"Graeme" <Graeme (AT) nospam (DOT) demon.co.uk> wrote

No guarantee as to quality but I believe Machine Mart supply these tie down
straps

PhilC

"PhilC" <rascas (AT) talktalk (DOT) net> wrote

All the above is excellent advice. However, in addition to all that you need
a sound trailer to attach all that kit to. Is a converted caravan chassis up
to the job? Has the conversion been done 'properly'? Or did they just cut
off the cravan body and leave the floor as it was? Could be well dodgy...

Simon H

In message <Bv6dnUpyUPm2NEXZRVnyvg (AT) bt (DOT) com>, Badger
<brianhatton (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> writes
Thanks to EVERYONE who commented. All comments were noted, and a visit
to the above site explained exactly what I needed.

Drove down to collect the car Thursday, loaded yesterday and returned
today. 475 miles each way. Long journeys, particularly the return
(M11, A14, A1, A68, A720, M8, M90, A93), and I am glad it is over!
What did I overlook? Yes, the rear brakes were seized, which was a
pain, but remedied.

Noted - but would be interested to know why.
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Graeme

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:30:03 UTC, News <news (AT) nospam (DOT) demon.co.uk>
wrote:

: In message <Bv6dnUpyUPm2NEXZRVnyvg (AT) bt (DOT) com>, Badger
: <brianhatton (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> writes

: > NEVER apply the
: >handbrake or put an auto in Park on any vehicle being transported on a
: >trailer, secure using only the straps mentioned above.
:
: Noted - but would be interested to know why.

I'd be interested too. My DS has done it's fair share of
transporter-borne miles, and on every occasion the recovery chap has
asked me to make sure that she is in gear with the handbrake on.

Ian
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Ian Johnston (ian.groups (AT) btinternet (DOT) com) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

When I trailered the Ami up to an event a couple of months ago, I *forgot*
to put the handbrake on and leave it in gear - and even with all four
wheels securely ratchet-strapped using proper wheel straps, it moved about
on the trailer far too much for my liking.

On the way back, it was handbrake/gear, and stayed firmly put.

"Adrian" <toomany2cvs (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

I've never come across the advice not to put the handbrake on, and I
always do so when there's a working handbrake. The only reference I've
ever seen to auto box cars on trailers was in the handbook for an XJS,
which warned against putting it in "Park", without giving a reason. I
can only guess it's something to do with the car shuffling backwards and
forwards and thus subjecting the parking pawl to repeated loads, but
that doesn't sound very convincing. IIRC on some Shadows the Park
position engages automatically when you stop the engine, so it's a good
job I've never been asked to shift one of them.


properly. Possible if the attachment points for both ends of each strap
are too close to the wheel, I suppose. I do find the Bateson trailer
reassuring, though: it has sides, a tailgate, and adjustable scotches,
so there's a backup system in place.


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Kevin Poole
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"Autolycus" <mar2006 (AT) mainbeam (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Maybe with all the to-ing and fro-ing the transmission can get stuck in
"Park"?

Ron Robinson



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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Autolycus"
<mar2006 (AT) mainbeam (DOT) co.uk> saying something like:

Makes sense to me, having once stripped a parking pawl on an XJ12 by
slinging it into P just as it rolled to a stop.
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Dave
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