Henry,
I used a U-Haul trailer to transport my TR3 last October. The TR3 will
fit on a U-haul trailer, but barely. The inside of the tries will be
resting on the inside ramp of the trailer not on the flat. The inside of
the flats on the trailer are probably 2 to 3 inches narrower than the
inside fo the tires. Loading is very precarious, as the ramps must be
angle in at the bottom so the car does not fall off. As I stated in my
earlier post, get the Ryder with the solid ramp and bed trailer. If you
must use the U-haul it will work, but be very careful. Using my PO
direction, I almost dropped mine within 1 hour of ownership. I had to
back it off the trailer with one wheel on a ramp like you would use to
work on a car because I couln't keep it on the trailers ramps. . If you
use the U-Haul be very careful. I guess I can't say the enough.
Basically if it is a monetary decision get the Ryder regardless of cost.
If you can't get a solid trailer/ramp setup like the Ryder, use the
U-Haul, but depend on someone you really trust to guide you. Bring a set
of ramps, whell chocks, etc.
Good luck.
Jack Brooks
Hillsdale, New Jersey
1960 TR3-A TS69032L
1974 Norton Commando Roadster
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997 18:12:40 -0500 Henry Frye <thefryes@iconn.net>
writes:
>Carl, Bruce and everybody else,
>
>I don't think I was clear enough in my first post. The U-Haul Auto
>Transporter is a massive trailer you drive (in my case, winch) your
>vehicle up onto. It is not the car dolly that only takes one axle off
>the ground. All four wheels of the car are off the ground on the
>transporter.
>
>Unfortunately, the bed is not solid, and the design of the transporter
>has rails that are made to handle the Detriot Barges. The inner edges
>of the rails are tapered up and toward the middle.
>
>See the obligatory bad ascii (you may need to widen your mail window)
>
>
> / \
> -> ______/ \______ <-Car wheels sit on this
>ledge
>(rail)
> | ^ ^ |
> | | | |
> | |
> | |
> |____________________|
> This is the critical
> distance. If a car's
> track is narrower than
> this, it will not sit
> flat on the "ledge"
>
>
>LBC's have two potential problems using this piece of equipment.
>First,
>the car's track must be wide enough to sit on the rails, not on the
>tapered rail edge. And second, the tapered rail edge is something
>like
>four inches proud of the rail, so some scraping of the undercarrage is
>inevitable.
>
>I believe Bruce is talking about a car dolly, as he recommends
>disconnecting the driveshaft. I am going some 300 miles, and have no
>intention of spinning a wheel bearing that has not come up to
>temperature in over two decades.
>
>Carl, are you inferring Ryder has an auto transporter better suited
>for
>a TR3? Ryder is a little more expensive, but if the U-Haul equipment
>will not work, it will not work.
>
>So, one last time, has anyone ever tried to put a TR3 on a U-Haul Auto
>Transporter? Does it fit?
>
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