16-05-2022, 05:25 PM
High Folks,
I am afraid that I use a completely different approach.
I just use two straps and the winch strap to hold my car onto its trailer.
I pass the ratchet straps from side to side through the wheels so only the bottom of the tyre is held down.
The front straps pull the wheel against the tyre stop and the back straps pull slightly backwards
I pass the front strap under the trailer frame to help take to load from the catch pin on the tilt mechanism.
My trailer is a small tilt trailer that weighs in at 220 Kg unbraked.
It lives on its side in the garage against the wall held up with a chain tackle and safety rope
Car weighs 470 Kg so totally within the unbraked limit of 750 KG
The method I use does not pull the wheels out of line and allows the cars supension to do its thing.
I never bother to put the handbrake on or leave the car in gear when on the trailer.
I have been using this trailer and method of holding down since 2012 with no problems.
Often on 160 mile trips.
I am afraid that I use a completely different approach.
I just use two straps and the winch strap to hold my car onto its trailer.
I pass the ratchet straps from side to side through the wheels so only the bottom of the tyre is held down.
The front straps pull the wheel against the tyre stop and the back straps pull slightly backwards
I pass the front strap under the trailer frame to help take to load from the catch pin on the tilt mechanism.
My trailer is a small tilt trailer that weighs in at 220 Kg unbraked.
It lives on its side in the garage against the wall held up with a chain tackle and safety rope
Car weighs 470 Kg so totally within the unbraked limit of 750 KG
The method I use does not pull the wheels out of line and allows the cars supension to do its thing.
I never bother to put the handbrake on or leave the car in gear when on the trailer.
I have been using this trailer and method of holding down since 2012 with no problems.
Often on 160 mile trips.