

| Subject: | Re: Moving a suspension-less vehicle(lvc) |
| From: | mordo |
| Date: | Fri, 18 May 2007 20:42:24 -0400 |
Here's the plan: you order a unit of concrete block from your local supplier. They come to deliver it with the piggyback fork truck. While the driver is there, you offer him a fin to load the carcass on the trailer. Bada Bing! On 5/18/07, Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@ipa.net> wrote: > > Thanks everyone. I was hoping to not have to build a caster frame to > get it to move and now I have ssome additional ideas from the list gurus. > > I might even photograph the final result. > > Max > > At 07:49 AM 5/18/2007, Michael Snow wrote: > > >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 > -- mordo 1990 Carat
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