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Old 10-16-2004, 01:27 PM
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Tying a car to a trailor

My father has a flatbed trailor and would like to be able to haul my 91 GTA. The car has no sub-frame connectors or other modifications. What would be the best places to tie it down?

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Old 10-16-2004, 01:58 PM
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Straps that go over the tires and tie down to the reailer.
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Car: candy blue 85 z28
Engine: 305 tpi LB9
Transmission: 700r4 crazy beefed up one
Axle/Gears: ones with teeth
when towing on a flat bed wreker,

hook chains to lower a arms and chains on rear axle twoards back and tighten, then it is puling foward and back at same time.

so you would need to secure one end of the car front or rear and then use a come along and tighten the other end with a chain attached to the axle end and the come along in the middle to tension it all.

the key is to tighten the suspension not the body. the shocks and springs could cause chains to some loose if holding only the body. when it bounces if the wheels are held down tight your all set.

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i use a couple of nylon straps with eyes on them over the rear end then use ratchet straps on them. use same sort of straps on lower control arms and then chains to hold front to trailer.
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Just to add to the above, just make sure that you're not pinching/binding the brake lines.

Never got hip to those straps that went around the tires, I've used a Uhaul like that once before, seem to want to work there way loose on me....might have just been me, or BS straps.
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