The Ford Barn - View Single Post - Roof "ballooning" while open trailering (!!)

Keith True · 06-30-2025, 06:04 PM

Yes,you've found the drawback to hauling a soft top car on an open trailer.My friend has a Dodge dually,when he has the cap on the roof fluctuates almost violently.With no cap on the truck it just flaps up and down a little.Air doesn't jump a very big gap,only about 30 inches,but it mixes back together with a lot of turbulance.Sometimes the turbulance is before the towed vehicle,sometimes right around it.I have a 96 Dodge 2500,single cab,flatbed,and a low profile trailer that I built.I hardly notice a ripple in an A roof at 70.But,if I put the side racks on the flatbed,I can feel the wind buffet the car and trailer around.

06-30-2025, 06:04 PM	#4
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 3,421	Re: Roof "ballooning" while open trailering (!!) Yes,you've found the drawback to hauling a soft top car on an open trailer.My friend has a Dodge dually,when he has the cap on the roof fluctuates almost violently.With no cap on the truck it just flaps up and down a little.Air doesn't jump a very big gap,only about 30 inches,but it mixes back together with a lot of turbulance.Sometimes the turbulance is before the towed vehicle,sometimes right around it.I have a 96 Dodge 2500,single cab,flatbed,and a low profile trailer that I built.I hardly notice a ripple in an A roof at 70.But,if I put the side racks on the flatbed,I can feel the wind buffet the car and trailer around.