Re: Trailering my Mopar

[Steve Chervinsky <63hemipolara@xxxxxxxxx>]

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DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BUY THOSE E-TRACK SYSTEMS. They are
meant to be mounted to the walls of trucks and meant to be strapped on
the same plane. I bought some for the front of my trailer, mounted it,
lost a car off the trailer. Fortunately the rear cris-crossed straps
held it to the trailer. I made plates with a 2" stud eye hook in them.
The plates mount to the u-bolts that hold on the diff. I use the outer
2X4 boxes with one strap as a safety. I use the front frame of the
trailer with 6" twin eye straps that I click one end of the strap to
with cris-crossed straps that attach to the frame connectors. The
wheel type are the best and the safest, probably why all the flatbed
tow trucks use them.

Steve

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Bill <Y1TopBanana73@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I bought a 16' flatbed, tandem axle trailer last year which has proved
> to be invaluable so far. It's got a wooden deck made of 2x8's,
> removable ramps, and a nice diamond plate tool box. The only drawback
> is that it doesn't have any good places to tie the car down. It has
> ~2"x4" boxes periodically down the outside metal rail but it's hard to
> get the hook of my straps to grab in a good position on them.
>
> I started looking for wheel web straps and also found the "E-Track"
> system. Has anyone had any experience with these? They look like a
> good setup. If I use them, my big question is where and how to mount
> them.
>
> Can they go horizontally on the outer edge of the deck ? If so, will
> the hooks and rails take lateral stress?
>
> Can they go vertically on the edge rail? If so, will the hooks and
> rails take lateral stress?
>
> Should they go inboard a little so that the car is driving on top of them?
>
> Another thing is how do they attach to the deck? I don't think my deck
> boards are bolted down in the middle...just @ the ends. I guess  if
> the car is on the same board as the rail it won't matter.
>
> --
> Bill M
>



-- 
Steve
'63 Hemi Polara

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