Re: hauling car on trailer

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2014/3/25 9:10:50

I've used professional carriers several times to haul the 34 significant distances, and to haul the 56 for its transmission rebuild. They use web straps, 8 in total (4 at each corner). The 34 is easiest because it has a solid beam front axle, on it they for around the axle tubes in the rear and the solid axle in the front, 2 straps at each corner, one fore and one aft. On the 56 they do the rear the same (around the axle tubes) and in the front they attach to the lower A-frame. They always want the parking brake set after the car in tightened down and on automatic transmissions do NOT want the transmission in Park. Battery disconnected of course. On two-tier carriers the lower car is covered with plastic, should the car above it leak some AF, oil, or the worst - brake fluid.

Though I don't believe it applies in this case, let me say it here as a reminder for the future, and this applies to hauling cars cross-country, from warmer climates in the Southwest to the Northeast, especially in the winter. Cars from the warmer climates may not have antifreeze in the cooling system and I know of two cases where engine blocks have cracked enroute due to encountering freezing conditions.