[Shop-talk] which tie down best for car hauler

[John Niolon]

another question on the baskets  (this is how I'm leaning... no holes in my 
pretty frame, no clearance to climb under the truck for axle straps and the 
brake lines are in the way anyway.

My rears are 12.5" wide...tire diameter 26.5)    I wonder if they make a 
basket that will work with that width without spending extra $$$ for custom 
made...   and will a single strap be sufficient to hold that wide a wheel in 
place. ??

john
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Scarbrough" <fishplate at gmail.com>
To: "shop-talk at autox.team.net" <Shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] which tie down best for car hauler


> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:07 AM, Steven Trovato <strovato at optonline.net> 
> wrote:
>>  The fact that the tire basket style tie-downs even exist tells me that 
>> it
>> can't be totally crazy.
>
> When I sold my VW Campmobile last winter, the guy who picked it up got
> it as a backhaul.  His normal load was Ambulances being hauled from
> the factory in Indiana to the port at Savannah or Charleston.  He tied
> it down by the wheels...but it looked scary to me.
>
> All other things being equal, I'd tie the wheels down tight, then
> cross-strap the frame snug.  But I'm an Over-Engineer by training.
>
> Jeff Scarbrough
> Corrosion Acres, Ga.
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