[Mgs] Flat towing

[Charley & Peggy Robinson]

Doug,

For future reference; the safety chains are supposed to connect the to 
the towing vehicle, in case the towbar somehow disconnects from the hitch.

CR

On 1/10/2011 9:19 PM, Douglas McKinnie wrote:
> Thanks for all the assistance. My GT is now safely moved from the
> Massachusetts Berkshires to the Nashville vicinity. 800 miles being towed on
> clear roads on Saturday and Sunday, and the last 200+ driven on account of
> last-night's snowfall.
>
> I made up an angle-iron front-bumper to bolt the universal towbar to. I
> wondered where to connect the safety chains on the MG, as connecting them to
> the bumper-brackets seemed a bit superfluous -- like chaining the towbar to
> itself for safety. In the end I looped the chains through the A-arms and
> adjusted them so that they wouldn't drag.
>
> It was a great experience, and most of the time I didn't even notice that the
> car was behind me. At one point I must have somehow snagged the cable to the
> magnetic stop-turn-tail lights, because it snapped and I had to stop and put
> in a splice, but other than that it was smooth going. It was much easier than
> I expected to maintain a double-safe following distance in traffic on
> I87/84/81.
>
> As I teach most of the year and then work in New England for the summers,
> towing the MG on this route may become a regular habit. It is nice for us to
> each have a car while we are up there.
>
> Douglas
> '70 MGB-GT
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