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Originally Posted by Chance
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If a dolly/car combo is driven over a severe dip (like driveway) and the pitch angle is enough to remove all slack from system, then what would give?
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Absolutely nothing. Folks tend to forget the car being towed has a suspension system that compensations for a lot of the pitch and roll that may occur. Chances are that the drivetrain itself, transmission, is not impacted at all if the car is properly restrained with tight straps because any pitch and roll is absorbed by the front and rear suspension.
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Originally Posted by Chance
...Regarding acceleration and braking, I would expect that most motorhomes accelerate very slowly. Braking during a panic event, on the other hand, could lead to higher forces on straps if the dolly doesn't have a built-in wheel stop in front of the tires. I think many might have stops but I'm not sure.
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On my dolly, as with most flat bed dollies, there is a front lip that keeps the car from rolling forward and the welded metal strap loops in the rear keep the car from rolling backwards. Although I have no intention of trying it, I believe with the trans in Park the only way for my car to come off the dolly is for me to forget putting on both straps and the car to bounce off the dolly going over extremely rough roads at high speed.
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