[DeTomaso] Horror Stories....Re: Trailering Tiedown Points- Web Basket Tie Downs

Tue Mar 20 15:26:38 EDT 2007

Guys:

Since it's usually a case of "when", and not "if" these exciting events will strike us, here's a source for those web "baskets" (as the tow truck driver's call them). 

http://www.awdirect.com/catalog.cfm  

You can do a search for "basket", and it will give you these, but you'll also get "lift" style basket straps. So maybe a better choice is part number FPV10A or FPV10B, which differs in the ends on the straps. Either a loop, or a steel triangle. And these are under $30 too. 

They also have just about every kind of gizmo that a tow truck driver could ask for... then there's the "how to tow" directions, the "how to tie down" directions, and so forth.

Lotsa luck, and remember your AAA card...

Chris

Chris Difani
'73 L #5829 "LITNNG"
Sacramento, CA
Email: cdifani at pacbell.net 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Stephens" <artstephens at charter.net>
To: "Larry - Ohio Time Corp." <larry at ohiotimecorp.com>; "Michael Shortt" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>; "Peter Kovacs" <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "panteras" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Horror Stories....Re: Trailering Tiedown Points

> 
>>" I think he taught most here to tie the horse securely to the hitching 
>>post".
>>
>         Ain't that the truth!  I feel like a kid surrounded by a bunch of 
> OLD FARTS!  :-)
> 
> 
> 
>> From: "Michael Shortt" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
>> To: "Peter Kovacs" <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net>
>> Cc: "panteras" <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 12:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Horror Stories....Re: Trailering Tiedown Points
>>
>>
>>> What's the deal with you guys, you park a car and leave it out of gear?
>>>
>>> Didn't your gym coach/driving instructor tell you to leave the car in
>>> gear and aim the wheels towards the curb and to set the aprking brake?
>>>
>>> Michael Shortt
>>>
>>> On 3/20/07, Peter Kovacs <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> I had a line lock installed by a vendor because my original hand brake
>>>> pressed in to the cooling lines when used. The line lock is not reliable
>>>> and on more than one occasion the car has rolled from its original
>>>> location. I came out of the office one day and my car had reparked 
>>>> itself
>>>> against the curb at the other end of the lot. It still had the car cover
>>>> on.
>>>>
>>>> Peter Kovacs
>>>> Property Equity & Mortgage Mgmt
>>>> 209 345-6708
>>>> 209 523-4919 fx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>> From: Mark McWhinney <msm at portata.com>
>>>> To: Larry - Ohio Time Corp. <larry at ohiotimecorp.com>; MikeLDrew at aol.com;
>>>> teampantera at yahoo.com; davidabell at worldnet.att.net;
>>>> mmerritt at eventvehicles.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:02:33 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Horror Stories....Re: Trailering Tiedown Points
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Last year we had a new owner engage a line lock then found his car then
>>>> next
>>>> morning had rolled into the garage door.  Fortunately, there was no real
>>>> damage.
>>>>
>>>> Those line locks are bad juju.  There always seems to be horror stories
>>>> with
>>>> them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Larry - Ohio Time Corp.
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:24 AM
>>>> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; teampantera at yahoo.com;
>>>> davidabell at worldnet.att.net;
>>>> mmerritt at eventvehicles.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Horror Stories....Re: Trailering Tiedown Points
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> When installing a line lock just put the line lock on one line, meaning
>>>> you
>>>> would still have brakes to stop the car from rolling down the drive.
>>>> Right?
>>>>
>>>> Larry - Cleveland
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
>>>> To: <teampantera at yahoo.com>; <davidabell at worldnet.att.net>;
>>>> <mmerritt at eventvehicles.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:47 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Horror Stories....Re: Trailering Tiedown Points
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > In a message dated 3/20/07 7:34:25, teampantera at yahoo.com writes:
>>>> >
>>>> > << Who was the bro' in Norcal who invited an appraisal over to his
>>>> > house
>>>> > to
>>>> > appraise the value of his absolutly stunning black Pantera when as i
>>>> > recall
>>>> > (Mikey should know the twisted details) the guys "hydraulic 
>>>> > line-brake"
>>>> > let go
>>>> > and he rolled down the driveway and smashed into the appraiser's new
>>>> > BMW....and
>>>> > yea, he sold the Pantera too! HAHAHA >>
>>>> >
>>>> >>>>Yeah, that was Michael Harper.  He and I had just gone down to LA so
>>>> >>>>he
>>>> > could purchase a BEAUTIFUL Gr4 replica (which was featured in my
>>>> > first-ever POCA
>>>> > Profiles, in 1995).  Poor guy was way out of his depth, and simply
>>>> > didn't
>>>> > know how a line lock worked.  He thought it was a parking brake.  So 
>>>> > he
>>>> > backed
>>>> > the car out of the garage a few days later, flicked the line-lock with
>>>> > his
>>>>
>>>> > foot
>>>> > OFF the brake, and started to get out of the car.  The car started
>>>> > rolling.
>>>> > He jammed on the brake pedal, but of course the line lock was on, so 
>>>> > no
>>>> > pressure could go past it.  So with his foot pushing the pedal to the
>>>> > floor, he
>>>> > rolled down his steeply inclined driveway and smashed right into his
>>>> > appraiser's
>>>> > car!!!!
>>>> >
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