Proper Loading On Hauler for GT350

[cjgt350]

Mine was loaded/unloaded that way as well and the diffuser (underneath and near the exhaust tips) was scraped badly either from loading or unloading. You will need to look underneath to see the damage or at least look down low. My diffuser was replaced by the dealer since they missed it on acceptance of the delivery.

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[scottmoyer]

Not sure what you mean by “We’ll have real issues...”, the sarcasm is not needed. I have no doubt that you are THE authority on car haulers. Congratulations!

If you read my post, it says, “extreme dip”. It is also pretty clear that was not my first guess nor did I consider it likely. I am merely trying to figure out why the sticker says what it says.

Also, I can assure you the back of the car is not 4 feet off the ground, maybe two. It was surprisingly low. I have seen truck drivers manage to hang up their loads in some seeming innocuous spots. Never underestimate their ability to drag a load, back it into something or high center it.

Why don’t you put your energy into being helpful or productive? Nah, nah nah. You would’t Want to do that. Why would you want to help someone figure out thei question??? That would be absurd! It’s waaaaay more fun to flame anonymous people in chat rooms. Way to go tough guy!
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Why are you being such a dick about what I said? Obviously, you have no clue what you're talking about and need to sound like a real man on the Internet by giving me an attitude!

If you look at the trailer, there is absolutely no way that the rear end of this car will hit anything, unless the driver backs into something. The lower frame rail of the trailer is sitting so close to the ground that it will get hung up on ANY extreme dip or train tracks long before the back end of the car touches. Did I say it was loaded just fine? No. But it's plainly obvious that THIS trailer will protect the car. Now, there are other trailers that don't have the low hanging frame and I can see the rear of the car getting damaged with. But not this one. And it's this one we're talking about.

I thought I was being productive and helpful by telling you that the car was safe and wasn't going to get damaged, but you didn't want to listen, but instead be an Internet dick! You might want to look around this forum for posts I've made and you'll find that I have never flamed anyone. BTW, welcome to the forum. You're off to a good start making friends!!:doh:

 

[wildcatgoal]

There's nothing "other worldly" about a GT350 that makes it harmful to have it nose first on a trailer, assuming you didn't scrape anything getting onto said trailer. Time to relax.

 

[cjgt350]

Here is the damage of the diffuser from the car being loaded on the trailer the wrong direction. This transport was used from the rail yard to the dealer. The trailer is fairly low to the ground at the tail but the issue has more to do with the angle and the diffuser design. It is the reason for the decal and the splitter being left off the car from the assembly plant.

 

[Hinmonster]

Thanks CJ! Great reply with clear evidence!

Scott Moyer...wow...from angry to enraged in 0.2 seconds. Not productive. Why don’t you just read my posts and answer my questions to the best of your ability? Wouldn’t that be a better use of everyone’s time? I have asked several questions in the OP and in my reply to your oddly worded response. You have not really tried to answer any of them. Clearly, you just want to fight.

Wildcatgoal...no one said anything about other worldly. Everyone other than you and Scott are completely relaxed. Even if the car picks up a few scratches underneath, that will not impact the car’s performance or anyone’s enjoyment of the car.

I’m not sure why forums have so many angry people that like to embelish, misquote or misinterpret peoples’ posts. If you guys just read the OP and subsequent posts, you would see that my question was basically, why does Ford put the sticker on the window. That’s it. Nothing more, nothing less. The engineers at Ford obviously have a reason. I was curious as to why, when it is plain to see, the cars are frequently loaded front first. That’s it.

If either of you have some calm, considerate input, the forum would love to hear it. If you want to fight, then the two of you should meet up. You can get all sweaty and roll around on top of each other until your hearts are content. I just want to talk about cool cars.

 

[wildcatgoal]

Right, but no standard car transporter is going to work that hard or even bother to look at a sticker, especially since their training informs them to load front first unless it doesn't fit. Instead Ford should produce a way to ensure the car is not damaged during shipment when it is loaded nose first, even if that includes locking out the front suspension's spring in full extension, which wouldn't be difficult or harmful to do with an appropriately designed hard rubber/foam pad, or even including a full length, poly bump stop that the dealer would be instructed to remove by simply cutting it off and leaving the normal, separate bump stop in place. It's not hard to do... Ford doesn't do it, knowing their car transport service/dealership will ultimately have to shoulder the cost of repairing the car. It's half-ass, and pisses off customers... and the solution is so easy to implement.

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