alamantia |
04-01-2007 05:33 PM |
Always cris-cross tie downs
Came back from Atco last night.. Opened the tralor up to find the vette had bounced off the rack and was up agienst the wall in the trailor. A few more inches and it could have fallen onto the pro-mod causing further carnage. It took two of us to lift it up and somewhat back into place so that we could pull the camaro out and let the rack down to manouver the vett to where it was supposed to be. Today we see the rear had shifted from the 4-link and on the nose of the car the fiberglass was severly scratched (i dont even want to tell you how much that paint job cost). Rule of thumb is to always cris-cross tie downs, two in front and two in the back. Unfortunatly, because of the recent powder coating and proximity of the A-frame to the D handles in the rack we did not have tie downs short enough that wouldnt rub off teh coating, even when we fanagled them as best we could. Also use the tie downs that have spring loaded safty clips on the hooks. We have finished assesing the damage today and unfortunatly this is not april fools joke. We will have the car fixed this week including paint. There was a top sportsman, I believe he was, who hit the wall on thursday who is now in stable condition but lost a car and has severe burns on his face, thats our class, so our problems dont seem so bad. Rule of thum when towing a race car. Despite what anyone tells you leave it in park, thats what saved ours, id rather ruin a parking paul than a car. If you are racing a caburated car, run the fuel pump if the car has been sitting prior to your trip to pump the floats in the metering block up so they dont bang around. Criss-cross tie downs. Stop a few miles into your trip to check that nothing is tight. We did this but it must have come loose on the Tpk after we stoped at the Red Lion Diner last night. And cross the saftey chains going from your hitch to your trailor.
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