Hey all. I have never really hauled a car before and had a couple question. One, has anyone hauled a car on a flatbed gooseneck that has the dovetail at the end? My concern is the car bottoming out when crossing over the dovetail. FYI the car is an Eagle Talon. Here is the best pic I have that I could find with the trailer. You get the idea at the end of the trailer (although kinda hard to see) what I am talking about.



Also this is most likely just going to be a one time deal, should I buy the tire straps or what do you recommend tieing down the car. I would like to have 4 anchor points, I have chains and binders, just need something to hook to the frame if I can't find tire straps.

Thank for the help all,
Eric

 

I'd load a car on that trialer, but I woud tie it down well.

 

Back up to a curb, ditch, or burm, and get as much height as you can. You'll be fine.

 

NO problem at all...I hauled my buddies DROPPED civic hatchback and when I say dropped I mean DROPPED like you have to step up when you get out of the car...the front lip touched the ramps a little, not enough to do any kind of damage and the undercarriage scrapped a tad going over top the beavertail but again, no damage done. you should have absolutely no problem whatsoever with an eagle talon. I would suggest grabbing a few 2x6's to put at the bottom of your ramps to kind of "soften" the angle a little bit. As far as tying the car down goes, I just used my chains and binders, no straps at all...there should be plently of points on the frame to hook to...if not, just tie off behind the wheel somewhere, just dont get nutty with the binder or you'll bend something...your not binding down a 12K lb farm tractor, your bindin down a 3-4K car, it wont take much to hold it in place.

Good luck!

 

no worries on the car being tied down well... I will make sure that happens.

Good idea on backing to a curb. I guess another thing is hopefully this thing starts and runs long enough to get it on the trailer... Any ideas on what exactly to use on tieing down on the frame? Should I get anything special to hook to the frame?

 

Here, found a picture...just so you can get an idea.

 

No, just take the chain and find somewhere to wrap it around, hook it and bind it. I actually hooked to his A-arm in the front, no damage done at all, like I said, just dont get crazy with the binder, its a car, not a house

 

Deere, thanks for the info. you mean just putting the 2x6s agains the ramps on the ground, or on the ramps to extend them a bit?

Also i'll have to watch how much i bind down like you said, I am use to binding down 15 ton trackhoes at work, might be a bad idea to use the same technique haha.

Thanks again all!!

 

Great pic, Thanks!

 

Yeah, just use them to extend the ramp sort of, basically you're making yourself a longer ramp and softening the angle which will prevent the car from bottoming out.

10-4 on the trackhoes, I work for a heavy equip dealer and you gotta really put your back into those binder sometimes of the heavy iron, doesnt have the same give like the rubber tired stuff has.

 

awesome, thanks a lot for the info, much appreciated. How many chains did you put on that car in the pic?

 

4 chains on all four corners that way there is no chance of any side to side movement

 

Sounds good, thanks again for the help

 

No problem buddy..Happy truckin!

 

If it has tow hooks front and rear (I believe that Talons/Eclipses do), use them and tighten until the suspension compresses a couple inches, make sure that it's in park and parking break is on. I'd do all 4 corners if the tow hooks are still there. If not, there are usually tie down holes in the body. You'll need "T" hooks for those.

You could use about 4 feet of 2x8 to extend the ramps a little. If you need longer boards, make sure you support the middle as they could break.

With that done, you shouldn't have any problems.