WTB nylon tire straps to tow my Six, Where do I find them? Options

[Cairo94507]

Hi All,

I am contemplating the completion of my Six in the next month or so and bringing it home on a flat bed trailer my cousin owns. It's a 400 miles trip from Jim's place to mine. The truck we will use is a Ram diesel 3500 that hauls his back hoe and other cars and trucks. We just brought Datsun 280Z down from Napa yesterday on the trailer and it tows nicely. Looks terrible as it needs paint, but has new tires, wheel bearings, etc.

Anyway, I want to secure my Six to the flat steel bed of the trailer with the nylon straps I see AAA use when they tow a car on their rollback trucks. The nylon strap goes over the tire and then then ratchet that strap tight to the steel deck. So nothing is touched except the strap on the tire. It does not go through the rim at all. I definitely do not want to damage the finish on the wheels Weidman did for me.

Does anyone know what those straps are called and where I can find them? I went to Amazon and found tons of straps but do not know which to buy.

Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions.

Michael (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[Cairo94507]

Thanks guys- Mark posted what I was thinking of. The problem is I don't want to have a strap running through the actual rim because I am afraid it would mess up the finish. I had not thought about using the regular straps and just going through the lower A arm and the training arms to secure it. You don't think that would hurt anything? I know nothing will bend. I was more concerned about the finish on the A arms and the trailing arms. Yeah....but seriously, I am driving this car. I almost thought about driving it home from LA but Highway 5 is brutal. Tons and tons of big rigs throwing stuff everywhere.

Hopefully this is the one and only time it will be towed once it is running. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[mepstein]

Thanks guys- Mark posted what I was thinking of. The problem is I don't want to have a strap running through the actual rim because I am afraid it would mess up the finish. I had not thought about using the regular straps and just going through the lower A arm and the training arms to secure it. You don't think that would hurt anything? I know nothing will bend. I was more concerned about the finish on the A arms and the trailing arms. Yeah....but seriously, I am driving this car. I almost thought about driving it home from LA but Highway 5 is brutal. Tons and tons of big rigs throwing stuff everywhere.

Hopefully this is the one and only time it will be towed once it is running. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

I used the suspension for towing many times and never saw a scuff. If it did scuff, it would be away from your line of sight but if your parts are powdercoated or epoxy coated, they won't scuff anyway. We just always use the wheel straps for wheels or suspension and then standard tie downs and it works for any car. The only time I've ever had an issue is with deep and wide bodywork on extreme street cars. Race cars almost always have some tie down points.

I like looping the straps over a solid piece of metal. Once it's strapped down that way, noting moves no matter how bumpy the road is or how hard you stop.