My thoughts exactly. How can the shocks heat up if they are not moving?
I've towed LBCs all over the country and found that if I just hold the car
down by the axles the body tends to bounce and the car will move on the
trailer. On a long trip like over 1000 miles, the movement can be
significant. That said, my old cars didn't have tie down hooks so I
couldn't tie them down by the body. The best solution I came up with was to
tie the axles down using four straps in an X. If I had a very long
distance to travel and had other items on the trailer such as spare engines,
transmissions and the like where the car had little room to move around, I
blocked the wheels on the sides with 2X4 pieces so the car wouldn't bounce
sideways. It never moved forward and backwards. Works like a champ as long
as you have a wood bed to attach the 2X4s.
Just my experience.
Pete
----- Original Message -----
From: "Herbert Miller" <hgmiller3 at qwest.net>
To: "'Michael Oritt'" <michael.oritt at gmail.com>; "'F Ronald Rader'"
<f.ronald.rader at gmail.com>
Cc: "'List Healey'" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Towing advice
> Actually the opposite is true.
>
> Herb Miller
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Michael Oritt
> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 5:00 AM
> To: F Ronald Rader
> Cc: List Healey
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Towing advice
>
> Ron--
>
> Securing a car by the chassis, as opposed to by the wheels, A-arms or
> axles
> places the suspension under a constant load for the entire length of the
> trip and can overheat the fluid in the shocks.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
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