need to tie it down - 88 5K TQ

[Steve Sears]

George,
I second your vote - tire straps are the way to go.  There was a dealer of
straps at Imports at Carlisle this year, Strap King or something like that.
For our Canadian listers, and those who would consider ordering thru the
mail, Princess Auto has tire straps on sale right now until July 10 -
C$26.99 although you'd have to provide the ratchet - www.princessauto.com
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes - straps in action:
http://www.sentex.net/~fdekat/carlisle/dkw1.jpg

----- Original Message ----- 
> From: George Selby <gselby4x4 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: quattro Digest, Vol 20, Issue 87
> To: quattro at audifans.com
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> At 05:32 PM 6/29/05, you wrote:
> >I thought they weren't "tow hooks," but were there to tie the car down
> >while on a boat to the final selling destination.
> >
> >Most of the trailering of cars I've seen has involved then being tied
> >down by suspension parts (control arms, etc.) at all four corners, with
> >all the chains under tension.
>
> I think the tow hooks are for towing the vehicle European style, with a
> cable running from the tow truck to the car, rather than American style
> towing of either lifting one end off the ground or loading the entire
> vehicle onto a flatbed truck.  They may use the cable to pull one end off
> the ground, I'm not sure?  They are heavier duty then the shipping hooks
on
> Japanese vehicles of the same vintage.
>
> As to trailering a car, I used to help a friend of mine trailer cars from
> Richmond, VA to our home city of Greenville, NC on a weekly basis.  After
> much trial and error, what we found to work best was the straps that go
> around the tire, and then fasten to the trailer.  They are available at
> farm supply stores (such as Agri-Supply in the Carolinas and
> Virginia.)  Safety chain prevents car from going too far forward or back
in
> the event of an emergency.   Once we started using these, we never had any
> more cars come loose (Just as previously described:  Chains slacken during
> a bounce, and car hops sideways.)   Incidentally, we would usually tow two
> cars at once; one on the trailer, and one with two wheels on, two wheels
> off.  Works best with front wheel drive cars.  Believe it or not, this is
> legal.
>
>
> George Selby