At 05:38 PM 2/21/97 -0800, REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER wrote:
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>With regards to putting the car inside an enclosed trailer your biggest
>problem would probably be the thing shifting or rolling out the back. You
>would definitely have to chock the wheels, and apply brake. Some trailers
>have d rings mounted in the floor to allow tie down of cargo. Perhaps you
>could secure it that way with a bunch of nylon straps with the ratcheting
>winch thing on them. I imagine the idea would be to hold the car down. Some
>trailers have notches in the walls to hold 2 x 4s to prevent shifting.
>Perhaps you could attach a 2 x 4 that would fit in those notches (parallel
>to the axle) to a piece of plywood with chocks screwed onto it that the car
>would roll onto. It might look like...
>Change to a non-proportional font
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>side view
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> Chocks
> 3/4 plywood / \ 2X4 Should be long enough
> \ \ to fit into notcheds on wall
> \ /\ /\ ___
> \ / \ / \ / /|
> ____/ \________/ \___/ / /_
> / / / / / / / / /|
> / / / / / / / / // \
> / / / / / / / / // /\
> / / / / / / / / // /
> / /\ / /\ / / / / //
> / /##\ / /##\ / / / / // Width of car
> / /####\/ /####\/ / / / //
>===========================/==/ /==/ /
> /__/ / \/
> |___|/ \
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>Chris Reichle
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>I like your art work
Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA.
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