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>Carl, Bruce and everybody else,
>
>I don't think I was clear enough in my first post. The U-Haul Auto
>Transporter is a massive trailer you drive (in my case, winch) your
>vehicle up onto. It is not the car dolly that only takes one axle off
>the ground. All four wheels of the car are off the ground on the
>transporter.
>
>Unfortunately, the bed is not solid, and the design of the transporter
>has rails that are made to handle the Detriot Barges. The inner edges
>of the rails are tapered up and toward the middle.
>
>See the obligatory bad ascii (you may need to widen your mail window)
>
>
> / \
> -> ______/ \______ <-Car wheels sit on this ledge
>(rail)
> | ^ ^ |
> | | | |
> | |
> | |
> |____________________|
> This is the critical
> distance. If a car's
> track is narrower than
> this, it will not sit
> flat on the "ledge"
>
>
>LBC's have two potential problems using this piece of equipment. First,
>the car's track must be wide enough to sit on the rails, not on the
>tapered rail edge. And second, the tapered rail edge is something like
>four inches proud of the rail, so some scraping of the undercarrage is
>inevitable.
>
>I believe Bruce is talking about a car dolly, as he recommends
>disconnecting the driveshaft. I am going some 300 miles, and have no
>intention of spinning a wheel bearing that has not come up to
>temperature in over two decades.
>
>Carl, are you inferring Ryder has an auto transporter better suited for
>a TR3? Ryder is a little more expensive, but if the U-Haul equipment
>will not work, it will not work.
>
>So, one last time, has anyone ever tried to put a TR3 on a U-Haul Auto
>Transporter? Does it fit?
>
>=>snip...
Henry,
I brought a TR3 from Colorado to Georgia on a Ryder auto transport, yes all
4 wheels off the ground, and had no problem. The bed is solid and the car
can be positioned in the center. easy to load wiht a "come a long".
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