Well hauling the car went well in spite of needing to purchase some additional equipment. I picked up a couple of axle straps which turned out to be too short for passing through the wheels and no axle to wrap around. Ended up using 2" ratchet straps for the rear wheels and two of my lifting straps for the front wheels. I did not see any place to hook chains that would not cause possible damage. Got lucky with the fender height. The doors had about 2" of clearance. That was something that I had not even considered. Cars tow a lot easier than equipment. Almost like having an empty trailer.
Special thanks to TractorGuy for the ratchet strap link. My current straps were showing their age so I picked up 4 new ones. That was a great price at Home Depot.
ZZVYB6 mentioned that the recommended way to trailer vehicles is to strap down the wheels which prevents possible wheel bearing damage. I had never heard of that being a problem before. I think probably the bearing galling occurs because with the frame locked down the wheels still wiggle a bit and wear the spindle, balls and races in one area. Correct me if I am mistaken.
The strange thing is that I leased a particular model car ( Honda) a little over a year ago that was shipped to my local dealer. The car came from a dealer in another state. It now has less than 10,000 miles on it and is going back to the dealership next week to replace a bad front wheel bearing. Makes me wonder how they strapped my car to the trailer. Whats your guess? The trip was over 500 miles.
