Calspeed, I'm afraid that if you use a WENCH to load your car onto a
trailer, SHE will possibly do more damage to your vehicle than you
anticipate. PAT 67.5 2000
-----Original Message-----
From: Terry and Donna Cost <tcost@vvm.com>
To: Datsun Roadsters <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 6:46 AM
Subject: wenching onto a trailer
>Calspeed,
>
>What you need to load your car on the trailer is a wench. Have your wife
>drive it on and then you can blame her if she drives off the front or the
>sides. Also, if you have a small wheel chock fastened to the floor, you
>will be able to position the car in the exact same spot every time you
load.
>With a single axle trailer, tongue weight varies a lot with the car
>position, and tongue weight affects straight-line towing "sway". A foot
>long 2X4 is enough chock to catch one wheel. The hitch ball is more than
>strong enough to hold the trailer while you drive onto it. If you don't
want
>to permanently fasten a chock to your trailer, paint a line on the floor
>where you want the front wheel to go. Test drive at speed to see if the
>trailer sways, then reposition the car. A reasonable tongue weight is
>around 200 pounds. Use 3/8" chains front and back to hold the car to the
>trailer in case of emergency. You can keep the car from moving around with
>straps and winch cables, but they come loose. Don't use the sway bar mount
>to fasten down the car. You will rip off your mount. I use the spring
>mounts in back and the a-arms and frame in front. Probably you're already
>at Shasta and you'll read this when you've returned, so all this advice
will
>be for next time out.
>
>Leisure Suit Terry
>
>
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