[Shop-talk] Enclosed car trailer

[Dave]

If you put restraints on the chassis but don't compress the suspension sufficiently the restraints will go slack in a jounce situation and when the suspension rebounds and you hit the limits of the restraints you put a lot of kinetic stress on the restraints and the attachment points.  When you are hauling a car like a TR with a stiff, overdamped suspension there is little secondary bouncing.  If you are hauling a 70's vintage Cadillac, on the other hand...

 

 

Dave Massey


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: David Hillman <hillman at planet-torque.com>
To: Shop Talk List <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, Sep 9, 2015 1:37 am
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Enclosed car trailer


On Tue, 8 Sep 2015, Brad Kahler wrote:
> How much room do you have for the
ratchet straps when using the wheel nets
> (bonnets)?  I'm starting to think
that in the confined spaces of an
> enclosed trailer it might be somewhat of a
pain to try get the wheel nets
> around the wheels.

    The other question
is, do you want to secure the load in the trailer, 
or just the wheels?

   
I know some people like the idea of 1 to 3 tons of vehicle flopping 
around in
their trailer... I do not.  I think it's insane, but to each his 
own.  I tie
down the chassis, not just 100 pounds of wheels.  I have 
tied-down just the
wheels a few times in a pinch ( someone else's car 
lacking anchors, etc ) and
hated it.

--
  David
Hillman