• From: El Sobrante, California
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Topic: Loading a "lemon" on to trailer

I managed to catch some footage of Me, Chris, and Mike all trying to load the car onto a trailer going uphill...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjSkbjMNzYA

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Re: Loading a "lemon" on to trailer

Not much practice, I gather. Don't worry, you'll get better...

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Re: Loading a "lemon" on to trailer

needs more "yakety sax"

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Re: Loading a "lemon" on to trailer

Oh jesus.

  • Registered: 2009-12-29
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Re: Loading a "lemon" on to trailer

oh boy, wait till you need to load without a tire, or when it is badly broke. Then the fun comes out.

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Re: Loading a "lemon" on to trailer

warpony wrote:

oh boy, wait till you need to load without a tire, or when it is badly broke. Then the fun comes out.

Or when you're pulling your next possible Lemons car out of a horse pasture, where it's been sitting for the last 30 years. It did have all 4 tires... sort of...plus the extra... "stuff" IN the car.

Maybe it was a *good* thing that it didn't have a motor...

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  • From: Kansas City, MO
  • Registered: 2010-06-19
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Re: Loading a "lemon" on to trailer

I thought this was going to be this video (NWS for language).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_t8lVDt2RM

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  • Registered: 2009-10-30
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Re: Loading a "lemon" on to trailer

Where's the big-ass come-a-long?  It's an essential tool, I've loaded and unloaded multiple machines by myself with a pair of them.

9 Reply by Eric Myers (edited by Eric Myers 2010-08-04 08:34 PM)

  • From: El Sobrante, California
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Re: Loading a "lemon" on to trailer

forgot to add we were going uphill on a driveway in sf, ontop of it going more upwards onto the trailer...good thing my surgically repaired ankle held up. Also it did have a motor smile

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Re: Loading a "lemon" on to trailer

Did. The car turnover I've pulled plugs out of cars and and put it in gear and bump starter
Also if you got lug wrenches you can Use those on  the lugnuts and this will drive tire.
One thing being a crap car from the video I would have backed the trailer under the car put plastic trays from fast food restaurant under ramps so you don't scratch asphalt or concrete
I've tried about everything but whatever gets the job done.

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  • From: El Sobrante, California
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Re: Loading a "lemon" on to trailer

Yea, she turned over, on the 2nd crank because first time we didnt let the battery charge enough, runs great though.

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Re: Loading a "lemon" on to trailer

You racing that in 3 days?

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Re: Loading a "lemon" on to trailer

Nope, hopefully be racing it in Buttonwillow assuming we get selected for the race.

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Re: Loading a "lemon" on to trailer

You need a cage built?

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