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Wombat 280


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Is this really the way  to park a van  for a fast get away   Who teaches them , the full shot showed that the van was also on levelers   WHY  it looks fairly flat  tot he eye

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G'day Wombat,

Ya put the very same pic up here in Techies on the 3/8 mate. You got replies as well.

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Seen the original post and like the idea still. Thanks Wombat

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Does it really matter if the owner is happy with the parking?

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TheHeaths wrote:

Does it really matter if the owner is happy with the parking?

Not sure but based on basic physics  it seems like a lot of strain placed on vehicle body  and contrary to the WDH instructions,  if anyone bothers to read them .   It doesn't show it clearly but the van has the same amount of levellers so to my reckoning if we took all the levellers out the van would  be naturally level  

 

Thanks for the  heads up on previous post   it didn't show up when I went looking for it so thought I had stuffed it up again  ,comes with age



-- Edited by Wombat 280 on Tuesday 9th of August 2016 05:58:25 PM

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Not sure why you would do it, but parking the tug nose down like in the picture would take some of the stress off the WDH.

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If I leave the van attached to the tug, along with the WDH, I just wind the jockey wheel down to take the tension off both the vehicles.....

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