Tow Dolly problems
My wife and her mother are traveling with our Class C pulling her RAV4 on a tow dolly. I helped her load this morning, and everything looked good.
She just called and said that the strap worked it's way off one of the wheels on the car and was actually flapping in the wind. That's frightening.
We're both new to all this, and I'm now very uncomfortable that I couldn't be there to see this.
The tow dolly is a Master Tow Model 80THD. We've used it for a few hundred miles with no troubles, but this is probably the first time it's been more than 100 miles from home.
She did leave in the rain today, and drove most of the day in the rain. The straps that were provided are after-market straps provided by the dealer. They wrap around the rear portion of the tire, but it goes to a single strap right at the top. I'm wondering if the fact that they don't cradle all the way over the top of the tire plus the fact that they were wet is why one got loose.
Without looking at it myself, I'm sort of at a loss. I'm obviously a bit concerned now that my wife and mother in law are having to deal with this themselves.
Any advice I could pass along to them would be welcomed.
Right now, I've just told them to stop often and be sure the straps are still on.
She just called and said that the strap worked it's way off one of the wheels on the car and was actually flapping in the wind. That's frightening.
We're both new to all this, and I'm now very uncomfortable that I couldn't be there to see this.
The tow dolly is a Master Tow Model 80THD. We've used it for a few hundred miles with no troubles, but this is probably the first time it's been more than 100 miles from home.
She did leave in the rain today, and drove most of the day in the rain. The straps that were provided are after-market straps provided by the dealer. They wrap around the rear portion of the tire, but it goes to a single strap right at the top. I'm wondering if the fact that they don't cradle all the way over the top of the tire plus the fact that they were wet is why one got loose.
Without looking at it myself, I'm sort of at a loss. I'm obviously a bit concerned now that my wife and mother in law are having to deal with this themselves.
Any advice I could pass along to them would be welcomed.
Right now, I've just told them to stop often and be sure the straps are still on.
