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friend of mine just bought the Camaro today and its going to Valley Springs Calif to be rebuilt

Re: Tragic 69 Camaro Crash of the Year !!!!!!!
 

camaro is headling for calif to get rebuilt

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Got it, it's off to California.

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Where is it going https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/hmmm.gif

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The car was totaled by Encompass insurance only 2 weeks ago, they paid 50,000.00 reqested the car and the ball to settle. it was the owners understanding it was going to the salvage pool, as he inquired about buying it back. it has a salvage title as the title had to be transferred in to Encompass's name and received by them before they issused the payment which they did.

Jim

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I wouldn't recomend either of the 2 grades/types of chain that have been mentioned in this thread.

"Proof Coil Chain": is very low quality and is better known as Grade 30 or Sysyem 3. The next chain up the the gradient is Grade 43 or System 4, this is the minimum grade desired for safety or tie-down. The best chain is the next grade up, Grade 70 or System 7,also known as Transport chain, with this chain the next smaller size has the same tensile strength as the next larger size of System 4. In other words, a 5/16" System 7 chain is equivalent to a 3/8" System 4, Grade 80 chain or System 8 is required by OSHA/MSA for overhead lifting, it works well in this application but is not suited for shock absorbtion or tie down use.

As far as Stainless Steel balls, you need to know what type stainless the ball is made from. Austenitic (300 series) stainlesss is very resistant to corrosion but can't be heat treated, it's tensile strenght is equivalent to a grade 2 cap screw. Martensitic (400 series) is less resistant to corrosion but can be heat treated. 400 series stainless cost less than 300 series. After heat treatment it is equivalent to a grade 5 bolt in tensile strength. There are other S/S available but you most likely won't see them available in these aplications.

Personally, I would stay away from "cast" balls and use only forged or those machined from a solid piece of steel and then heat treated.

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Laugh at me if you'd like, but I discovered something that surprised me about trailer towing not that long ago. I sold my last trailer years ago when I "officially quit" drag racing so now I rent them when needed. A little over a month ago, I had to go to the local U-Haul place to get a trailer because the normal outfit I used was totally booked. After I slid the drawbar into the receiver on my pickup truck, I greased the ball. The U-Haul guy looked at me like a deer caught in the headlights. When he finally recovered, his only comment was: "I've been renting trailers for more than ten years and I've never seen or heard of anyone greasing a ball". My response was pretty simple: "You never grew up on a farm with my (late) Father. He'd have had your ass for not doing it."

Now, I know a few of my old drag racing buds still grease trailer balls whenever they hook up the trailer. They couple and uncouple easier. They don't make a lot of racket when you tow and they never seize up (can you imagine something simple like a ball joint if it never saw grease?). My pal Alf Weibe likes to tell the story of how he got his butt chewed by his wife on one of her few trips to the track...wearing white slacks. She encountered the receiver on his unhooked-Suburban...and the rest is history. But I digress.

So are Alf, me and a few other guys I regularly hang out with the only ones who hate the squawking when you pull a trailer with a bone dry ball and hitch? Or am I (and a few other old farmers) missing something?

Putting my asbestos fire suit on now <g>.

Wayne Scraba

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My balls are greased! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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...guess that makes two of us<g>.....ha ha!

Wayne

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