On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Brad Kahler <bkahler1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sometime in the next 6 months or so I'm thinking about buying an enclosed
> car trailer for hauling my TR6 behind my motorhome.
>
> For those of you who may have been down this road I'd like to ask a few
> questions:
>
> 1) Did you use E-track for tying the car down?
>
Yes. The is no place on an Elise I want to put a hook on. Stag is
pretty-much the same story.
>
> 2) If you used E-track how did you fasten it to the floor?
>
1/4-inch bolts. Like 400 of them. 2" fender washers and Nyloc nuts. Every
hole gets a bolt.
> 3) If you used E-track how hard is it to tire bonnets with ratchets on a
> small car like a TR6?
>
Easy. Use the three-point system. End of the strap is E-track clip. Then
the strap (for the elise, with wide tires over the E-track) or
basket-formed from straps (for cars with narrower track and/or skinny
tires). Then a strap-pulley attached to an E-track clip. Then the ratchet
(which runs horizontally outside the outline of the car). Then the third
and final E-track clip.
>
> 4) If you didn't use E-track how did you tie the car down?
>
> 5) Did you get an extended tongue?
>
No.
>
> 6) Would you prefer a torsion axle over leaf springs?
>
Yes. The load floor is lower.
>
> 7) Did you get any 120vac wiring installed or did you wire it yourself for
> 120vac?
>
No.
>
> 8) Did you opt for a roof top air conditioner?
>
No.
>
> 9) Did you buy a 7' wide, 8' wide or 8'-6" wide trailer? And why did you
> select that width?
>
8'-6". I like to have room to get around the car. In addition, I have a
left access door. Being able to open the car door on the Elise is a must,
unless I always winch it in. My winch with a wireless remotw cost 50 bucks
on sale at Harbor Freight.
>
> Ok maybe more than a few questions!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brad
> _______________________________________________
>
> Shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation $12.96
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/pethier7@gmail.com
>
>
--
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1973 Triumph Stag LE22439UBW "uncle jack", Sapphire Blue
2004 Suburban 8.1, Sport Red, the only automatic of the bunch
2005 Lotus Elise, Bordeaux Red Pearl
2005 Subaru Legacy GT Limited, Regal Blue Pearl
http://www.mnautox.com
_______________________________________________
Shop-talk@autox.team.net
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
|