Thread: How to secure a Series LR to a car trailer?

Originally Posted by slug_burner

If the handbrake works use that and put the transmission into gear with the center diff locked.

Handbrake is good, but suggest you don't leave it in gear as any backwards and forwards motion can damage the gearbox.

Cheers,
Jon

Having driving this for a part time job a few years back I feel qualified to add my two bobs worth.



When securing these it depended on what was available on the vehicle. Some times it was secure the wheels, other times the body/chassis.

Body/chassis was the preferred method as we could compress the suspension and really get the vehicle tight.

We would always secure the hand brake as tight as possible and leave in gear or park.

Securing with the wheels was only done when the car was too low to get under or when there was no strong points on the body.

When fitted the tow bar was a great attachment point.

Note, the vehicle at the top front would NEVER be secured with the wheels.

Now that would put a little weight over the front axle, but it would help with steering provided you had P/S or helped with improving the Armstrong steering

Nice old Cummins powered S series Inter.

Weight was never an issue. When going through weigh bridges the inspectors would just wave me through. He can see our load an tell we are miles under weight.

Even the prime mover only has a single axle on the rear, due to low weight.

Having one on the roof makes for a great sunshade on a bright sunny day.

i normally do 2 slings on the back through the pto hole or even towball and pull the vehicle forward with a winch and it will tighten. Then chain on the front

Thank you for all the replies!

I am not sure I have the skills or the required equipment to secure the wheels as demonstrated in some of the pictures provided. Given this, and some of the other suggestions I was wondering if you could comment on how I imagine I will secure the car.

x2 chains over the rear axle and around the diff housing attaching to the rear of trailer on the left and right. I have no "dogs" or methods to ratchet down the chains, so I was intending to use my ratchet straps (actually rated for 2000kg not 1500kg) to ratchet it down. The vehicle is an ex-army so I thought that the two eyelets just aft of the bullbar may be a good place to attach the straps - as in the rear, one strap to the left and the other to the right going to left and right anchor points on the trailer respectively - is this okay?

Originally Posted by akula

Thank you for all the replies!

I am not sure I have the skills or the required equipment to secure the wheels as demonstrated in some of the pictures provided. Given this, and some of the other suggestions I was wondering if you could comment on how I imagine I will secure the car.

x2 chains over the rear axle and around the diff housing attaching to the rear of trailer on the left and right. I have no "dogs" or methods to ratchet down the chains, so I was intending to use my ratchet straps (actually rated for 2000kg not 1500kg) to ratchet it down. The vehicle is an ex-army so I thought that the two eyelets just aft of the bullbar may be a good place to attach the straps - as in the rear, one strap to the left and the other to the right going to left and right anchor points on the trailer respectively - is this okay?

It'll work fine. I'd try to keep the front straps flatter to keep the stress off them, so maybe to the cross member or front axle. Just check the brake lines are not interfered with by the chains and straps, but it's a similar setup to what I do.

Originally Posted by akula

Thank you for all the replies!

I am not sure I have the skills or the required equipment to secure the wheels as demonstrated in some of the pictures provided. Given this, and some of the other suggestions I was wondering if you could comment on how I imagine I will secure the car.

x2 chains over the rear axle and around the diff housing attaching to the rear of trailer on the left and right. I have no "dogs" or methods to ratchet down the chains, so I was intending to use my ratchet straps (actually rated for 2000kg not 1500kg) to ratchet it down. The vehicle is an ex-army so I thought that the two eyelets just aft of the bullbar may be a good place to attach the straps - as in the rear, one strap to the left and the other to the right going to left and right anchor points on the trailer respectively - is this okay?

You will be fine. Stop after a km or two and check your tie-downs. The ratchet at the front should be able to remove all the slack from the chains at the rear. The winch on the trailer can do the first bit of slack removal then the ratchet strap. Take it easy and you will be ok. Lots of people do this without as much thought as your putting into it so you are miles ahead.