Towing A10 on a Trailer

[IanKar64]

Does anyone tow their A10 (auto transmission) on a trailer to and from track events? I am busy purchasing a trailer but have a 22 Mach1 A10. I was wondering if it was okay to leave the vehicle in "Park" once it has been tied down. If I understand correctly, the manual says in the event of a breakdown for towing, to remove the gear shift panel and hit a switch to put it in 'neutral'. But this seems overkill every time one has to load your car onto a trailer when visiting the tracks frequently. I also doubt that they do this when transporting automatics on the car haulers. The local Ford dealerships are not much help in this information.

 

[dragoon]

Does anyone tow their A10 (auto transmission) on a trailer to and from track events? I am busy purchasing a trailer but have a 22 Mach1 A10. I was wondering if it was okay to leave the vehicle in "Park" once it has been tied down. If I understand correctly, the manual says in the event of a breakdown for towing, to remove the gear shift panel and hit a switch to put it in 'neutral'. But this seems overkill every time one has to load your car onto a trailer when visiting the tracks frequently. I also doubt that they do this when transporting automatics on the car haulers. The local Ford dealerships are not much help in this information.

Even though I have a manual, I haul any car, including autos, in neutral and no parking brake.

 

[OX1]

I found this stuff a while back. I'm DCT with a 21 GT500, which claims "tire mount" (for Mach 1, but that is as close as they get
to a GT500), but I just went 4 hour round trip to Pocono and back last week, using hooks/straps in the factory frame tow point holes. My trailer is 26 foot, so
my angle is very shallow (especially with CFTP car).

http://luxjo.supermotors.net/2020%202022%20GT500/WHITE%20BLUE%20CF%20PA/TOWING/2023_Wrecker_Towing_Guide_mcs6420.pdf

I did also find the 350 (in 17MY guide), but being man trans, probably has nothing to do with either of our cars.

https://www.fordservicecontent.com/ford_content/catalog/motorcraft/2017-Wrecker-Towing-Guide-Final.pdf

 

[blacksheep-1]

I glue it down, in gear (or park), and at least 4 straps, and wheel chocks. In most automatics, there is a " parking pawl" that keeps the car from moving. When you slam the rental car in park at about 30mph you can hear this trying to engage, it's the rapid click..click..click ( or so I've been told). Since the trans I've built are of the C4, C6, Turbo 350 and 400 series, I'm sure they are similar, but you should check.

 

[PatrickStapler]

Mine is probably different than y’all’s…I strap it down by the suspension…crossed…in neutral. Then I put it in a gear…usually first or second, whichever it wants to go into easiest.

 

[blacksheep-1]

Mine is probably different than y’all’s…I strap it down by the suspension…crossed…in neutral. Then I put it in a gear…usually first or second, whichever it wants to go into easiest.

The reason for strapping down the suspension is that it allows the body freedom of movement, and argument could possibly be made that tying down the body and binding the suspension, the shocks n springs could be damaged.
..especially in roads around Michigan..

 

[JDee]

When I was trailering my '16 I used the factory shipping point holes. I bought tie down straps that had the correct hooks to go into the slots that Ford puts there to ensure the car would not get damaged in shipment from the factory.
I figure if that is the way Ford does it, then it's probably the right way. The tie down straps were rated at 10,000 lbs, each.

Ford has a shipping guide for their cars, I posted it in this thread.

Has anyone installed the BMR jacking rails along with the Ford Performance tie down kits?

Here's a doc some might find useful, it's Ford's official tie down guide for transporting cars. This one is from 2022, but I also have the 2015 one and the Mustang data hasn't changed. Mustang is on sheet 7 down near the bottom...

trackmustangsonline.com

 

[blacksheep-1]

When I was trailering my '16 I used the factory shipping point holes. I bought tie down straps that had the correct hooks to go into the slots that Ford puts there to ensure the car would not get damaged in shipment from the factory.
I figure if that is the way Ford does it, then it's probably the right way. The tie down straps were rated at 10,000 lbs, each.

Ford has a shipping guide for their cars, I posted it in this thread.

Has anyone installed the BMR jacking rails along with the Ford Performance tie down kits?

Here's a doc some might find useful, it's Ford's official tie down guide for transporting cars. This one is from 2022, but I also have the 2015 one and the Mustang data hasn't changed. Mustang is on sheet 7 down near the bottom...

trackmustangsonline.com

Somehow, they pounded holes into the floor of my trailer. The extra hold downs somehow beat the floor to where the extra hardware actually went through the floor. I'm completely baffled how this happened as I checked the load several times and the straps were all tight.