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I put a strap from the skid back to a tiedown point on the floor.
I don't care how many HP you've got, its about impossible to get a sled to slide backwards during acceleration.
Braking will develop more g forces anyway. I just don't want them to slide forward and jack up my cabinets.
Tieing to the bumper is a bad idea. It is a sprung part of the body and will always move. This causes stress of the bumper and body as the suspension move with road surface bumps and the strap continually loosens and tightens, yanking again and again on that point. If you tie to the skid almost parallel to the floor it allows the suspension to move but not the sled in the trailer.
I'm not an engineer but I have been a tow truck driver. In an accident the only thing I care about are the people. I've seen salvageable cars completely destroyed to minimize further injury to an occupant. Trucks and trailers drug out of the road to get fire and rescue through and allow traffic by.
In my opinion a tiedown is to lessen the wear and tear of transport, kind of like a cover is.
We used to put our sleds on an open 2 place trails with a 1/2 bar that went from side to middle across the skis with a hairclip pin in it. No straps on the back and go. That thing only kid of held the sleds in place on the trailer.
Once there is an accident it doesn't matter if you had them tied down with chincey cheap motorcycle straps or 20,000 lb semi load straps. The best thing you could do for yourself is have a good insurance policy to cover ACCIDENTS.
I agree with hoov165 the driver has way more to do with the sleds moving than the straps.
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Assuming you don't have ski-slides in your trailer then I agree. With ski-slides that have just a little snow/water on them even a GM 5.3 can slide a sled. LOL Part of our issue is that due to multiple loading options the sled track also sits on slides in the trailer so they are very easy to slide around.
Good point Ben.
I don't have ski slides in my trailer. It is used for hauling 4 wheelers and cars, so no ski glides here. Even when the floor gets icy on a long trip, sleds don't slide around in there.
I still think the biggest thing is the driver. Go ride with someone that hauls horses. Then ride with some hauling sleds. A good horse hauler will be courteous to his work animals..ie slow starts, gradual braking and thought out smooth turns. Kind of like driving on ice. Hmmm. This keeps the horse(power) from getting knocked around and nervous. When they come out of the trailer they're ready to go to work. (No broken, shifting sleds)
I've ridden with drivers (usually twice, out & back) that I wasn't worried about the sled. I was thankful to just arrive in one piece.
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How'd you have your sleds anchored?
That's amazingJust one strap on front and one strap on back to the bumpers and the floor anchors. It was a Look trailer. I guess their anchor points are pretty solid.
If you look at the rear of the Axxis, you can see the strap on the back bumper going to the floor and the extra laying on the wall. You can also see one of the chairs in the blue bag laying on the wall so you know the sleds are almost upside down in the picture.