The only problem you might have is the over-all height of the Napco
Suburban. Overall height on these is listed at 79.6" You may have to go
to a really big cube van to make it fit. Also, if you do decide to go this
route. Rather than trying to find loading ramps, find a place that has a
loading dock that you can use. It is a whole lot easier to drive it in on
the level from a flat, concrete pad than it is up a set of flexy ramps.
The local freight office used to let us use their dock (after business
hours, due to the amount of traffic). Good luck with it.
Kevin Lake
56 GMC Suburban/napco
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> From: Jeremy Eastman <jeastman@appliedtheory.com>
> To: oletrucks-digest@autox.team.net
> Cc: varanus@mail.phoenix.net
> Subject: [oletrucks] Trailering vs. High Cube Truck Rental
> Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 8:15 AM
>
> I looked into this some when I almost bought a '55 NAPCO sub for for
$3500
> in Kansas (and I hope somebody on the list ended up getting it). One
> option to at least look into is what the load/size capacity is of those
> heavy-duty "high-cubes" you can rent from Ryder or U-Haul. After looking
> into their trailer prices and capacity, one of their reps mentioned
renting
> one of their full-size cube/moving trucks, driving/pushing the '55
Suburban
> into it, and then securing with lots of cargo straps to the bed floor.
> Though the sides of these trucks might look flimsy, take a look at the
> thick bed floor in those things- and pulling all that is a one or
sometimes
> two-ton chassis and drivetrain.
>
> Those high-cubes aren't that much different from the flatbed trucks that
> lots of shops use to transport cars, and though they may cost a little
more
> to rent than a trailer, it's a lot less aggravation to drive a long
> distance, and puts all that high-load wear and tear on their vehicle, not
> yours, and it'll put no mileage (engine running or not) on your "new" old
> truck. Watch yourself around those curves though.. ;)
>
> I ended up finding and buying another '55-2nd Sub less than one hour's
> drive away (no small feat in Upstate New York, which is rust belt
central)
> and ended up driving it back, so I never got an opportunity to try the
> high-cube. I wouldn't recommend it blindly, but it bears looking into-
> maybe somebody on the list might have a yeah or nay on this idea.
>
> > Anyway, I need to pick up this 58 napco. I have never been to Grand
> > Junction, CO but I assume there are some mountains to traverse. Once
> > I get to Eastern CO, it is pretty flat all the way back to Houston.
>
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