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    Contributing Member EYERACE's Avatar
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    Default Transport Wheel Tie Down ?

    I am thinking to buy transport wheels.

    I currently use the "basket straps" over the slicks which then secure at a point about two feet out from the tire....or the 3" wide strap over the top of the tire and then the strap secures straight down to a mounting point right below the tire. I would guess I can still use the basket straps over the transport wheels but maybe not because they mount the couple of feet away from the wheel. It would seem the 3" wide strap going straight down is out of the question on a transport wheel.

    How should one strap down transport wheels?
    I would think I can get the short [15"?] two ended with D rings axle wraps [i guess they're called] and mount through the spoke of the transport wheels.......but that raises the question of > the wheel spoke or its outer wheel can take the force of potentially hundreds of pounds more than the mere weight of that corner of the car in a panic stop?

    I shall ask a commercial manufacturer and maybe get advice at the PRI show but I wish to also learn the collective knowledge of the site. Thanks.

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    I am using the basket straps on my transport wheels with no problems...

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    Ideally - make some wheel nut assemblies that have large "D" rings welded to them. Use these to bolt your transport wheels on and put a tie-down from these to the E track or D ring in the floor.
    Charlie Warner
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    Stan, I use 2 1" straps per wheel, 1 forward, one to the rear, I also rotate the wheels till one spoke is straght up and place the straps on opposite sides. In the past I did not clock the wheels and found they had spun and loosened the straps. Since that time I have not had any problems. It should be noted that I have e-track the length of the trailer at the track of the car.. THis also allows me to place the car just about anywhere in the trailer depending on what else gets brought.

    John

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