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RE: Let me rephrase that, please

To: "REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER" <CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu>,
Subject: RE: Let me rephrase that, please
From: Ross Overcash <jroverca@tiac.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 06:11:41 -0500 (EST)
At 05:38 PM 2/21/97 -0800, REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER wrote:
>
>With regards to putting the car inside an enclosed trailer your biggest 
>problem would probably be the thing shifting or rolling out the back. You 
>would definitely have to chock the wheels, and apply brake. Some trailers 
>have d rings mounted in the floor to allow tie down of cargo. Perhaps you 
>could secure it that way with a bunch of nylon straps with the ratcheting 
>winch thing on them. I imagine the idea would be to hold the car down. Some 
>trailers have notches in the walls to hold 2 x 4s to prevent shifting. 
>Perhaps you could attach a 2 x 4 that would fit in those notches (parallel 
>to the axle) to a piece of plywood with chocks screwed onto it that the car 
>would roll onto. It might look like...
>Change to a non-proportional font
>
>
>side view
>
>                     Chocks
> 3/4 plywood         /   \         2X4 Should be long enough
>    \                               \     to fit into notcheds on wall
>     \        /\            /\       ___
>      \      /  \          /  \     /  /|
>        ____/    \________/    \___/  / /_
>       /   /     /       /     /  /  / / /|
>      /   /     /       /     /  /  / / // \
>     /   /     /       /     /  /  / / //  /\
>    /   /     /       /     /  /  / / //  /
>   /   /\    /       /\    /  /  / / //
>  /   /##\  /       /##\  /  /  / / //  Width of car
> /   /####\/       /####\/  /  / / //
>===========================/==/ /==/  /
>                          /__/ /    \/
>                         |___|/      \
><------------  2'   --------------->
>
>Chris Reichle
>
>
>
>I like your art work

Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA.
http://www.tiac.com/users/jroverca


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