Thread: moving an unmovable vehicle?

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

only takes me about 3 hours to plasma cut a disco and load it with some one helping with the lifting.

That's about 2hrs and 59mins too much work for me!

I'm liking the idea to leave the wheels and stuff on, roll it onto whatever, maybe even remove them once I get the body to wherever. They can lift it off at the 'other end'.
Of course there's no other end as yet. Need to sort that out before anything else. Otherwise I may have 3 hrs work ahead of me!

In the past I've stripped cars down to a rolling shell then once on the trailer removed hubs etc, just rest the shell on old wheels or solid timber. Sims will forklift the shell off the trailer.

Hi Where are you situated ?

Originally Posted by goingbush

I used to cut old falcons , Holdens etc in half with an Axe , you'd be surprised how quickly it can be done, dead easy . D2 would be a snap, even the chassis if you can get a swing at it .

This guy is using the wrong axe and makes it look hard, a regular Kelly axe does the job

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That is a splitting axe for firewood. Not much more than a tomahawk. A kelly would definitely be better.

Originally Posted by AK83

Technically this request for info is not a 'technical question', but on a technicality, it may require some technical expertise.

I've had a D2 spares in my back yard for a couple years now. Problem is I can't strip the parts I need .. yet!. sloping gravel, not stable enough to raise body to remove all the required bits.
Anyhow, long story short .. new slab to be laid soon, car has been moved to one side to allow this. I can move the car around now, no brakes, but steering still intact .. etc.

What I'm hoping to do is to strip out as much as I can, including steering box, column/shaft, drag link and track rod. I.e it may eventually have no ability to steer .. AND! .. I also wanted to remove hubs.
Issue is, I have a bees knacker of width between house and fence .. so I need to move the body to the front of the house first, then would remove steering.
Driveway is in carp condition anyhow, but if I do remove hubs .. what options other than dragging along driveway .. eg. onto tray truck, or trailer or whatever(eventually) to get it to it's final resting spot.

Also, I have to find "it's final resting spot" .. the likes of pick-a-part, or simsmetal .. or wherever they'll take a non rolling chassis/shell. I'll assume they'll lift it of a trailer or tray truck, if I go down that route to remove off my property.

property is a typical suburban house/block, 2.3(ish) wide driveway down the side at the narrow bit, and about 3m at the fence .. so removing off the actual driveway won't be too hard to do eventually.

so question is: is there some type of 'dolly' type thing I could fab or rent just to make the dragging process a lot less problematic.

Alternatively: does anyone want a D2(V8) body and chassis .. free to good home!

Wait until the Bushfire Season & grab a Sky Crane. Up & over, Job done.