wam3

Thanks for the tip. Just ordered a pair. Like you said, cheap insurance.

harleypower69

I always have mine loaded this way, truck will still need some 2 X 6 for the front to clear. This method has worked for me with both C4 and C6.

To the OP, this thread was very useful, once I got to the meat of it, thanks for posing the question.

Jayhawk62

Oldtee, I like your thinking!

Z06pete

Well, You could always purchase one of these and carry it with you. Should you need it fits in the jacking puck holes on your C6 just fine.
Then the Tow Truck operator can pull your car up on his flat bed no problem no damage.

ls1121

Being that I can only talk about things that are Real, I would call my wife and have her bring me my spare tire that is in the garage or....... I would drive the car the 20 or so feet onto the truck. Really if you cannot figure this out then keep buying run flats.

Boomer111

Problem is assuming all professional tow operators are really seasoned.

Never assume anything if you really care about the outcome.

lvjetboy

That's good advice. The other problem is access to professional operators with limited C6 experience WHERE YOU BREAK DOWN. They may be very experienced (and professional) in heavy truck and standard car towing, but have little or no experience with a specialty car like a newer model vette.

Doesn't matter if he's loading your vette from the front or the back, he still needs to know exactly where to HOOK THE CHAINS. They just don't go anywhere even if he loads from the back. There is no, "Seems like a lot of places." Because there's a lot of wrong places that may seem OK but can damage your C6. The chain hooks go into the lift puck holes (front and/or back) as those holes are designed to take the pulling stress without damage.

And like someone already posted, most tow driver experienced or not have the center Y chain so you don't need to run out and buy specialty straps.
Regardless of how limited your towing company options are, as an owner, if you know where the hooks go, you're better off preventing someone trying to hook the chains anywhere even if loading from the back.

jer

tennblkc6

item not showing up in the link..what is it?
thanks

rleem7

What exactly am I looking for?

dentalfloss

The chain ends go where the blue dots are. There are slotted holes specific for this. Just feel under that area and you will find them

HOXXOH

So the newbee comes in with his 2nd ever post and the visual aid solution. The winner.

Corvettinator

As a 20+-year Premier AAA member (as is my whole family, 3 generations), I'd tell a driver with your attitude to go F himself, and report him to AAA, and demand that they never send your company to me on a tow again. Then I'd rip their @$$ on Yelp.

I used to dispatch tow trucks for a gas station when I was in HS. Most of the drivers were the type of rabble that the UK sent off to Australian penal colonies in the 18th Century. When you find a good one, you've really got something.

Corvettinator

Typically, hauling a Vette from the back it lowers the front so much it scrapes the airdam and splitter pretty bad. I have a rear tow hook, and it is pretty useless except for pulling the car evenly (like on a track), not up onto a flatbed.

dentalfloss

I am retired and have an automotive hobby shop and after owning my Vet for a couple days I have had it on my Mohawk A-7 lift several times. The Mohawk is a 2 post which has 4 arms extending. I used the blue dot location with puck and it works perfect. So the blue dots are automotive lifts and securing on a flatbed tow truck. After owning several very low cars, I have a tow company that I am friends of the owner and they know to bring planks or whatever is necessary not damage my cars.

Iconic

Every C6 has 4 T hooks flots in the frame. These slots are where you place your jacking pucks. I've had my Grand Sport on and off a rollback at least a dozen times. I've trailered on an 18 wheeler semi to track events in Florida and Alabama and to get it off of my trailer and onto the ground, I've hired local towing rollbacks from Daytona, Palm Beach, Sebring, and Talladega plus a few here in Wis. The tow truck rolbacks are all the same with all of the T-hooks, winch cables, wood, ect.

Every single time, the drill goes like this - I tell the driver that I will back it onto the rollback and ask him to please place the wood as needed under the front tires so I do not scrape. They've all been good, no scrapes to date. Once I am clear, I continue to back up onto the trailer. Some drivers insist on winching it up with T hooks and winch cable, but I have loaded it and unloaded without any help from the winch. Unloading it back onto the ground, same proccess reversed. If you have a base C6, you might get by without wood, but if you have a GS or Z06, you will need wood, or race ramps. Here's a few pics

The day I bought it new at the dealer





Daytona


Talladega

0Fred@ReverseLogic

The Race Ramps shown in the post above are standard trailer ramps for loading cars onto car trailers. Race Ramps also offers tow truck specific ramp models.

The Tow Truck ramps have a 5000 pound per pair capacity. They are only 10" wide and would normally be used with a winch. The two piece design allows the ramps to be stored in the 4' tool boxes on the side of the truck. The leading piece can be used alone in many cases.

Tow companies who have purchased these flat bed extension ramps report getting very positive comments from customers who appreciate the extra care demonstrated when using the Race Ramps.

http://www.reverselogic.us/tow-truck-ramps

Corvettinator

I was going to get Race Ramps to change my oil, until I learned my dealer would do it for like $11 if I brought my own Mobil 1.

What's cool is they make reversible ramps for both maintenance and trailering. Not cheap ($430, not including the $140 cribs you'll want to level the car), but useful.

And nobody said owning a Vette would be cheap.

0Fred@ReverseLogic

There are actually two models of Race Ramps with the invertible incline sections. The RLL-80-2 which Reverse Logic introduced in January 2013, and the RR-80-10-2 model which Race Ramps offered beginning November 2013.

Both ramp models are 80" long and have a cradle top platform. The RLL-80-2 has a 6.8 degree incline and a 9" high platform. The RR-80-10-2 has a 8.5 degree incline and a 10" high platform.

Both of these ramps are rated at 3000 pounds per pair, whereas the tow truck ramps are a heavy duty model with a 5000 pounds per pair capacity.

Reverse Logic sells the RLL-80-2 incline sections separately for people who do not need the service ramp platform.

http://www.reverselogic.us/shop.html...49&id=19995831

The RLL-80-2 ramp model is our most popular two-stage incline ramp.

dentalfloss

My Corvette on my 2 post lift. I since bought rubber pucks instead of the wood.

5LEEPER

Can you send a link for this part? I cant find it for the life of me!