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Originally Posted by WildBill3
What not to do 1.Never use the old chain booms that rachet over,had our racer nearly come off,tapped the brakes so it rolled forward over the front end  fortunatly all the crew was caravaning together and help get the car back on.Wow how unnerving it was thinking of what could have happend.Threw those away and got the good strapps no more problems. |
Boy does that remind me of my towing nightmare. I never towed before, I borrowed a old jeep cherokee. Turns out the back brakes didn't work...I was toeing a old trailer and no one told me about putting the load so the weight was right on the hitch.
It started to whip back and forth, I panicked and jammed on the brakes it jackknifed and I had the wrong size hitch ball. The trailer came loose and took out 60ft of my neighbors fence.
Good thing I was only going 30mph or it could have been a lot worse. Another lesson learned
McVette