FW: <VV> Proper tie down of a Corvair onto a Car Carrier Trailer

[Brandes, Guy]

Hey, a cheep trailer ball scale is a bathroom scale as long as your not
loading on a Sherman tank.

Guy
LM 4 door

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Sethracer at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 2:53 PM
To: JRVIDRINE at aol.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Proper tie down of a Corvair onto a Car Carrier
Trailer

 
In a message dated 3/22/2006 12:35:28 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
JRVIDRINE at aol.com writes:

I  understand that you need to back the car onto the trailer to put the

weight (60% to the rear) onto the trailer tongue.  My specific  question
is  
this: 
What is the best and safest means for securing the  car to the  trailer.
I 
have 
been told to chain the front of the  car to the two front  securement
points 
and then to use fabric straps  with ratchet attachments to  the rear.


Randy- You will get lots of different opinions on this one. What I did
to  
confirm the trailer tongue weight was to borrow a trailer ball weight
gage. When 
 tucked under the contacting point of the trailer, you can read the
actual 
weight  pushing down on the ball of the towing vehicle. I moved my car
fore and 
aft to  get the 10% number I was seeking. Once there, I marked the
trailer for 
the  center of the front wheels and rear wheels, so I could just put the
car 
back in  the same place every time. 
Depending on the fore-aft location of the wheels on your trailer, you
may or 
may not want to load rearward first. You might be able to position the
car a 
little bit more forward (Front first) and still get the tongue load you

want. It would certainly make loading and unloading a bit easier.  On my
current 
car, I loop the front ratchet straps over the lower control arms  and
snugged 
them to the front D rings, then I loop the rears around the rear  live
axle 
and snug them to the rear. On a late Vair, I would loop the rear  straps
around 
the lower strut rod or the drive axles and snug them up. You can  leave
the 
emerency brake on for this, as long as you take it out of gear, and
release the 
Parking brake before you go. I also tow about 25 feet, stop, then go
back 
are verify the snugness of the tie-downs. Some folks like to tie-down
just the 
four wheels, so the chassis is not loaded during tow. It is an option.
- Seth 
Emerson
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