Hauling a Stradale

There is a padded strap with ring's on each end that goes through the wheels and just hooks to the ratchet strap. You can also get an "all in one" ratchet and wheel strap.

 

928's have tie down tabs welded to the frame at the front that I use, never looked at a Ferrari tie down before. I have seen the padded straps used on all kinds of cars, but as padded as they are I suspect they will still scratch the wheel... Maybe those webs that go OVER the tire would work. I have seen those mostly in use with cars behind a U-Haul.

Good luck and take a few pics when you get it loaded...probably others here who would benefit from that as well.

 

A friend of mine let me use his trailer a few times to haul my stradale, I like his setup the best. Its a strap that goes over the top of the tire and runs through an adjustable pivot that locks into the track on each side of the tire, then back to the ratchet. The strap never gets close to the bodywork. It also worked very well on my F40 and it has less room than the stradale.

The padded strap is what most flatbeds will use, but you have to get the strap very low in the wheel, and its hard to get past the rotor. but it can be done. I always have this fear that I'd hit a bump and the wheel will rotate and then the strap would rub on the body. But its never happened.

 

I bought a pair of tow hooks from rennline for Porsche with a 45 degrees angle. Bolted them to the front jack point (these holes are built by ALCOA, so Ferrari can rotate the chassis during the assembly process). The straps go crossed to the rear of the trailer.

At the front I use three attachments, the front stock tow hook with a strap to the center front of the trailer. Then padded straps through the front wheels with extra padding from Mac's straps to the front where the the tow hook strap attaches to the trailer.

Open Featherlite trailer, 900 lbs.

I use the TR-5 ramps from Raceramps.com and they provide more than enough clearance to load a lowered Scuderia.

 

I believe these are the ones that I have, and I like them allot.
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They have a heavier weight rating than many of the ones you find at cheaper sources.
Even though the higher rating doesn't matter for static loads, the issue is
that during an abrupt stop (or accident) the forces magnify immensely, so the
higher rating proves itself there.
Also, the snap-lock hook is very important IMHO in keeping them from unhooking
by accident. Had a set of the cheap WalMart ones years ago with open hooks
and they came loose during
a drive, allowing the car to move around. Luckily my daughter noticed the noise
pretty quickly and we stopped. No matter how careful you think you are, sooner
or later either you will mess up or the cheap strap will show its weaknesses. Not sure
which was the case for us.

The only thing I don't remember is whether or not mine have the twisted hook.
Would seem to make it more difficult to feed through the wheel, but I know i've
not had a problem on the 360. I'll be at my trailer this weekend and will try to
remember to check on this.



Lou

 

I have a set of straps just like Ferrarilou's. I'd still recommend towels around the wheels where the straps go. They're fairly abrasive, and could cut into the clearcoat on the wheels. Otherwise, they work great!

 

As promised, I was out at the trailer today and checked my collection of tie downs. My wheel straps don't have the 90 degree twist hooks. Everything else is the same as what I posted before. They are exactly like these (I've purchased from this seller, justharris, before as well):

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The 360 has approx 1.5" of clearance between the wheel and brake rotor. I've never had any issue snaking these through. I don't know what clearance you have on the Stradale, so you may want to check. Also, while I don't use a towel around the wheel, I do keep several thick chunks of foam in the trailer so that I can cushion between the strap and bodywork. Never had an issue with it rubbing, but it is very close.



Lou