[DeTomaso] Trailering Tiedown Points

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

I'm an engineer and my understanding is that tiedowns on the wheels will put no additional stress at all on the suspension.

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Merritt" <mmerritt at eventvehicles.com>
To: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: den 15 mars 2007 16:30
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Trailering Tiedown Points


> Hi Mike and All:
> 
> I'm no engineer but my basic understanding of leverage makes me think that
> attaching tiedown straps to the wheels would put more stress on the
> suspension (but probably not the unibody) than using the inboard part of the
> A-arms.  
> 
> I guess that the bottom line is that if you're going to tow your Pantera
> often you should fabricate some stout tow loops (not hooks).
> 
> MM
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 5:51 PM
> To: peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net; hjbutler at bellsouth.net; Matt Merritt;
> detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Trailering Tiedown Points
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/14/07 15:18:33, peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net writes:
> 
> << No offense taken Matt. You both went in to more detail than I did and
> brought up important points. I used to run the straps over the A arms until
> I was advised by Pantera people at the Las Vegas event that I was possibly
> impacting my alignment when cinching down the car. Is that a valid concern?
> >>
> 
> >>>I have seen A-arms bent by well-intentioned trailer-types, most 
> >>>notably in
> the rear.  The front ones seem stronger.  Running the strap through the
> wheel in the front seems to be a great technique, and in the back I would
> definitely run the strap through some part of the chassis rather than the
> A-arm.  
> Contrary to what Matt suggested, it's not difficult to run the rear straps
> around the rearmost cross-piece of the chassis (to which the center sway bar
> mounts are affixed).
> 
> Finally, in the most extreme case, I have seen a Pantera chassis (Ellis
> Woumnm's) literally broken by an overzealous tow truck driver.  He cranked
> down super-hard on the straps, then took the car on a very bumpy drive.  The
> chassis cracked just forward of the footboxes, and he had to weld it back
> together at a PCNC tech session.
> 
> Larry Stock recently discovered that his chassis was broken there too, and
> the only thing holding the car together was his chassis stiffening kit!!!!
> 
> Mike
> 
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