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Date:         Fri, 13 Sep 2002 10:59:20 -0400
Reply-To:     Matthew Libby <MLibby1@CFL.RR.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Matthew Libby <MLibby1@CFL.RR.COM>
Subject:      Re: long-distance towing
Comments: To: "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
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Most vehicle manufacturers do accomodate this with t-hook holes in the frame rails, you cant secure to a tie rod, trailing arm, half axle, or cv shaft. they will bend and break. ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 10:31 AM Subject: Re: long-distance towing

> NC law forbids flat-bed tow trucks from securing the vehicle by any > "sprung" portion of the body. All cable/chain anchorages MUST be > un-sprung, (or darned close to it) which means A-arms, trailing arms, > tie rods, half-axles, etc. are fair game. > > The thinking (of the NCDOT) is that the body of the car must be free to > bounce up and down as the flatbed rumbles over railroad tracks and speed > bumps at 70 mph. It is possible that if a tow truck driver latched onto > a typical body anchorage while the vehicle was static, once the load > became dynamic (3,000 lb van bouncing DOWN, then UP over a railroad > track) that the typical body anchorage could break under the inertial > load of 20-50k lbs. It makes sense. > > It would be nice if vehicle manufactures accommodated this with > un-sprung anchorage points. > > > Developing business and guiding change since 1996, > > G. Matthew Bulley > Bulley-Hewlett > Marketing & Communications > Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com > AIM = IExplain4u > Phone: +1.919.658.1278 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf > Of SStones > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 8:24 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: long-distance towing > > At 05:34 PM 9/12/02 -0500, you wrote: > >I saw a really beautiful baby blue Jaguar XKE convertible absolutely > ruined by > >two idiots.....one that did the towing, and the other that permitted > it. That > >XKE flexed sufficiently to cause the doors not to close properly. > > I'm not denying that many "Professional Tow Truck Drivers" are > incompetent, > but what the heck did they do to it to permanently warp the frame? All > modern tow trucks lift cars by the wheels, be they front or back, a lot > like the stresses put on a car by having it sitting on the ground. What > did > these guys do to it? > Poor car. > > > > >I turned down an authorized AAA tow and sent back and got a flatbed. > Only > >way to > >go. Why should I tow, when all the real towing competitors have the > flat-bed > >service? > > > >Go for full service!! > > That's still going to be supporting the car/van by the wheels on the > back > of the truck... I'm not trying to be argumentative (Heck, it took me > three > tries just to spell it) but a flat-bed operator could screw it up just > as > good by hooking on to the wrong thing. I've seen a car lowered off of a > flat bed into a dealership service lot with the cable hooked over a > tie-rod. > So long as it's a 2 wheel drive van it oughtta be okay towed by any tow > truck, so long as the owner is there to make sure the operator isn't > doing > anything idiotic.


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