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1. Speaking of trailers... (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:15:58 -0400; I have a 16 foot open auto transport trailer. I use four 10000lb tiedowns and axle straps. Sometimes I'll also throw a chain around something just to be sure. I am new to the towing game, so I have h; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00133.html (8,212 bytes)
2. Re: Speaking of trailers... (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmschei@attglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:40:30 -0500; In the towing business, standard practice is four tie down points, any one of which is rated sufficiently strong to hold the weight of the vehicle. Wire ropes (as in the winch cable) don't count, so; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00137.html (9,051 bytes)
3. RE: Speaking of trailers... (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:46:08 -0400; To me, the cost of an accident goes way beyond the cost of the vehicle. There was an article in Practical Classics a while ago about an accident towing a parts car home. It wasn't a tiedown failure,; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00138.html (8,165 bytes)
4. Re: Speaking of trailers... (score: 1): Author: msloane@att.net; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:17:48 +0000; I agree with you - and so would any cop that stopped a load like that. I don't have the book with me, but it seems to me that you need to have chains whose rating exceeds the load times two, or somet; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00140.html (8,848 bytes)
5. Re: Speaking of trailers... (score: 1): Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 14:08:15 -0500; I agree . . If the tow vehicle and the trailer both have good tires and brakes, one "panic stop" might well launch the cargo to a new home atop the truck. Tony; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00143.html (7,594 bytes)
6. RE: Speaking of trailers... (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmschei@attglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 21:42:13 -0500; It damn well ought to. That's what it's there for. I've seen pictures of a rolled, loaded flatbed carrier. The car that had been on the deck was smashed beyond recognition, but it was still attached; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00149.html (7,688 bytes)
7. Re: Speaking of trailers... (score: 1): Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:33:08 -0500; sprung weight bouncing around in back, and I think it is better to attach to the frame and secure with load binders. You obviously do not have a Lotus Europa. You might as well just push it off a cl; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00152.html (7,802 bytes)
8. Re: Speaking of trailers... (score: 1): Author: "Neil" <neil@sherry02.freeserve.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:03:39 +0100; This seems to be a standard way of strapping down in the UK, whether onto a trailer or onto a recovery truck etc. Perhaps another advantage of the european suspension set-ups which tend to be less fl; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00153.html (8,397 bytes)
9. Re: Speaking of trailers... (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:33:07 -0400; attach to The suspension is actually a very good reason not to attach to the frame, at least not exclusively. Unless you completely collapse the suspension with the binders, the car can bounce up an; /html/shop-talk/2003-09/msg00155.html (8,500 bytes)

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