Today im planning on going to the track so i barrowed my buddys trailer but im not really sure what the safest way to strap my car down to the trailer is.
anyhelp would be great

 

I use 4 straps.

2 on the front, each going to the body eyelets right behind the front wheels.

On the rear, I use axle straps over the rear axle close to the pumpkin, and cross them X to tie off on either side.

Sharp objects and edges are a strap's worst enemy. Avoid those and you should be fine.

 

I use four straps, and four axel straps, I use an axel strap around each A arm close to the kmember, and an alex strap around the rear close to the pumpkin, I cross the fronts and do not cross the back. I don't tighten the sheeot out of them, just get them snug. I have seen people that get them really tight, seems to just tear up straps and mess things up on the car. I always think about it like this, if the only thing left holding my car to the trailer, besides being in gear and e brake set, if you have one, is the straps, you are probably screwed any way. Never been in that situation, I would hate to have a wreck pulling a trailer.

 

Alright thanks alot guys

 

It really depends on what straps you have.

For example, uhauls and a lot of people have the saddle straps that fit around the tires and strap them down. I’m not a big fan of those because even though they hold the car in place well the car’s suspension still moves totally freely and can cause the trailer to wander/bounce around, especially with something big and fairly softly sprung (I towed a ’63 Riviera and a friend’s suburban like that…). That’s not quite as big a deal with something like an f-body since they are usually sprung much harder with much better shocks/struts.

The trailer that I usually use has chains connected at the front and rear that can be ratcheted. With that one I usually get the car about as far forward as I can comfortably get it (tends to tow better) and hook up the front chains to either side of the frame or K-member as far apart as possible. In the back I cross them and connect them to the axle as far out as possible and then ratchet them down, being careful about the brake lines. Crossed chains keep the car from moving side to side, which is a much bigger deal in the back. Also, with the front chains connected to the body as I tension things down in the back it does load things down some and compress the suspension, preventing the car from bouncing around, I’d probably do the back to the body/frame if there was an attachment point back there that I trusted. That setup gives you a very stable setup to tow. A lot also argue that it prevents excessive wear on the struts/shocks by keeping the thing from bouncing around (the idea is that a race car will see a lot more miles on the trailer then at the track…) Some serious racers pull their race tires off the car, load it up and then ratchet it down as far as they realistically can, to keep from wearing the suspension and prevent any possibility of flat spotting or stretching the tires.