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When I picked up my '15 Ford in Washington state, I rented a 16' UHaul box truck. The whole thing fit inside, out of sight and out of the weather, totally secure with no worries about parts flying off. Cheap and easy.
Then the costs of renting a truck with a higher rated hitch would be well worth the money. No need to take a chance and then post a photo of what happened to your car after it did a few somersaults going down the highway.
AS you can see in the photo below...they are loading this dollie onto a hauler that has a very low floor and thus the angle to get it in is MUCH LESS than if a person were to use a roll-back. And with the angle of roll back (which I know is not being used in your scenario) is why I mentioned on how the dollie needs to be built. IF a roll back is being sued...I myself would use my dollie with only 4 wheels and not 6 wheels...so when it was being pulled up onto the roll back..there would not be such a long section of the dollie that would be hanging in the air and the wheels off the ground. That would just make me super nervous.
I KNOW that wood can be used as long as who ever is building it makes efforts to make sure that it is strengthened very well.
DUB
Dub, the angle really doesn't matter. Once the center or end wheels are off the ground, how much doesn't enter into flex or weight. The dolly is simply strong enough that it doesn't flex that much.
I have used this dolly to transport 7 bodies halfway across Florida for paint. Body is bolted & strapped to dolly and dolly is supported at the corners and strapped to trailer. Never any problems. My 63 conv. is going to Mikes next week for paint the same way.
Mark
Dub, the angle really doesn't matter. Once the center or end wheels are off the ground, how much doesn't enter into flex or weight. The dolly is simply strong enough that it doesn't flex that much.
I DO AGREE that the dollie needs to be stout enough....and depending on the angle it is being pulled up on and the number of wheels....along with proper reinforcement of the body, etc. So much can come into play here....so with these factors ...the angle can come into effect as it has happen to some of my customers where I had to go to their house and look at what happened....which was not pretty.
I DO AGREE that the dollie needs to be stout enough....and depending on the angle it is being pulled up on and the number of wheels....along with proper reinforcement of the body, etc. So much can come into play here....so with these factors ...the angle can come into effect as it has happen to some of my customers where I had to go to their house and look at what happened....which was not pretty.
DUB
I respectfully disagree Dub. The angle has no affect on stress on the body or dolly. We're speaking here of the NuAir in particular. It doesn't flex enough to make any difference, nor would any other dolly that doesn't flex. The fact that the trailer I used had a low height deck didn't keep the wheels from leaving the ground during the loading. Once the wheel leaves the surface it doesn't matter if it is 1/2" or 10 feet. If your customer had a dolly insufficient to carry the body except with all wheels on a level surface, they don't really have a body dolly capable of transport. They just have a body stand.
I respectfully disagree Dub. The angle has no affect on stress on the body or dolly. We're speaking here of the NuAir in particular. It doesn't flex enough to make any difference, nor would any other dolly that doesn't flex. The fact that the trailer I used had a low height deck didn't keep the wheels from leaving the ground during the loading. Once the wheel leaves the surface it doesn't matter if it is 1/2" or 10 feet. If your customer had a dolly insufficient to carry the body except with all wheels on a level surface, they don't really have a body dolly capable of transport. They just have a body stand.
MY APOLOGIES...I DID use your photo when replying. So LOGIC would then seen to dictate that my comments that are different than yours are referring to the actual NuAir dollie.....when actually I should have stated that IF you build one...out of wood, steel or whatever...keep in mind the angle of the ramp you are pulling it up on....because the distance from the first set of wheel that contact the ramp and the middle set ...IF the dollie is not built very well..can cause for a problem. SO the wall thickness of the box tubing and or the type of wood and how you reinforce /strengthen it and the number of wheel you use on your dollie DOES make a difference depending on the angle of the ramp you are pulling it up on.
NOW...I am sure that cleared up my mistake on the previous reply. Because many people may see your photo and make one and not know what was used and then wonder why it bent.
I have used this dolly to transport 7 bodies halfway across Florida for paint. Body is bolted & strapped to dolly and dolly is supported at the corners and strapped to trailer. Never any problems. My 63 conv. is going to Mikes next week for paint the same way.
Mark
Hi Ken I ordered all the parts to do the electric emergency brake installation like on your first car.on the brake cable going to the break itself did you shorten the spring on the cable to make it fit and what kind of a connection did you use from the cable to the emergency brake lever on the back of the break.your help would be appreciated thanks.
Cable slids into one end with the other end hooking around the black lever. I didn't cut the spring. Just pullup on the cable. Looks like you may have the universal kit which doesn't include the clevis. I used EC-81FU for Ford Explorer, so the spring lengths maybe different.
05-27-2016, 12:26 PM
Best answer so far.. lol.
