RE: Can I push " the PU" into the garage myself ?

birol · Sep 28, 2003, 07:05 PM

Is it possible to push it by hitch at all ? I think ours is around 2,000 Lbs or so loaded, would I be able to get it backwards into the garage, unhitch and manouver it to its own corner ? DW and DS would give me a hand if necessary, is that something feasible ? With a hitch weight of 150 Lbs, I would think we should be able to do that, besides the hitch rests ona small moving wheel right ?

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SactoCampers · Jul 17, 2003, 03:18 PM

birolYes, if you can get it into the garage and there is no slope once it s in, you can move it around fine. My popup weighs ~2300 lbs and I maneuver it around to it s precise spot (I taped off a square around the tire patch so I know exactly where it needs to be), and that s on carpet, which the tongue wheel doesn t really like to roll on. But then again, I have muscles like you can t believe. Just kidding.

But the hitch weight has nothing to do with it. You re pushing the whole thing around, unless you were planning to lift up the hitch like a wheelbarrow and move it around. [8D]

birol · Jul 17, 2003, 03:22 PM

SactoCampers

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But the hitch weight has nothing to do with it. You re pushing the whole thing around, unless you were planning to lift up the hitch like a wheelbarrow and move it around. [8D]

I was thinking I would have to lift it up and was starting to build muscles, till I remembered that thereis a wheel in the hitch. I will see if there is a slope in the garage.

Thanks for the positive info.

angelsmom10 · Jul 17, 2003, 03:30 PM

birol

QuoteORIGINAL: birol

Is it possible to push it by hitch at all ? I think ours is around 2,000 Lbs or so loaded, would I be able to get it backwards into the garage, unhitch and manouver it to its own corner ? DW and DS would give me a hand if necessary, is that something feasible ? With a hitch weight of 150 Lbs, I would think we should be able to do that, besides the hitch rests ona small moving wheel right ?

Soo excited []

You don t even have an expected arrival date, and you re making big plans.[8D]

Jeffrey · Jul 17, 2003, 03:43 PM

birol

QuoteI think ours is around 2,000 Lbs or so loaded

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debbiedee1957 · Jul 17, 2003, 04:09 PM

birolI move mine around without a problem.[

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tlhdoc · Jul 17, 2003, 05:18 PM

birolI can push my 10 Coleman around in the neighbors garage without help. I can t push it up hill though.

Acts 2:38 girl · Jul 17, 2003, 08:18 PM

birolDangit.. Andrea, stopp logging in!!
Lee here... [

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Sorry buddy.. that is going to be a big pain.. I don t have a wheel I have a flat pad (my change) and the tounge weight is closer to 180-ish.. You are also picking up in a very bad spot.. Too low for a leg lift, too high for your back.. If I try to move it by hand, I will pay for it in my back.. You can buy a wheel that will slip onto the foot, But I hate the wheels.. If a chock moves they can roll..

So, where you " may" be able to do it, don t count on really moving it around.. it is enough of a chore to " nudge it to hitch her up if I am off with the trailer ball.
Keep in mind, the hitch has been re-constructed (for the better might I add) and it weighs more at the ball for real life lifting.. I know it don t seem to make a lot of since.. Being a longer lever it should be lighter.. But on my write-up, you can see my real life weights I did through out the construction of the new hitch

Hitch info page
http://www.yankeetoys.org/lee/frame.htm

Ab Diver · Jul 17, 2003, 08:54 PM

SactoCampers

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But then again, I have muscles like you can t believe. Just kidding.

No, he s not kidding. I ve seen him in person--- he s the " Ah-nold" of Nick-Neff-Cough. Nobody else could have handled such a super-human task as the Gold Rush rally. I sure wouldn t wanna mess with him. (How s that for sucking up to our club webmaster? [

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Birol, since Lee s trailer (hey, it ain t yours *yet* [

] ) doesn t have a wheel on the tongue jack, you can easily move it with one of those dolly jacks available at Harbor Frieght for about 50-60 bucks. Just be sure to get the one that has the larger " knobby" pneumatic tires and is rated for 600 lbs. I have one, and use it all the time to position my trailer " just so" on it s narrow concrete pad next to our house--- a job too tight for my crew-cab truck. We even take the dolly jack to *spin* the trailer at certain campgrounds for a better view at the camp site. And I m running about 370 lbs. tongue weight.

It would make positioning the trailer in your garage a piece of cake.

birol · Jul 17, 2003, 10:39 PM

birolHey you negative posters, I am not gonna bring beer for you next time we meet[8D][8D][8D][8D][8D][8D][8D] Naaa I am just kidding, NOT, maybe I am [

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Turn Key · Jul 18, 2003, 01:18 AM

birolShould be able to. DW and I have done it and we had to get it over about a 1" lip.

birol · Jul 18, 2003, 06:57 AM

birolOk, So it is still " their" PU (Of course it is I was just kidding), and I can t push it around. That thingie one of you mentioned sounds good to me .........

I need to be able to move it around so the garage can take the windstar as well.

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