺🇦🇺
@frankjamann56712 жыл бұрын
Hey guys, adventures, thanks for the video
@johnkranz40042 жыл бұрын
Definitely one for the books
@spursfansince872 жыл бұрын
Nice find guys.
@thomaslovejoy43687 ай бұрын
fun to watch thanks
@bonnevillestig2 жыл бұрын
nice studebaker pickup
@eddiealbritton24622 жыл бұрын
Got a friend that put me in situations like that!👍 Got a window van, I've hauled 7 pig,two calves and the kicker was a full grown mule! Inside my van 🤔 Pigs a couple trips, calves one trip and mule! I got pulled over on that trip 😂 The cop didn't pull me over for the mule, didn't even enquire about the mule 🤣his back was about 1/foot from roof his head was in between me and my friend 🤣😂🤣 Cop just wrote the ticket and left 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂👍 Very professional job 👍🇺🇸👍😂
@rolandtb32 жыл бұрын
Fun times and adventures.
@nitcat12 жыл бұрын
Nothing like a janky, super sketchy old car adventure. I remember that awful paper mill smell whenever we drove near Tyrone 😀
@pinwizz692 жыл бұрын
You'd love Mobile Alabama in the summer with the wind blowing south. The air would actually make your eyes water working on the flight line at the Coast Guard Airstation doing inspections. All maintenance was done in the hangers doirs closed on those days. I spent two summers there (78/79) TAD for their Aviation Cadet training program.
@ronluke52492 жыл бұрын
Hey at least your adventure worked out better than the last group of people who went on a 3 hour cruise 😂
@stevejones23702 жыл бұрын
Cool Studebaker truck at the tire shop
@mikehunt96502 жыл бұрын
"Accidentally bought" yep sounds convincing...
@kenimhoff64752 жыл бұрын
You guys are amazing with your finds. I can live vicariously through your videos as if I was there. Thank you so much for sharing.
@tomcummings6552 жыл бұрын
A big-block chevy block bolted to the hitch pole would have taken care of the problem!!!LOL
@brianferguson62782 жыл бұрын
Would it have been an idea to have a welding shop move the hitch higher on the trailer, a bit of welding to raise it up to closer to match the ball on the truck. But now you are driving 385 miles back home to get a trailer, back 385 miles to pickup the model A then 385 miles back home. That's a lot of Gas that is no longer cheap. Yet the trailer appears to have no suspension nor lights, so maybe you have taken the safe route home, just a longer road by 790 miles. I was wondering about a building a similar trailer to keep Model T (1400lbs) and trailer weight below my 3500 towing callability of my Dodge caravan, So thank you for this clip, jus think a 1750lb leave spring on each side of the trailer would be better? ( Those safety chains, should they have gone to the truck and not the carrier?)
@charliesmith32172 жыл бұрын
Could you have taken the front wheels off the model A, let the hubs rest on wooden blocks,or directly on the trailer moved it forward a bit more to increase the tongue weight. I know didley squat about model A's so I don't know if that would be feasible. Just wondering.
@threynolds22 жыл бұрын
Lowering the front of the trailer will not change the weight balance. The trailer is tail-heavy. Moving the car forward, or moving the axle back, is the only remedy. The tongue should carry 10% of the total weight. You showed that the tongue has absolutely no weight on it.
@rupe532 жыл бұрын
I think about 3-400 pounds of cement blocks on the front of the trailer would have made a big difference. Probably could have lined them up in the tire channels and hung a few from the bumper.... or use bungee cords and stack up those tires on the draw bar. If we're gonna go sketchy then might as well go whole hog.
@hotrodmyk2 жыл бұрын
Model A in a barn, home made trailer, what could go wrong??? BAWHAHAHAHA that was nuckin' futs!
@steveclark42912 жыл бұрын
You would be getting a ticket for riding in the back of the truck here in Kansas ! It didn't use to be that way when I was young but that was about 67 years ago ! 😆 🤣 😂
@screwthecrewofpoliticians89212 жыл бұрын
Nice find.
@Gary-fw2kw Жыл бұрын
You guys seem like good guys too good to be sending them bad words like you do
@colinhyde19512 жыл бұрын
All you need is more tongue weight, not a height problem. Trailer tongue weight should be 10-15% of the total trailer weight, otherwise you get sway. All you needed to do is to strap your truck spare or something else heavy on the front (ie ahead of the axle) of the trailer.
@craigcaggiano4312 жыл бұрын
Love the adventure…
@jonathanstone65452 жыл бұрын
I one a upon time tried to tow a willys pickup with my lite duty Toyota pickup I was fish tailing allover the road . Then the tow truck guy who was old to be my son put a heavy duty transmission in the Tacoma bead and made it back to Nevada. When I got it home I realized the body and bead were all unbolted.and ready to fall off the frame no straps how lucky I the cab or bead did not fall off in the middle California and Nevada highway 15. Could been very disastrous. Jonathan Stone
@diceys19642 жыл бұрын
I have patina'd reflectors for the coupe headlights
@Cougracer672 жыл бұрын
Maybe some diagonal braces from each front corner of the frame to near the front of the tongue will prevent those crazy oscillations. Seems like every home built trailer with that design is a bear to pull.
@denislandry75772 жыл бұрын
Shit happens , still a treat , good score ! Attaboy
@nzsaltflatsracer80542 жыл бұрын
Easy fix, take the ramps off & hang them on the front bumper then take the front wheels off & drag it forward.
@kassies12612 жыл бұрын
2R Studebaker truck at the tire shop.
@dennistwitchell88212 жыл бұрын
I'd rather have that truck.
@brettmiller96092 жыл бұрын
When you went to the tire shop, why didn't you take the spare as well?
@donnengler75322 жыл бұрын
Rules here in DK are 10% of total weight on the tongue to ensure stability. I've been there before, and probably most people watching your cool show. The trailer was probably made for a T and the A is a bit longer.
@billh2302 жыл бұрын
" ..... 3 hours home" 🎶..... a three hour tour.... 🎵
@jm100142 жыл бұрын
Did you guys get any of those wagon wheels? I would be really ecstatic if i could have some
@asarand2 жыл бұрын
The car you're loading on that trailer is not the same car you were looking at under that cover. The one under the cover is definitely a model a, but the one I see the trailer backing up to looks like a model t. Okay. I get it now. You had to move the model t to be able to get the model a out.
@BertKlinger-su1wf4 ай бұрын
Should have went to Lowes or Home Depot bought a 2x12 slid under front of car bought a few bags of sand for tongue weight good to go been there done that
@mibars2 жыл бұрын
Such places always make me think about the previous owner of all of these things, someone possibly had lots of plans and then for one reason or the other they are all put on hold and they sit and rot until it is too late :(
@jeffmay19262 жыл бұрын
Very cool 😎
@philattley92332 жыл бұрын
But did you buy the Stude ?
@paulmathews56862 жыл бұрын
the only thing missing from this adventure was , " WINE / WOMEN / & SONG " just a couple of " PIRATES " on another " booty- haul " !!!!!!!! KEEP UP THE GREAT VIDEOS !!!!!
@joek19602 жыл бұрын
The trailer was probably designed to be pulled by a 60s car. A bumper hitch on that would be about 8 inches high.
@whosjoe902 жыл бұрын
enjoyed that.
@adambuck58082 жыл бұрын
What is your plan with the Model A? I was at the auction as well.
@MrJeep752 жыл бұрын
Make a banger rod out of this model A
@wilsixone2 жыл бұрын
You're talking about weight transfer and height of the hitch and all that, but I think you're assuming I know what you're talking about which I do not. Obviously it causes some kind of driveability issue with the truck or the trailers, but you're only saying you have to drive 25-30 mph, not what's happening. Looks normal to me!
@joshreynolds94882 жыл бұрын
You know the tire shop guys are alright if there's a Studebaker truck back there were you stashed it.
@wrbrdnt2 жыл бұрын
3 hours huh. We all saw how well that worked out for Gilligan and the skipper
@scottgudell36352 жыл бұрын
Do you know what is happening with the model TT?? What they were asking? Is it sold?
@williamworden35972 жыл бұрын
With all the "retrieving" you guys do. I can see some sort of portable electric winch attached to your hitch or something in your future...😏
@IronTrapGarage2 жыл бұрын
We have a setup like that but it isn’t super portable and the winch is bolted into the open trailer. So a pain in the ass to swap between trailers and vehicles. Need to pony up for another winch!
@Olds_Gold2 жыл бұрын
LOL I think I know the guy who bought the Mercury. Somebody told him after the fact that the axle was on the trailer. Did the trailer go for really cheap?
@josephpalen71492 жыл бұрын
A very smart (the sky is the limit) non-intrusive (short in duration) way to plug an online auction for one of your cars.
@kelvincarolinaboilawton8032 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up cause it's a cool car not thumbs up to the problems.