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[iMurray]

Push the naffing thing

[fusionfanatic]

Proper firms who move cars regularly dont tie the wheels.

They tie the body/chassis down to the trailer or truck. Basically pulling the car downwards towards the trailer. Modern cars have holes in the chassis and you can buy twist in type ends for ratching down with.

Look at trucks on trailers (ice road truckers etc) they dont strap the wheels, but the vehicle chassis down to the trailer using ratchet chains in heavy load cases

I think you'll find recovery firms do tie the wheels, they also may tie the body instead. strapping the wheels offers the best security while having least risk of damage. When I carry any load, car, piece of machinery I stop at least every 50 miles to check the load for settlement, its an important thing to do.

If having a safety chain is a legal requirement why do trailers come with an arrestor which pulls the brake on? I think I would prefer the trailer to stop in the road rather than run into the back of the tow vehicle causing more damage to both the trailer the tow car and who knows what else? and if your thinking the following car will hit that trailer having stopped in the road then they would have been driving too close or not paying attention.

[Artstu]

Large car transporters I've seen have a strap running around the tyre on the tread, the base of the vehicle has holes in to allow for positioning the strap just forward and aft of the tyre with a bracket that clips in, that's much better than my D-straps that can loosen and do need checking if you've driven over some rough hilly roads in the pennies.

[cliche]

Push the naffing thing

most of us have to do that when driving anyway

[MISSMADFORMOTORS]

i think ill go wheels and subframe...hahahahahaha so much dicussion hahah :)
Miss M

[Ethel]

Trucks mostly have live axles, strapping them is much the same as strapping the wheels

[Cooperman]

Just tie the bloody thing on so that it won't fall off! So long as it is tied with proper ratchet straps front & rear and the ratchets are tight it won't move. It's really not a problem.

The original question was where is the best place to tie a mini down.
So far you replied any where and have suggested travelling at excessive speeds is fine. Top tips there!

This is what I said originally
I go from the front towing eyes to the front of the trailer and from the rear sub-frame to the back of the trailer. But I have a very long 4-wheel trailer. When I've used a shorter trailer I've gone backwards from the front wheels and forward from the rear wheels. Also in-gear with the handbrake on hard.

[iMurray]

Listen to Cooper man! He has a beard not unlike Gandalf's

[Pickering]

Forget a trailer and pick it up and put it on back if a pickup

Like so



But on a trailer tie down by the wheels :)

[Cooperman]

Has that Mini just come out of the skip, or is it just about to go in?!

[Cooperman]

If you only have standard ratchet straps and go round the wheels it is necessary to be careful not to tighten against the brake pipes or flexibles.

[Pickering]

Has that Mini just come out of the skip, or is it just about to go in?!

Nothing to do with skip I'm moving units and could get hold of a trailer lmao so picked it up and put it on back of pickup, we were ment to be moving just my tool box till I could use the trailer but worked out the mini would fit so moved that instead lol

[MIGLIACARS]

this is the best way to do it.
easy
safe
cheap 4 straps £50 delivered

Edited by MIGLIACARS, 26 October 2012 - 02:40 PM.

[wolfie]

I work in recovery

Always strap down on the wheels or if heavy enough tow eyes never on body or subframes, the car will move and bounce slightly so straps can work loose or cut though if not installed correctly, you can get non marking straps with fibre system 69's rather than the d rings these are much better, also when you install straps put them slightly lower then cenre wheel if yo have an accident the staps may slip sticking them above centre mean they can slip over top of tyre, slightly under mean they snag on suspension.

i do alot of specialised recovery

Edited by wolfie, 27 October 2012 - 08:40 AM.

[wolfie]

Proper firms who move cars regularly dont tie the wheels.

They tie the body/chassis down to the trailer or truck. Basically pulling the car downwards towards the trailer. Modern cars have holes in the chassis and you can buy twist in type ends for ratching down with.

Look at trucks on trailers (ice road truckers etc) they dont strap the wheels, but the vehicle chassis down to the trailer using ratchet chains in heavy load cases

That is total rubbish you only chain down machinery or very heavy loads, this could be dangerous advice.