Posted by terry on January 11, 2010, 1:37 pm
> > Any ideas? I'm all alone and don't have a pickup. I can rent a truck but
> > how do I get the heavy bike (rear wheel and engine and frame) onto and off
> > the truck.
> U-Haul rents box vans with powered lift gates and a cargo floor that's
> lower than the typical pickup truck bed and U-Haul also rents very low
> motorcycle trailers with loading ramps.
> Once your don't have a front wheel at all, snag an abandoned
> supermarket shopping cart and hacksaw the basket part off so you can
> rest the motorcycle forks on the wheeled bottom half of the cart.
> You can probable use the axle clamps on the bottom of the forks to
> secure the motorcycle to the shopping cart when you have to maneuver
> the motorcycle around the garage.
> Sawed-off shopping carts are good for moving engines around the garage
> too.
> Also, while you're scrounging shopping carts, get a few plastic milk
> crates to store parts in. Impecunious motorcyclists have been using
> milk crates for motorcycle work-stands since the Beatles were a
> group...
Ah milk crates .......................... yes.
The newer ones, in now (supposedly) metric Canada, hold nine 2 litre
milk cartons. Each will, typically, accommodate 20+ average dinner
plates, up to 52 saucers, 24 cups etc. etc. And any variety of tools,
spare parts , junk etc. etc.
The older ones, designed for half gallons?, were much in demand at one
time for storing 12 inch phonograph records!
And also for standing on, or wangling something up/or down from the
bed of a pickup. Motor cycle too heavy I would say.
Posted by Jules on January 11, 2010, 8:46 am
On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:08:44 -0800, Joseph Donner wrote:
> How can I move, all alone, a disabled motorcycle (heavy, no front wheel).
>
> Any ideas? I'm all alone and don't have a pickup. I can rent a truck but
> how do I get the heavy bike (rear wheel and engine and frame) onto and off
> the truck.
Have a car?
http://crossquote.com/funny-crazy-redneck-auto-repair/car-bike-tow.jpg
;-)
Posted by Van Chocstraw on January 11, 2010, 10:23 am
Joseph Donner wrote:
> How can I move, all alone, a disabled motorcycle (heavy, no front wheel).
> Any ideas? I'm all alone and don't have a pickup. I can rent a truck but
> how do I get the heavy bike (rear wheel and engine and frame) onto and off
> the truck.
That's why I bought an old farm tractor with a bucket loader. Now I can
pick stuff up. Good for moving snow around too. Much cheaper than a tiny
new Kubota with a loader. $12,000 vs $2,000.
Posted by Gael on January 11, 2010, 11:31 am
wrote:
> Much cheaper than a tiny new Kubota with a loader. $12,000 vs $2,000.
The agricultural equipment dealer down the street sells Kubota
tractors that have four six-foot diameter wheels with narrow tires. I
can't figure out what they're good for, since regular tractors have
two narrow spaced smaller diameter wheels up front so they will follow
the furrow while plowing...
Posted by Van Chocstraw on January 11, 2010, 12:51 pm
Gael wrote:
> wrote:
>> Much cheaper than a tiny new Kubota with a loader. $12,000 vs $2,000.
> The agricultural equipment dealer down the street sells Kubota
> tractors that have four six-foot diameter wheels with narrow tires. I
> can't figure out what they're good for, since regular tractors have
> two narrow spaced smaller diameter wheels up front so they will follow
> the furrow while plowing...
Narrow front ends are optional, most are wide front ends either powered
or unpowered.
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> > how do I get the heavy bike (rear wheel and engine and frame) onto and off
> > the truck.
> U-Haul rents box vans with powered lift gates and a cargo floor that's
> lower than the typical pickup truck bed and U-Haul also rents very low
> motorcycle trailers with loading ramps.
> Once your don't have a front wheel at all, snag an abandoned
> supermarket shopping cart and hacksaw the basket part off so you can
> rest the motorcycle forks on the wheeled bottom half of the cart.
> You can probable use the axle clamps on the bottom of the forks to
> secure the motorcycle to the shopping cart when you have to maneuver
> the motorcycle around the garage.
> Sawed-off shopping carts are good for moving engines around the garage
> too.
> Also, while you're scrounging shopping carts, get a few plastic milk
> crates to store parts in. Impecunious motorcyclists have been using
> milk crates for motorcycle work-stands since the Beatles were a
> group...