[Sunbeam Talbot Email List] transporting a beam,

[Vic & Rosalie Hughes]

Our car club has its own trailer that we members borrow - a twin axle job.
After positioning the car on the trailer so that there is a slight downforce
(100 pounds sounds fine) on the towball, and then ensuring the parking brake
is on and car in gear,  I use a heavy duty chain around the rear axle to
secure the car to the back of the trailer (greatest force is encountered
when braking).  Then I use two ratchet tiedowns at the front to 'tension up'
the load.  My last tow was 400 miles and the car didn't shift an inch -
relative to the trailer.  It did make the 400 miles home :-).

Cheers, Vic


----- Original Message -----
From: "George Simpson - Forums" <george.simpson.forums at neuf.fr>
To: <wes.stewart at sunbeamsaloon.com>
Cc: <staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Sunbeam Talbot Email List] transporting a beam,


> My last tow was over 500 miles in a day and I tow on a flat bed trailer
> with twin axles under the platform. I don't even have the bolt-down
> chocks for the wheels and just use two ratcheted tie downs for the front
> wheels. I pass the tie-down heavy canvas band behind the top of the
> wheel and then cross it over at the front so that at  the front of the
> wheel it looks like a  big X with about 8 feet between the tie-down
> attachment points on each side. With my wing (fender) mirrors, I can
> check constantly that the rear wheels have not moved and, of course,
> check about every 200 miles that all tie downs etc are in place and tight.
>
> Your set up seems more than adequate. As always, look for about 100 lbs
> on the tow ball.
>
> Cheers
>
> George
>
> wes.stewart at sunbeamsaloon.com wrote:
> > When I go to Galveston to collect "the beam", I will be taking my 22ft
car hauler trailer so as to flat tow the car back home. I have tie-down
rings at front and rear, and an adjustable wheel stop (4x4) that straps down
to push the front wheels against. I tow my Austin 1100 and Riley Elf with
ease and use 4 ratcheted tie-downs: one for each corner.
> >
> > Are there any particularly good or bad tie-down points on the car. With
a nice heavy-duty frame it would seem pretty much anything goes, but I
thought I would check with the "experience" pool.
> >
> > WES
> >
> > Fate, TX
> >
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