moving a shell

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unmol
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Post Tue Aug 10, 2010 6:39 pm

hi guys, ive got a shell with no front running gear only rear. any 1 have ideas of how to load it on to a trailer using castors or something
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Post Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:04 pm

use a trolley jack?
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Post Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:07 pm

Shopping trolley with the basket cut off.

Only cost you a quid :D

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Post Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:20 pm

engine hoist with ropes around the front crossmember
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Post Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:07 pm

I have done this a few times.

Pull the car rear end first using the winch and a trolley jack at the front under the middle of the bulkhead with a plank of wood across the gearbox tunnel.
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Post Wed Aug 11, 2010 12:14 pm

Just pick it up with a couple of mates.

5 of us move a shell round the side of my house just picked it up and carried it out 8)
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Post Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:59 pm

Dezzy wrote:Just pick it up with a couple of mates.

5 of us move a shell round the side of my house just picked it up and carried it out 8)
But Dezzy,you are 5 big,tough northerners.... :D
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Post Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:23 pm

daimlerman wrote:
Dezzy wrote:Just pick it up with a couple of mates.

5 of us move a shell round the side of my house just picked it up and carried it out 8)
But Dezzy,you are 5 big,tough northerners.... :D
On the first lift we didnt feel that tough let me tell you. I nearly sh1t my socks winkeye
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