Shelbyville Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Have a trailer on order to take the Shelby to the 50th bash. Now have to decide if I am going to drive it into the trailer or winch it in. Looking at the front of the car it sure looks like (1) there is really no good place to hook to and (2) the cable is going to rip the crap out of the front splitter. Does anyone have experience winching these cars? How did it work? It would be easier winching from the rear but that is going to mess up weight distribution on the trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelbyEra08 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 i have winched a couple of cars on a trailer, i havent ripped or scratched anything, but if ya have a buddy with ya to direct, probably driving up would be easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Climbing through the window can be a pain but definitely doable. Wear sweat pants, kick off your shoes and your good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08 ORANGE SS-725HP Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Use a 6' nylon winch strap and loop it around the front sway bar. Run one end of the strap through the noose of the other end and pull it tight on the sway bar. Center the strap under the car and then you can attach the hook of your winch cable to the opposite end of the winch strap which will now extend beyond the front of the car. Only the nylon strap will contact the under carriage of the car and will not scratch anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lgs ShelbyGT Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Not much time left before your trip Contact FordFan1 & get one of his track day tow bracket & hooks It works great to winch your Shelby onto a trailer http://www.teamshelby.com/forums/index.php/topic/56051-track-day-tow-bracket-hook/page__st__220__p__1261801#entry1261801 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffJ Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Use a 6' nylon winch strap and loop it around the front sway bar. Run one end of the strap through the noose of the other end and pull it tight on the sway bar. Center the strap under the car and then you can attach the hook of your winch cable to the opposite end of the winch strap which will now extend beyond the front of the car. Only the nylon strap will contact the under carriage of the car and will not scratch anything. I'm not sure that I would make this a practice. The mounting points of the sway bar were not designed for lateral forces or pull forces. The forces of the sway bar and weight are in an upward motion. The brackets, bolts, mounting, and bushings are designed and built around this purpose of just holding the bar in place. If you are pulling on a nice horizontal plain or slight incline with not much resistance, then probably ok. I guarantee you that the bar will pull out of the mounts before your strap breaks. I've seen it at a race track where a Towing crew thought they would be smart and just did a quick loop around the sway bar instead of the tow hook right in front of them. Yep, first yank to try and pull it from the gravel trap, yanked the sway bar right out of the mounts. I have pictures of the metal area around the mounts from this deal somewhere. However you can clearly see that this area of the frame structure was not made for these types of forces, pretty light weight metal. The bolts or the mounts didn't break, the metal around the mounts tore open like a pop can. Granted, this was probably quite a bit more force than you would see pulling on to the trailer, I'm just saying.......probably not the best practice that does have it's risks. I imagine you have polly bushings on your bar which would help a bit, but factory rubber bushings will not hold much to this type of weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottinssmd Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 I picked up a bri mar with a removeable fender so I don't have to climb out the window. Thought of a winch but would have to be remote so I could steer and winch. I am always doing this solo. Decided against for the reasons above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelbyville Posted February 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Thanks for the input. When I get the trailer I will try driving it in and going out the window and see how that works and go from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpmcobra Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 I just had a Featherlite dealer install a winch on my trailer. I had been going in and out of the window or trunk for several years. Theres very little room for error on trailers for our cars when loading. I don't always have help to load but is needed to avoid disaster. Look at your manuel it has tow information and that's what I'm setting up to winch my car on with. When you get older you don't bend so well or fit through tight spaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelbyville Posted March 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Ran outa time - looks like I will be driving it on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawdude Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Here's mine - red was too bright and I painted it black. Welded rather than bolted on. http://www.teamshelb...ost__p__1267750 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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