Was Re: towing a delorean Now Hop-Ins

[jtrealty@xxxx]

To keep people from "hopping in" I keep Einstein on the driver's seat. 
Often I have had small children come up to him thinking he was real. I 
even had one grab him in a bear hug and start waking off with him! The 
parents had him return it, I would not have wanted to try to take it 
away from him!!!! At some car shows and cruise nights when people walk 
past with their dogs the dog gets startled for a moment when it sees 
Einnie, I guess they are surprised by a dog with no smell. On the 
subject of foward or backward on the trailer it all comes down to 
tongue weight. If you can get the car far enough foward ahead of the 
trailer's wheels it can be loaded facing foward. YOU MUST HAVE THE 
PROPER TONGUE WEIGHT TO SAFELY TOW A TRAILER. Crossing the straps is 
also important as the car could slide sideways in the trailer. Even if 
it doesn't hit the sides it could be very difficult to unload 
especially if it is skewed. I don't use the parking brake and when 
towing a manual trans car I leave it in neutral. You cannot count on 
the brakes to keep it from moving, only the straps will hold it. Check 
the anchors on the trailer, I have seen anchor rings that were only 
attached to the floor, not a structural member. They should be 
directly attached to a structural element of the trailer so as to 
transfer loads directly to the trailer frame. Marking the "right 
spot" is a great idea so as to be able to quickly load the car into 
the best position. When first loading a car after driving about 25-50 
miles I always stop and inspect the tie-downs and position and I find 
I always can get another click or 2 on the rachets.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757




--- In dmcnews@xxxx, abatt10347@xxxx wrote:
> Fellow DMCer's,
> Having towed both ways on a trailer (car facing front and 
backwards), I must 
> say that towing it facing forward in my situation was best.. It took 
about 45 
> min. of driving and having slight fishtailing. Each time I would 
stop undo 
> tie down straps and move the car forward on the trailer. After a few 
tries I