Howdy,
Sorry about the "blast from the past" but I'm going through old messages.
Hopefully the topic isn't enough out of date to irritate...
I'm with David. I tie the car down using the frame, which compresses the
suspension a bit and certainly limits the car body movement. I've been
doing it for a long time towing race cars and never had an issue with it.
I very much like that the car can't pitch around on its own suspension as
much.
Also, I wanted to take a bit of exception to one of David's implications
below... One of the reasons to tie the car down with the chassis and not
the wheels is to _limit_ shock movement and therefore wear. I imagine
this matters more to us "stupidly expensive shocks on a racecar" folks,
but I'd just as soon not put the extra miles on my shocks towing to an
event.
Mark
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012, David Hillman wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2012, John Niolon wrote:
>> the trailer has 4 tie downs welded in , one at each corner and side board
>> anchors along each side, no rub rail. wondering the best type of tie down
>> to
>> use with the truck... I like ther wheel basket straps on each wheel..
>> seems
>> it would secure it well but not pull down the suspension... which may or
>> may
>> not affect towing ???
>
> I know a lot of people prefer tieing down by the wheels, but I have never
> liked the idea of a ton plus of vehicle suspended and moving around on my
> trailer, in an emergency. Everything I tow, mainly my 2000 pound racecar and
> occasionally heavier ones for friends, gets strapped down by the tow-hooks on
> the car, tight, whenever possible. A 3-series BMW I've moved a few times
> does not have attachment points on the chassis, so tieing to the wheels is
> the only option, and you can feel the difference.
>
> Last winter, I had to make an emergency lane change under hard braking at
> the crest of a rise, due to an incredibly stupid cabbie on the Tollway, and
> the trailer stayed right where it was supposed to be, behind my truck. Now,
> maybe that would've happened anyway, but this seems safest to me. Maybe it'll
> eventually wear out my shocks, but they have about 350,000 miles on 'em now
> and dozens of tie-downs, so I'm okay with that. Shocks, even expensive ones,
> are far cheaper than the potential expense of crashing into a stopped cab, a
> conversion van, and a 3rd vehicle on the shoulder. YMMV.
>
> As as aside, if you are looking for straps, this company in Ohio makes
> very high quality pieces ( in Ohio, not China ). I bought a set a couple
> years ago, and have been very pleased.
>
> http://www.lodimetals.com/car-tie-downs
>
> --
> David Hillman
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