Bracket Talk
Boring in here let's start a debate. To cross or not?

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August 23, 2019, 07:51 PM
wideopen231
Boring in here let's start a debate. To cross or not?
Guess its door car only question since nobody said they strap over tire?




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August 24, 2019, 09:23 AM
Phil Dees
Cashflow, never done it myself, but have seen it quite a few times.
August 24, 2019, 11:22 AM
Canted Valve
I assume "straps" refer to webbing straps, which is all the rage these days in our throw away world. Chains w/chain booms eliminate a lot of the perceived problems mentioned in the vid. Hey, maybe if they had "seat chains" NHRA could do away with seat belt re certs! Didn't think of that


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August 24, 2019, 03:49 PM
fasterat
I remember a fellow racer 20 something years ago flipped his enclosed trailer. He used chains and binders. The car stayed tied down to the floor, while upside down.
August 24, 2019, 04:10 PM
Hotrod Corvette
quote:
Originally posted by Phil Dees:
Why use straps? Just put it in park.


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August 26, 2019, 11:58 AM
Rob7181
I cross mine front and back. Still almost had the roadster come off the top of the lift. Have at least two friends that have had a car bounce off the lift and into the wall of their stackers. Found mine an inch from the side one time coming back from Charlotte (6 hour tow on 95). Since then I still cross them, but also add two side pull straps that go to the frame and floor of the lift.


Rob Robertson
August 26, 2019, 11:36 PM
TORQIN
Secret on the lifts...tie the lift to the floor as it will bounce the lift itself with car tied to it. Cars stopped bouncing off of lift and to the side when I started strapping the lift to the floor.

Just my experience...
August 27, 2019, 07:33 PM
Rob7181
Chris,

How are you tying it to the floor?


Rob Robertson
August 27, 2019, 10:33 PM
TORQIN
Hook ratchet strap to lift and other end to D ring on floor of trailer...front and back of lift.
August 28, 2019, 04:27 AM
Rob7181
Got it, thank you sir!


Rob Robertson
August 28, 2019, 10:10 AM
Cashflow
I went with my friend Craig Liles to the Topeka Divisional race and after we loaded my car up top he tied the floor down also. He tied it to the big pins that the lift sits on. Looked like a pretty good idea to me.

I don't normally tie the front end of my dragster down tight when it's in my trailer. I just use a Mac's strap that is lightly cinched in order to keep it from moving around but we tied the front end down pretty tight since it was on the lift.

Things do seem to move around a bit more up in the air.


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August 29, 2019, 12:22 AM
Bad Nusz
Do you like a woman in a black brassiere with the straps crossed in the back, or just straight up and down?
August 29, 2019, 01:13 AM
imakehp
I like it when the bra is on the foot of the bed....


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August 29, 2019, 09:35 AM
Cashflow
Big Grin


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August 29, 2019, 10:18 AM
Mike Nitzsche
I guess I've been lucky. I've crossed my straps for 20 years with 0 problems. I don't even understand this phantom "strap migration" issue the dude talks about. I've never had a strap move, let alone migrate.
August 29, 2019, 11:31 AM
green1
I double cross everything and everybody.
August 29, 2019, 03:46 PM
rallye bob
I think the #1 tow question is, park or neutral?
I cross front and rear....