need help on best way to tow truck this weekend

Edited: 6/1/2006 8:08:37 AM by Dejavu

my brother is towing my truck for me this weekend to texas showdown and im meeting him there cause im out town. we have a car trailer and all that, its just the truck leaks a little bit. hes going to go pick up the truck tonight from storage for me then tomm evening drive to texas.... but if it is strapped on the trailer with air in the bags the truck will losse pressure in the bags then the straps will eventually come loose because it leaks a little... and isnt it bad to tow the truck on the trialer laid out? what is the best way to tow it?

lay it out and tow it

Well for like the 100th recap on this same issue:

It is not the best to lay your truck out if it is body dropped. This will cause your body to absorb all the bumps that the trailer hits and could wrinkle your body is some places. So if your truck is body dropped lift it up put some 4x4 under it and lay the frame out on the 4x4, then strap it down tight.

Now if you are not body dropped just lay the frame and strap it down. Although you might still want to use 4x4 to help you get some door clearance to get out of the truck on the trailer.

i see a lot of truck lay out. or you can put a 2 x 4 under the frame then lay out on the 2 x 4. but the best way is to just lay it out and strap it down then there is no way the stray can loosen.

it is body dropped so its best for me to lay it out on some 2x4's or 4x4s ... i mean isnt that the same as laying out on the trailer? whats the 2 or 4 inches of wood going to do?

its gonna allow the frame to take the bumps and pot holes not the body. most body drops lay the body a tad lower than the frame meany it could put stress on your panels

I TOWED LAYED OUT.ITS UP TO U HOW U TOW.THE 2X4 ON THE FRAME SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA

cut them only wide enuff to hold the frame, not the body as well. your body will be 4 inches off the trailor, making it like the frame is only layed out, nothing else.

makes sense now.. i was thinkinh yall meant all the way across.....

thats how i tow mine...layed out on some 2x4's...its always worked for me.