Before I Go Get It

I once flat towed a 69 Charger packed to the ceiling with people and household goods with a Big Buick tuna boat something. From Lapine Oregon up over Mt Hood to South Portland in the winter at night on snow (no chains) the car I was towing with had the girl friend her 2 kids and her parents in it. The Charger had the brother of the girl friend his wife or girl friend and at least one little kid. The trip started after dark and finished as the sun came up 12 hours later. I think I lost 10 lbs. The things you do when your young and stupid for some girl you now can't remember her name!

 

I'm looking for an FSM and have found a couple. One has a blue cover with 372 pages. It covers 53-60. Is this what people use?

 

Yes. I will take a look on Walck's. What I saw was on Amazon.

 

Car trailer with brakes, That's a lot of road. 1/2 ton truck should be fine. Heck buy a trailer out there pull it home and sell it.....but you wont because it so dang handy, and then you'll have trailer! win win! I've paid for mine a 100 times over.

 

7 years ago I bought a 4x8 trailer at HF for $200 and have been real glad I had it. They come in very handy. I have decided to look for a 16' tandem axel with brakes here in Orlando. I expect to haul the CJ and all kinds of other stuff here and when we get back to Colo in 2 yrs I can haul the jeep to trails all over Colo and Utah

 

I had checked various possibilities to bring back my Jeep, travel was approx 450 miles.
The owner told me that it was possible to make such a travel, but I was not sure.
So I checked all possibilities :
- paying a transport cy specialised in cars, delivering to garages,etc... that was possible, needed time to organise but correct price.
- renting a truck able to carry a car : relatively expensive, but there are various sizes and in some case I needed à driving licence for big trucks... which I have, but I had to validate with a medical exam
- renting a trailer : possible according to the weight of the vehicle.
- borrowing a trailer : it is possible, too
- paying someone with a trailer or truck to get it back for me : expensive
-towing under my car : it is not so easy, there are risks and if an accident happens, too late

In fact there is no perfect solution, there is a price to pay. I decided to bring it back driving it, followed by my son.
It was a terrible travel, never do it again. But it was OK.

The best solution it to pays somebody with the truck or trailer to bring it back! It is only once...
As soon as you start in CJ5 fashion, you have to pay.

Except, of course, if you let it rust in a garden, as we see on Craiglist. Or as do my neighbour, which decided to invest in the Peugeot 404 convertible.. there are 3 rusting in his garden...

 

That's the plan
Glenn, we need to get together at the Hammock some time.

 

Amen to that!

 

Absolutely, I will need some tips and tricks from an "Old Master". PM me or whatever is appropriate. Still learning the etiquette.

 

While I've flat towed my Jeeps many times across the West, rear driveshfat removed, figured how to use stock running lights to use for towing. Everything in the Jeep is greased and lubed and I do stop and check for strange temps and run good tires on it. In several thousand miles of towing I've had the front tires cross up twice on the Jeep, no sharp turns. Fortunatly short time events and I could tell when it happened in my tow vehicle, even in a 12,000 lb vehicle.
If I had to do it again, I would buy a trailer and I would certainly find a use for it. We seem to find a way to use them

 

Could you buy a trailer, go get the Jeep and sell it when you get back, get your money back? I built a trailer when I retired, used a Dexter house trailer axel, narrowed. Them made the box the same size as a pick up, so I could put a pick up topper on it if I wanted to enclose it later. Everyone uses it, family, friends and neighbors, it has worked out well for everyone.