New way to chain down car

rustyacres sd · Apr 28, 2014

was in town the other day, when I had to take pics of the way a guy chained down a car for hauling. All be it that there is some other body damage to the car, why make it worse.

casenut1 · Apr 28, 2014

My guess is that car is going to the scrap yard.

jennifer408 · Apr 28, 2014

ACME towing, we get er done. lol

Dan T in MO · Apr 28, 2014

My guess is there's major drive train issues and it's destined for scrap.

Either that, or the judge awarded it to his ex in the settlement and he's delivering it per court order.

Massey farmer · Apr 28, 2014

Now that's funny

oldtanker · Apr 28, 2014

(quoted from post at 20:42:19 04/28/14) My guess is there's major drive train issues and it's destined for scrap.

Either that, or the judge awarded it to his ex in the settlement and he's delivering it per court order.

That's good!

Rick

bill mart · Apr 28, 2014

is that legally tied down correctly? bill

Dachshund · Apr 29, 2014

It's a GM - DEFINATELY scrapyard material! 8^)

Anonymous-0 · Apr 29, 2014

DOT man should approve... It has always been strange to me that rollbacks can carry a car way up high, with just a cable tied to it. But if you did that with a tractor on a trailer, they will throw the book at you.

mkirsch · Apr 29, 2014

Take a closer look at the next rollback you come across.

You'll see that the car is chained down at the rear axle, along with the winch cable up front. Lots of times you can't see it due to the angle.

They have those wrecker chains with the big hook and a little T-shaped thing on one end. Either they hook over the rear axle, or they stick the T-shaped thing into a shipping slot on the car's frame, then drop the loose end of the chain through a keyhole slot in the floor of the rollback bed. One final tug on the winch tightens it all down.

These guys operate in the presence of the police and DOT on a daily basis. No way they'd risk fines and their livelihood by not properly chaining down a wreck.

casenut1 · Apr 29, 2014

Rollback operators usually chain down the back and pull tight with the cable.

howdy1960 · Apr 29, 2014

I like DanT's suggestion

Anonymous-0 · Apr 29, 2014

The front winch on a rollback is not considered a legal tie down. It is still required to use front tie down chains to make it a proper four point tie down.

MSD · Apr 29, 2014

Winning bidder on Shipping Wars program?

Ken Macfarlane · Apr 29, 2014

Maybe not but I've never seen one do it any other way.

D beatty · Apr 29, 2014

I take it you have never seen how they haul scrap cars. They stack crushed cars 6 & 8 cars high and through chains over the top and bind them down and they haul them hundreds of miles. If you look at car it can't go sideway because its setting between fenders of trailer and it would take a lot to get it to move foreward or rearward on flat tires.

JMS/.MN · Apr 29, 2014

Similar actually happened in MPLS around 1970. Caddy in estate was to be sold and proceeds given to mistress. I remember seeing the cheap Caddy ad- later the story came out.

SparepartsTN · Apr 29, 2014

I know a guy who had a fender bender with his pickup, had it fixed at the body shop. His brother was going to be in town when it was finished and volunteered to bring it to him. He loaded it on his trailer and chained it on just like that, it was torn up pretty good by the time it was delivered!

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