Securing your car on a Recovery wagon?
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Off forum topic really but what experiance have people had when the tow guy secures your car on a flatbed after its broken down. Ive not and hopefully wont have the issue with mine but curious to see/understand others thoughts on:
1. Where the hell do you tow the Ro from up onto the flatbad? (no tow eye)
2. How much control do you have on the way they strap it down as I hate the way they strap over the face of alloys or do the straps up really really tight! I know one day when this happens to me Im going to get into an arguement with the recovery guy as they will most likely treat all cars as just boxes on wheels and not as someones pride and joy...?
1. Where the hell do you tow the Ro from up onto the flatbad? (no tow eye)
2. How much control do you have on the way they strap it down as I hate the way they strap over the face of alloys or do the straps up really really tight! I know one day when this happens to me Im going to get into an arguement with the recovery guy as they will most likely treat all cars as just boxes on wheels and not as someones pride and joy...?
My wife's brother in law works for a recovery company and he takes great pride in securing the cars (that aren't badly bent), as he realises that they are often someone's P&J. Securing by the wheels is a universal way of tying them down, though when we get a new one, he will often have a look underneath to figure out a good way of securing them without straining parts in a way that they weren't designed to be stressed. The straps they use on the wheels do not damage them.
strap around each wish bone and pull it on and ratchet strap it at the front and at the back to be fair its not rocket science the strap at the back should be pullimg it back and the front pulling it forward or vice verser u can go as far as throwing a ratchet strap over each wheel and doing it that way...
Hello,
After my electrical funny when I was on my way to Thunder Road - a very nice chap from the AA pulled it from either side of the steering/suspension setup and made great car in covering the wheels not to damage them.
It all turned out and nothing damaged or stratched.
Just needs to be careful, although I was on pins watching it go on the trailer.
Cheers
Steven
After my electrical funny when I was on my way to Thunder Road - a very nice chap from the AA pulled it from either side of the steering/suspension setup and made great car in covering the wheels not to damage them.
It all turned out and nothing damaged or stratched.
Just needs to be careful, although I was on pins watching it go on the trailer.
Cheers
Steven
drew ss said:
strap around each wish bone and pull it on and ratchet strap it at the front and at the back to be fair its not rocket science the strap at the back should be pullimg it back and the front pulling it forward or vice verser u can go as far as throwing a ratchet strap over each wheel and doing it that way...
Cough splutter... Um, please don't do that with my car. Wishbones bend really easily if pulled in the wrong place.
Theres' nothing wrong with straps over the wheels properly done.
ads_green said:
drew ss said:
strap around each wish bone and pull it on and ratchet strap it at the front and at the back to be fair its not rocket science the strap at the back should be pullimg it back and the front pulling it forward or vice verser u can go as far as throwing a ratchet strap over each wheel and doing it that way...
Cough splutter... Um, please don't do that with my car. Wishbones bend really easily if pulled in the wrong place.
Theres' nothing wrong with straps over the wheels properly done.
not exactly to the wishbones them selves sorry just re read that...
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drew ss said:
ads_green said:
drew ss said:
strap around each wish bone and pull it on and ratchet strap it at the front and at the back to be fair its not rocket science the strap at the back should be pullimg it back and the front pulling it forward or vice verser u can go as far as throwing a ratchet strap over each wheel and doing it that way...
Cough splutter... Um, please don't do that with my car. Wishbones bend really easily if pulled in the wrong place.Theres' nothing wrong with straps over the wheels properly done.
My only real experiance with cars with a Nos 3ltr GSI vectra yrs ago, £2.5K's worth of split rims and they strapped the wheels and I had to intervien as the metal eye the strap went through was about to be rested on the rim edge! They also pulled the ratchet straps far to tight IMHO! I also had a turbo Busa which they managed to let drop on its side just 1/2 mile from home. To be fair though they did cough for the 4.5K repair... 
funny how I ended up with a bigger turbo system after that little mishap. 
funny how I ended up with a bigger turbo system after that little mishap. ARAF said:
drew ss said:
ads_green said:
drew ss said:
strap around each wish bone and pull it on and ratchet strap it at the front and at the back to be fair its not rocket science the strap at the back should be pullimg it back and the front pulling it forward or vice verser u can go as far as throwing a ratchet strap over each wheel and doing it that way...
Cough splutter... Um, please don't do that with my car. Wishbones bend really easily if pulled in the wrong place.
Theres' nothing wrong with straps over the wheels properly done.
not exactly to the wishbones them selves sorry just re read that...
Glad you've qualified that. Many cars have aluminium suspension parts which can snap - not just bend.
correct but we are talking about monaros holdens are we not and wishbones didnt mention anything about suspension and they have metal wishbones as well
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