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Subject:Re: Moving a suspension-less vehicle(lvc)
From:Michael Snow
Date:Fri, 18 May 2007 05:49:11 -0700

You could jack it up high enough to maneuver the trailer beneath it.
I have seen someone do this with two halves of a school bus (also with
no suspension) to get each end to the salvage yard.  He used sections
of telephone poles as supports, a large industrial jack, and steadied
the bus with chains anchored to several cars.

Mike

On 5/18/07, Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@ipa.net> wrote:
> Dear Folks:
>
> I have an 87 Audi 4kq up on jackstands and missing its control arms,
> strut towers etc. and have a gentlemen interested in purchasing this
> vehicle as a project car.  Transporting this car to his trailer seems
> to be the big deal killer right now since it doesn't roll and would
> take more cash than I want to spend on it to get it to roll using the
> OEM parts.  Any creative ideas out there on getting 2500 lbs. to s
> trailer?  Vanagon content:  as part B of the question, pretend it's a
> Vanagon w/o the control arms.
>
> TIA
>
> DM&FS
>

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