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Old 08-20-2003, 08:10 AM
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Default Do you folks have a special dolly or jack to manouver your trailers?

Looks like it's going to be a difficult fit to get a trailer into my garage and it'll have to be perfectly positioned.

going to need to manually move it...what's the best way? I'm a trailer n00b because I havent had to schlep the race cars in the past.
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Default Trailer ball on the front and back of the 4-wheeler...

...although this assumes you have a 4-wheeler. Every racer has one, right ?

But...a more fundamental question - why the hell would you want to put a trailer in your garage ???
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I live on a steep hill and have a stubby driveway which it's not actually legal to park a trailer in sight of the street on even if there was space to do it.

Then I have a T-I-N-Y garage.

Not ACTUALLY sure it's going to be possible to get the trailer across these angles.

Here's a floorplan:
<img src="http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/nasa+racer/nasas+stuff/floorplan.jpg">

Here's the driveway:
<img src="http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/NASA racer/NASAs stuff/driveway1.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/NASA racer/NASAs stuff/driveway2.jpg">
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Default Move.

<ul><li><a href="http://www.century21.com/">The Solution to NASA's Parking Problem</a></li></ul>
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Default not gonna happen.

I simply have to bend physics to my will!
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Default I wonder if you can fabricate something that works like those

things you use to move an airplane. The airplane thing attaches to the front wheel, but I bet you could fabricate something that had a wheel and would attach to the trailer ball.

Edit - like this tug...but different:
<img src="http://www.sportys.com/morepics//9869b.jpg">
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Back it in with a truck. whats the big deal?
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curb feelers?
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You could back it in and then use those wheel cradles with the 4 dolly wheels on them.
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Store it offsite, it's pretty cheap in a secure compound.


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