sort of recovery question, but completely off topic

[philip_g]

here's the situation, I have a rolling chassis coming, I need to back it up my driveway which is about a 9% slope and into my garage but far enough over for the GF to park on the other side.
How in the heck can I do this short of calling AAA and burning a tow service?
Car is too low and delicate to push with the XJ, even with a tire or something. Maybe I can take the front bumper off and push against the X member

 

[footdale]

Have you tried recruiting a few neighbors? I would think a couple of guys and a rolling start could get it up there.

 

[philip_g]

Have you tried recruiting a few neighbors? I would think a couple of guys and a rolling start could get it up there.

my neighbors hate me :yelclap:

it's an RX7, very low to the ground and I don't want to damage it, plus my driveway is steep, enough that it'll crank the motor over on the jeep and walk down if left in gear w/o the brakes set lol.

maybe if I get enough people and take the hood and bumper off.... it has no engine so it's pretty light.

 

[Fred]

Recruit someone with a winch and snatch block, if you can find someway to attach the block to the back of the garage wall.

 

[philip_g]

Recruit someone with a winch and snatch block, if you can find someway to attach the block to the back of the garage wall.

it'd almost be worth it to sink an eye bolt into the concrete for just such an occasion

 

[footdale]

I saw someone (I think on here), put a couple of 2x4's across the bottom of the door leading into the house. This was strong enough of an anchor to pull his rig into the driveway.

 

[Hypoid]

Do you own or rent? I'm kinda partial to the pully idea, mounting it depends on what I prefer to patch.

Once you get it in the garage, a couple good floor jacks can place it to your liking...even sideways if you prefer. You could also get some of those nifty wheel dollies and push it around the place.

 

[YELLAHEEP]

Footdale, here's the pic you're probably thinking of....

A come-a-long and a tow strap would work the same, but take more effort, and you'd have to figure out a way to loop the tow strap to shorten it as you progress.


Or, with your eyebolt idea, you could use a snatch block and enough cable to connect one car IN the garage thru the snatch block, then down/out to the car being moved.... just drive the first car out as the second comes right up beside it and into the garage.... of course, this would require a 2-car garage.......:dunno:

 

[jeepman121]

We move cars around garages with jackstands that have wheels on the bottom, or just hydraulic jacks on the front and back and drag it.

 

[YELLAHEEP]

We move cars around garages with jackstands that have wheels on the bottom, or just hydraulic jacks on the front and back and drag it.

Not to pick on ya...... but he needs to move it from the street, up a steep driveway into his garage...... not around in his garage.

 

[footdale]

Footdale, here's the pic you're probably thinking of....

That's the one.
-Joe

 

[philip_g]

LoL I wish I had a back door.

maybe I will sink a bolt, the two car idea is a good one and I cna rent a rotohammer cheap enough.

 

[jdogg4]

It's a RX7 those don't weigh that much. 6 of us in high school lifted one of those and turned it sideways between to cars in high school. I bet it takes like 2 maybe 3 to get it in your drive way. That or you all should loose your man card for a week. So your selling or sold the GTO for an RX7?
Well shoot that alone is a worth week with out a man card. GTO>RX7

 

[philip_g]

It's a RX7 those don't weigh that much. 6 of us in high school lifted one of those and turned it sideways between to cars in high school. I bet it takes like 2 maybe 3 to get it in your drive way. That or you all should loose your man card for a week. So your selling or sold the GTO for an RX7?
Well shoot that alone is a worth week with out a man card. GTO>RX7

I'm putting an LS1 in a FD RX7

A 2400 lb car with an LS1 is better than a 3800lb car with an el es juan, wouldn't you think?

without the engine I'd say the chassis weighs in around 1700lbs, as steep as the drive is IDK if we can get her up.

 

[jdogg4]

Wellllllllllllllllllllll ok I'll only take it away for one day sence you are doing something kind of cool with it. HAHAHA.
I've seen your drive way it's not that bad. Or did I dump the tires off at the wrong house? lol. MAN UP and Get-er-done! got a neighbor with a 4wheeler? I've done it that way once. Pulled a tj up a really steep driveway worse than yours. the door was on the back so we just ran a really long strap and two guys pushed one guy on the 4wheeler pulled and the lightest girl we could find directed it in. wasn't bad at all.

 

[philip_g]

ohhhh yeah, I forgot about that.
I'm still running those damn things too.

 

[philip_g]

shit it's going to be here monday, lol

 

[jdogg4]

you better make some friends quick like then. HAHAHA dude when I was down there you had all kinds of jeeps in your area some of them were even lifted with winches someone has got to be able to help ya.

 

[JEONLYEP]

Go get some model rocket engines and some fuse line.... Glue the engines to the back of the car and cut a 6 inch fuse for each one. ( I've figured with the weight of the car and the grade of the drive, you'll need 12 to 15 D-12's) Stick the fuses in each one, then ziptie the ends together with one going into the group as the main fuse. Depending on the burn speed of your fuse you'll want it long enough to be able to get into the car to man the brakes.

Get engines with a short cost time. (3 to 5 seconds) then once they've pushed you into the garage they will all pop off when the parachute charges deploy...

Trust me, I'm a fluid control engineer. It's worse than rocket science.....

 

[philip_g]

you better make some friends quick like then. HAHAHA dude when I was down there you had all kinds of jeeps in your area some of them were even lifted with winches someone has got to be able to help ya.

I'm more worried about the fact that I thought I had a couple weeks and haven't told the GF I bought another car yet