[Per]

I have always wondered without a side door how do you exit a car put into a stacker with such little clearance on the side. Do you leave the window open and climb out like a NASCAR driver or open the door and make yourself skinny and slither out. I have always wondered. I have seen some trailers with side escape doors to make it easier to exit a car after putting it into the trailer, but a lot of trailers don’t have them. Thanks. Michael Beronja

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Michael, you use the winch. Geo.

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with my race car I take the door off first, with my SUV I can slither out(I’m 170 Lbs) or crawl out a side or rear window

[Jerry]

A door would be nice on the side of the trailer but it would not help with my little car. The car door could not open much because of the trailer wheel wells inside. My wife drives the car in and slides out the window. A winch would be a necessity if I was doing loading it by myself.

Davy

[Dan]

Along with problems with some RV parks and their attitudes about trailers, add to that the grief loading a car into one and all of a sudden it doesn’t look like a trailer is worth the trouble.

I can just picture myself trying to wiggle out the car window, then laying on my belly on the trailer floor trying to hook up the hold downs, and worse, going through the same exercise in reverse to get the car out of the trailer. I think I would rather call Uber and leave the trailer home.

[Hugh]

A driver escape door is usually NEVER in the right place. The fender is what gets in the way of most doors opening.

As Geo said, we use a winch to pull the cars in and out.

[Per]

I totally agree with Jon. I towed a Featherlite stacker for years. What a PIA. Finding a place to park it in Rv parks, trying to be a contortionist tieing down cars, fuel mileage went from 5.2 to 3.5 while towing trailer, trying to crawl out of car window, and more. Was glad to sell it and tow 4 wheels down. If I really want an extra vehicle I either call Reliable Transport or Enterprise Car Rental. If you rent Enterprise be sure to book through Costco (big savings).

[Dave]

Trailers make a good looking and impressive rig going down the road, but take it from an old man that has been motor homing since ’69’, theysimply ain’t worth the trouble.

[Dale]

I agree that a trailer is a PIA…use only when racing…rest of the time 4 wheels down. Geo.

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I got to thinking that sometime ago I saw a unique trailer that had a huge side door for escape. I think the original design was for “show” cars but will be quite nicely suited for geezer loading. I have attached the link

here http://www.jimglo.com/enclosed-car-trailers.html

Thought everyone might like to view these trailers. First I have to get a Coach then the Trailer. Lots of work to do. Cheers

Michael Beronja

[Jim]

I own a jimglo trailer and agree it is one of the easiest to load and unload. However, it still is a PIA. Flat tow is the way to go for me.