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| Arnaldo Torres (Caribe)
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Thanks for the tips and suggestions, gentlemen! William, I see you are still reminiscing about the Black Angus in Old San Juan. Caribe. | ||
| Michael A. Niles (Man90tr)
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Hey William, have you been watching those movies again. I thought Blockbuster took away your membership!!! What ever you do Caribe just tie it down with lots of care. The towing company I used did what Bret suggested below. | ||
| William H (Countachxx)
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for tying stuff down go down to your local adult book store to the B&D section where they have leather & chain products for tying things up or down. Oooops sorry, wrong hobby  | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
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Once it's secure, the car shouldn't move at all, so up in the air whether to have emergencey brake, in gear, or neutral. I do think it should be in neutral as you're ratcheting down because the car will still be moving a little. | ||
| '75 308 GT4 (Peter)
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a) Put the parking brake on and leave it in gear (this is what I would do). b) The tow-hook was designed to do that. Make sure its threaded in properly and be careful for the spoiler hitting things (like the deck, ramps, etc...). | ||
| Arnaldo Torres (Caribe)
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A couple more questions: a. (This might be a stupid one, but better sure than sorry!)Should the car be in neutral with the parking brake on while underway?, or should I let the belts handle the load themselves? b. Should I use the tow hook (the removeable one that goes thru the spoiler, Huh?, is there any other?) to pull the car on the trailer?, or is it better to drive the car onto the trailer? Thanks, Caribe. | ||
| BretM (Bretm)
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You could just put a soft cloth between the tie down and the wheel where they contact. | ||
| Danny R. West (Dan_West348ts)
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Caribe, Running the straps through the wheels is the way the Ferrari Dealerships transports the cars to their shops. There was no damage or marks to my wheels when my car was flat-bedded. Believe me I checked. Dan | ||
| Arnaldo Torres (Caribe)
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Thanks for the information. I will get those fabric tie downs. Dan, you said to place or run the tie-downs through the wheels, wouldn't that damage the finish of the wheels? Caribe. | ||
| Michael A. Niles (Man90tr)
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That what they did to my Tr as well. fabric tiedowns -- no chains. | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
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I trailer my race car (not a Ferrari) with 10k lb. cloth ratchet tie downs from Racer Wholesale. Check www.racerwholesale.com. They have a special now $80 for the set. They are very heavy duty and I loop the rears around the axle and the fronts go to tow hooks. | ||
| Danny R. West (Dan_West348ts)
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Caribe, I've flat-bedded my 348 once. The proper way to tie down a Ferrari is to use fabric tie downs through the wheels. Dan | ||
| Arnaldo Torres (Caribe)
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Those of you who have trailered or flat-beded your Ferrari, hopefully a Testarossa, where is best to tie the car? The trailer that I am considering renting has those chain tie downs. Will those work? or should I get something else? Thanks, Caribe. |