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Originally Posted by Fred g

Dave,

Thanks for the info. I know Master Tow is a quality product, just not sure about trying to tie down the steering wheel and what will happen if it loosens up. I have read horror stories of the tow dolly scraping on the side of the car.

Fred

I can see where that would be a concern on any dolly with a pivoting pan. Not locking the wheel could cause the wheels to turn instead of remaining straight with the pan as the pan pivots which could cause the dolly fenders to hit the side of the car.

I can also see where a non-pivoting pan dolly could tear out the under carriage of a car, without locking wheel, going through a curve or turn on a decline. This could happen when the dolly and front of the car start the curve and decline before the rear of the car starts reacting to the curve and decline. It is hard to explain but I see it in my mind.

I'm not sure if any of this could be minimized by using a wider 80 inch dolly rather than a narrower 77 inch dolly. The wider dolly may allow for the pivoting pan to stop its pivot before fenders come in contact with the car.