Jay
Jay UltraDork
5/24/12 7:44 a.m.

Answer: you use another truck.

After you've positioned the two trucks with as close to zero gap as possible between them, just drive it in...

All done!

spitfirebill
spitfirebill UltraDork
5/24/12 7:47 a.m.

I saw this on one of the car shows. Good thing to remember.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
5/24/12 7:49 a.m.

Abschleppen!

(I just like saying that)

Ranger50
Ranger50 SuperDork
5/24/12 8:23 a.m.

You have to do the same thing with Sprinter vans too. They come in on flatbed trucks.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
5/24/12 8:30 a.m.
pinchvalve wrote: Abschleppen! (I just like saying that)

Back in high school, a bunch of my friends had Honda XL motorcycles. On the gas tank there was a warning decal that read "Schütze dein Leben", which translates roughly into "Preserve Nature". It replaced "Goodbye" in our vocabulary for about three years.

Jay
Jay UltraDork
5/24/12 8:40 a.m.

BTW the container they sent me was BRAND NEW. All you guys who gave me horror stories about POS containers and leaks, thanks for the info, but I'm not so worried about it anymore.

Stuff arriving in Toronto in more pieces than I sent it out as, well, I AM still worried about that. All I can do is wait and see though.

nderwater
nderwater UltraDork
5/24/12 8:43 a.m.

Getting out of a car inside a container is easier in a convertible. Try that in a Delorian!

Gasoline
Gasoline HalfDork
5/24/12 11:07 a.m.

You may have seen it already, but I thought this Bobcat load was pretty clever also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUvcrL9ojjo

DukeOfUndersteer
DukeOfUndersteer PowerDork
5/24/12 11:13 a.m.

Don't hire these 4....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u42E_ODS8Q

alfadriver
alfadriver UberDork
5/24/12 12:13 p.m.

Hope you did the tie down job, yourself. About 10 years ago, a friend of mine bought a GTA race car, and had it's own container. It didn't stay tied down...

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon MegaDork
5/24/12 2:33 p.m.

Car and Driver? did an article about Ro Ro car carrier ships (RollOn/RollOff) several years ago and they were asking the loadmaster about tying down the cars in rough weather. He said that another ship had run into some really bad weather about halfway across the Atlantic and a car had broken loose in the hold. The guy interviewing asked if they had gone into the hold to try to strap it down and the loadmaster said said 'Are you kidding?'. It appeared the car cannonballed around the hold for about 8 hours.

Anti-stance
Anti-stance HalfDork
5/24/12 2:37 p.m.
DukeOfUndersteer wrote: Don't hire these 4.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u42E_ODS8Q

First thing that came to mind when I saw the words "High" "Ramps" "Load a Car".

dyintorace
dyintorace GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
5/24/12 2:47 p.m.

I wonder if they did that with this car loading. A friend took this on I-75 earlier this week.

Anti-stance
Anti-stance HalfDork
5/24/12 2:49 p.m.

^^^ Damn, I'd be worried about busting out that rear glass of the truck.

novaderrik
novaderrik SuperDork
5/24/12 3:32 p.m.
Anti-stance wrote: ^^^ Damn, I'd be worried about busting out that rear glass of the truck.

can you build that much momentum with a Smart?

LopRacer
LopRacer Reader
5/24/12 5:42 p.m.

I have heard tell if you find a nice tall bank and a couple of good ramps you can drive a car stright into a Ryder/Uhaul truck if you match up the levels just right. Sorry no video proof.

Wally
Wally GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
5/24/12 8:01 p.m.

In reply to LopRacer:

A Ryder or Budget truck it will work. U Hauls all have low bodies with wheelwells bumping up through the floor preventing you from putting a car inside. Not that I have ever transported a car in one, as that is a clear violation of the rental agreement.

Edit: I love that Mercedes flatbed. I had wanted to try and bring one here when I got to pick out a new truck. They are much nicer then the Japanese cabovers.

RexSeven
RexSeven SuperDork
5/24/12 8:07 p.m.
dyintorace wrote: I wonder if they did that with this car loading. A friend took this on I-75 earlier this week.

I'm still wondering how they got this loaded:

Trans_Maro
Trans_Maro SuperDork
5/24/12 9:19 p.m.

The guys who delivered the Duesenberg and the Lincoln to our shop used that method.

Great, secure way to transport.

nderwater wrote: Getting out of a car inside a container is easier in a convertible. Try that in a Delorian!

Ok:

http://youtu.be/6CLvA7Y5law

corytate
corytate Dork
5/24/12 9:26 p.m.

just so you know, the four cars I have listed on your profile are four of my dream machines.
just wanted to give you that little ego boost, ya know.

petegossett
petegossett GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
5/24/12 9:42 p.m.

In reply to RexSeven:

I'm thinking they used the "Dukes of Hazzard" method.

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