Car in Park or Neutral?

May be a dumb question. What is the prevailing opinion on putting the car in park or leaving it in neutral for riding on the trailer?

Thanks,
Gordon

I've always left them in park and have never had any issues.

IMO in park at least the car won't free roll if something happens to the straps / holddowns.

I have to leave mine in neutral, when I winch it in, not enough room to gat in and out, huh Dan.

I always haul my cars in park. I've had tie downs to break . Glad it was in park then.Harold's is a different story, if his window would roll down it would be in park too!!

Park for me.

Always in park for me too.

Park

Park, e brake on and strapped tight. A guy I know had his straps break and car moved around in his trailer. Every body panel was dented.

park.

Same deal as Harold, but if you must put it in park do so after its strapped down, or your parking pawl will hate you lol.

Also dont cross the straps, that way if one breaks or comes loose it aint no big deal, if crossed and one breaks it will drag the car over to one side and it wont matter if its in park or not.

neutral and i cross my straps too!

always in park, ask my buddy who while he was under the rear at the track takin the straps off when some one who wanted to help poped the front strap off, it took 2 years to heal after the broken back.

then 2 other times saw car go off front when straps broke, 1 was mine , i forgot to put it in park that time, old straps

Neutral or park usually depends on the type of race car (lift off doors vs not vs lexan windows vs roll down windows), and the type of trailer (open vs enclosed).

As for the straps/chains (or whatever might be used) I try to never have them pointing/running parallel with the car's centerline from the car to the anchors. I either try to cross the straps car to anchor, or point them diagonally outward from the car to the anchors.

When using 2 straps attached to the front chassis (thus compressing the front suspension), and 2 straps attached the rear end housing (thus the rear suspension/shocks "float"), it's a good idea to add to the rear a 5th strap (and/or 6th if possible) to some point on the rear chassis to compress the suspension/shocks some given amount so the rear of the car won't bounce/float as much during the trip reducing the wear on the rear shocks. The ride to/from the track is absolute hell on rear shocks if the rear suspension is allowed to float in the trailer.

richter69 wrote:Same deal as Harold, but if you must put it in park do so after its strapped down, or your parking pawl will hate you lol.

X 2 !

It has always amazed me how that small rod holds all that weight.

DILLIGASDAVE wrote:Neutral or park usually depends on the type of race car (lift off doors vs not vs lexan windows vs roll down windows), and the type of trailer (open vs enclosed).

As for the straps/chains (or whatever might be used) I try to never have them pointing/running parallel with the car's centerline from the car to the anchors. I either try to cross the straps car to anchor, or point them diagonally outward from the car to the anchors.

When using 2 straps attached to the front chassis (thus compressing the front suspension), and 2 straps attached the rear end housing (thus the rear suspension/shocks "float"), it's a good idea to add to the rear a 5th strap (and/or 6th if possible) to some point on the rear chassis to compress the suspension/shocks some given amount so the rear of the car won't bounce/float as much during the trip reducing the wear on the rear shocks. The ride to/from the track is absolute hell on rear shocks if the rear suspension is allowed to float in the trailer.

now with the new car we will have to haul in in net,noway to put it in park now,no choice

342g wrote:I have to leave mine in neutral, when I winch it in, not enough room to gat in and out, huh Dan.

X2,

Been hauling alot of junkers too the cruisher lately. We forgot too put one in Park today and the strap broke and I have no idea how we kept from losing it from our car hauler. Park it if at all possible