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1. Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: "Anthony & Susan" <jetbike@worldlynx.net>; Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 18:48:04 -0500; Just as I have gotten use to tying the Tiger down there has been a change. I normally loop the tie downs around the rear and cross them to the D rings. Up front around the bottom "A" arms straight t; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00084.html (8,257 bytes)
2. Re: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: lb7777@wcrtc.net; Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 19:48:55 -0500; Anthony & Susan; When I used to tow my race car I always tied just the wheels. It towed so much better when the car could use its own suspension. I didn't use any bonnets. I just just racketed a stra; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00086.html (8,999 bytes)
3. Re: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:12:10 -0800; Ok, LArry, why is it important to let the car use it's suspension? I been planning on sitting the world's fastest sunbeam on it's frame on blocks and making it rigid. It is my uderstanding that if th; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00088.html (10,247 bytes)
4. RE: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: "Wiseowl" <wiseowl@thevision.net>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 00:12:55 -0600; I don't know that you can get to anal about securing the vehicle your I towed my Tiger across the states and part way back. (almost 6,000 miles al-together) Most the time I was traveling in the 70 -; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00089.html (9,300 bytes)
5. Re: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>; Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 23:26:08 -0700; If the masses of the trailer and car are carefully tuned (Mr. Murphy, where are you?), you can get some really goofy motion going, since you'll have two semi-independent bodies being bumped around by; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00090.html (7,937 bytes)
6. RE: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: "Paul R. Breuhan" <prbreuhan@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 09:35:41 -0500; I just bought my first Tiger and we took it from Kansas City back to Detroit on an open Uhaul trailer this past weekend...just strapping the car down with with the front tires strapped (using what t; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00092.html (10,026 bytes)
7. Re: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 07:16:14 -0800; This was my thought also! So why does tying it down make a problem? mayf -- Original Message -- From: "Theo Smit" <tsmit@shaw.ca> To: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com> Cc: <lb7777@wcrtc.net>; "Anthony &; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00094.html (8,589 bytes)
8. Re: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: stubrennan@attbi.com; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 15:41:30 +0000; I've only towed once, so I'm hardly an expert. But here's a few thoughts to further muddy the waters. If you secure your car by pulling down on the body, not the diff or front wheels, then what happe; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00096.html (11,765 bytes)
9. Re: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: lb7777@wcrtc.net; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 11:21:57 -0500; Yours is the most accurate assessment of this yet. Make sure that it is secure horizontally not vertically. Here is an interesting web site for tie downs for a Porsche race car they will allow the s; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00098.html (14,427 bytes)
10. Re: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: CoolVT@aol.com; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:44:13 EST; If you look at how new cars are transported on trucks they are not compressed. I think the secret with them is that the chains are extremely beefy and that the trailer is so heavy that the cars can't; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00099.html (8,425 bytes)
11. RE: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: "Tom Witt" <wittsend@jps.net>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 09:55:19 -0800; blocks and making it rigid.<< Forget the trailer. Knowing the long, straight Nevada roads I say just make one long trial run up to Wendover. If the car is all you hope it is even if it breaks half w; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00101.html (9,082 bytes)
12. RE: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: "Crawley,John" <johnc@nait.ab.ca>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:57:20 -0700; I talked to a friend of mine, who was foreman of a trailer manufacturing business and an instructor in our college in the metals department, about tying down cars on trailers. He said that each case; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00102.html (9,188 bytes)
13. Re: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: lb7777@wcrtc.net; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 13:41:09 -0500; I understand what you are saying. Lets not forget that what we are talking about here is transporting a race car on a small trailer. As far as inside a trailer or boat. I know of many racers that ju; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00103.html (9,196 bytes)
14. Re: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: lb7777@wcrtc.net; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:02:30 -0500; "Common sense and experience" This is the best answer yet. The horizontal movement is the most critical. Larry; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00104.html (9,441 bytes)
15. Re: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: Craig Wright <cwright@pdghightower.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:13:55 -0800; This is good thinking and very worth considering. The straps are there for two reasons. 1. Hold the car in place during normal towing forces (obvious). 2. Hold the car in place during extreme conditi; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00106.html (9,916 bytes)
16. RE: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: "Wiseowl" <wiseowl@thevision.net>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:26:24 -0600; Tom... Wendover has always been good to me. They play Blackjack there with a single deck. blocks and making it rigid.<< Forget the trailer. Knowing the long, straight Nevada roads I say just make one; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00107.html (9,233 bytes)
17. Re: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:48:29 -0800; In fixing the race car to the trailer, I plan on supporting the frame with fixturing. This way, I do not compres the springs or shocks. It will be rigid to the trailer. I tought this was what we were; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00108.html (9,886 bytes)
18. Re: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: DJoh797014@aol.com; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 18:39:14 -0500; I towed my Tiger from Chicago to SUNI I in Aspen. My advice is don't use a single axle trailer like the one I used. And make sure you have good tires and a good spare. I wish I had two spares as I bl; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00118.html (8,172 bytes)
19. Re: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: Tony McNulty <t.mcnulty@ieee.org>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 19:11:32 -0500; I towed my Tiger from NY to CA 20 some-odd years ago -- my $0.02 is simple -- make sure you have super shocks on the rear of your towing vehicle and make DAMNED sure you are 1000% on the trailer brak; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00119.html (9,108 bytes)
20. Re: Tying the Tiger (score: 1): Author: "Stephen Waybright" <gswaybright@txucom.net>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 22:14:08 -0600; Stu has it right... the reason you must tie down the car by it's "unsprung" components (wheels, control arms, axles) is because there would be over-loading (possibly extreme) on the tie downs wheneve; /html/tigers/2003-01/msg00127.html (8,827 bytes)

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