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RE: Crossing Tie-down straps

To: "'hottvr@birch.net'" <hottvr@birch.net>, jac73@daimlerchrysler.com
Subject: RE: Crossing Tie-down straps
From: "Stolz, Ken" <StolzK@mso.umt.edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:08:52 -0600
Keeps the car from "dancing" left/right (laterally) when the trailer hits
bumps, exceeds 1.0 G, etc.  Probably not needed if your trailer has grooves
or channel or something that is the width of your tires to keep it from
moving sideways.

~ Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: hottvr@birch.net [mailto:hottvr@birch.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:17 PM
To: jac73@daimlerchrysler.com
Cc: autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Crossing Tie-down straps

What is the reasoning behind crossing the tiedown straps? What does
this do that having the straps straight doesn't

Mike(Still confused)B. 99cm

On Oct 24, jac73@daimlerchrysler.com wrote:
> 
> I always cross the front straps.  At the rear, I try to find a fixed
> location to tie down to (sometimes this gets creative or needs some 
of
> those T-toggle eyes that Bob Tunnell has available for purchase) so 


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