Setups for strapping C7 to trailer?
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Burning Brakes
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From: swoyersville pa
Setups for strapping C7 to trailer?
It's been years since I've towed a corvette on a car trailer, it was a c4 and it had plenty of places underneath to strap it down, looking at c7 I know I don't want to use lower a- arms that could pull out alignment, I'm thinking about going around springs, but I'm better off asking what others are doing, thanks
Le Mans Master
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It's been years since I've towed a corvette on a car trailer, it was a c4 and it had plenty of places underneath to strap it down, looking at c7 I know I don't want to use lower a- arms that could pull out alignment, I'm thinking about going around springs, but I'm better off asking what others are doing, thanks
Instructor
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From: Lexington SC
I use the factory T slots in the frame, (same place you would insert the jacking pucks). Very secure, the car doesn't move on the trailer. I purchased my straps with the T hook already installed from Mac's.
Instructor
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From: Cincinnati Ohio
My understanding is that strapping to the frame compresses the suspension and can over stress it as you bounce down the road. A wheel strap or tire net allows the suspension to function normally. You could strap through a wheel or use a tire net. I tow a classic 911. Wheels are anodized so I opted for tire nets. I had them made to order by Macs so they fit perfectly and don't touch the wheels. I also recommend cross trying at least one end of the car.
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My understanding is that strapping to the frame compresses the suspension and can over stress it as you bounce down the road. A wheel strap or tire net allows the suspension to function normally. You could strap through a wheel or use a tire net. I tow a classic 911. Wheels are anodized so I opted for tire nets. I had them made to order by Macs so they fit perfectly and don't touch the wheels. I also recommend cross trying at least one end of the car.
Tying through the wheels just leads to wheel damage no matter how well cushioned the straps are and tying at the control arm can do the same thing. Just think about what happens as you go down the road with a strap around the control arm. The car bounces and the control arm changes its horizontal angle in relationship to the car body and the trailer bed, that means the strap has to move to accommodate the change in control arm position. It isn't the same as wrapping a strap around a solid axle where the axle maintains a pretty much constant relationship with the trailer.
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I use jacking pucks as well.
I'm like you I go to the track. Autocross etc. pull the car all over. Pull it off trailer and jack it up for something.
But how hooks by far have been the easiest and least damaging/hassle to deal with.
I'm like you I go to the track. Autocross etc. pull the car all over. Pull it off trailer and jack it up for something.
But how hooks by far have been the easiest and least damaging/hassle to deal with.