Also, like old farmers did with their tractors, back the hauler into a ditch
until the tail meets the opposing bank & drive the truck in from the ground
on the other side of the ditch.
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-Window
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Lake <lakek@oit.edu>
To: Jeremy Eastman <jeastman@appliedtheory.com>;
oletrucks-digest@autox.team.net <oletrucks-digest@autox.team.net>
Cc: varanus@mail.phoenix.net <varanus@mail.phoenix.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Trailering vs. High Cube Truck Rental
>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
>
>----------
>> 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.
>>
>> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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