Only partially right on both counts.... Actually, one can get the frame
pretty tight... true it is not bottomed out, but it is low enough that the
car's spring plays a strong role in keeping the car in its place on the
trailer. Fore-aft straps have a tendency to allow the car to bounce (given
the car is not completely bottomed out) sideways... whereas crossed straps
have the advantage that if the car tries to jump sideways at all, the strap
quickly restrains any movement that might ding the doors against the wheel
fenders (or worse). Nevertheless, the shortest distance from frame to
trailer floor usually means a kind of fore-aft strapping, but one should
augment this with crossed straps to keep sidewise jumping to a minimum...
Lots of opinions on this topic, and I repeat, most any of the strapping
configurations will work ok if the strapping is well secured... but if one
is worried about optimum strapping, then don't do the wheels, do use the
chassis, and augment with cross strapping.
:-)
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-----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 12:08 PM
To: Peter Ryner
Cc: List Healey
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Towing advice
You cannot crank the car down hard enough to where the suspension is
bottomed out (nor would you want to) so the shocks, etc. will still be
moving.
Should you choose to tie car down by the chassis be sure to check the state
of things often as because the suspension can still compress the straps are
liable to loosen.
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