hi everyone....

i am moving house this weekend and i have a slight problem....

3 weeks ago i brought some sierra uprights on ebay.....today has arrived and they still havnt turned up...the seller swears he sent them but doesnt have a tracking number....

so my car has rear wheels, but no fronts...

i managed to sort a trailer for the weekend but i dont think that between myself and airhead we will be able to move it.....

is there anyone with any ideas how i can do this? or has a set of uprights i can borrow or can help lift the car???

the trailer i have is not a car trailer, its a big ifor williams six wheeler with ramps so there is no hand winch.....

cheers

barry

I have a pair of uprights you can borrow.

I would need them back at some point mind.

A bit heavy to post, but welcome to collect, I'll u2u you my number.

how about some dolly wheels on a piece of wood strapped to the chassis?

How about using one of those 4 wheeled caster skates that they use for office moves etc.

Stick it under the front of the chassis and roll it on to the trailer.

I have one but wrong side of the country.

Machine Mart sell them, but I am sure they must be available at other places. Maybe Staples?

Good luck with your move.

Mike

the ramps are only the width of the tyres...

i did think about using my snap on creeping board but the ramps will stop that...

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Cant you stand in the engine bay and pull it onto the trailer like a rickshaw?

ETA of course, youll have to put a picture up of you doing that!!!

[Edited on 26-4-10 by MakeEverything]

with my feeble frame i dont think i could....

but would be funny to watch me trying!!!

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Originally posted by boggle
with my feeble frame i dont think i could....

but would be funny to watch me trying!!!

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make a wide skate from a plank and some castors that fits across both ramps? Lash it to the chassis and get pushing - might need a bit of a bump to get onto the ramps to start with, but should (might) work if nothing else presents itself?

Cheers


Vince

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Originally posted by vinny1275
make a wide skate from a plank

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Hi Barry, TBH I think that we should be able to drop the rear onto the wheels and hold the front between us - there isn't a motor in it now after all.

im not sure mat...

i have to do the whole move in a day so we wont have time to cock about with the car if its going to be a pain in the rectum....

You'd know about pains in the rectum

Want to shift it over to mine this week - the Mazda can go back outside for a bit?

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make a wide skate from a plank

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Thats no way to talk about Julie.....

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...i managed to sort a trailer for the weekend but i dont think that between myself and airhead we will be able to move it...

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If you have an engine hoist, can to lift the front of the car enough to back the trailer under it? (And repeat the trick at the other end?)

Hugh

Go to the rear of any macdonalds and you will find the perfect skate trucks FOC

If you get some large castors from machine mart and bolt them to the lower wishbones...sorted

are you implying i steal something????

skate boards or a pair of old school rollerskates?

i may see if i can get someone with a hiab???

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i may see if i can get someone with a hiab???

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Don't put ideas in his head for goodness sakes.

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Or a box of matches?

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there isnt anything to burn...

it just needs crushing......

2nd for skateboards, I've used them to move engines and gearboxes into position, don't try ticks on them though!

The body panels would go up lovely...oooops.

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there isnt anything to burn...

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