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-- *------------------------------Y2KOTA------------------------------* Don Mallett Y2K QC 4.7L Auto SLT+ 4x2 http://www.y2kota.us *-----I'm not late! It's that the rest of the world is early!!-----*On May 15, 2006, at 5:20 PM, Miles D. Oliver wrote:
> > > Can you buy a trailer near the Jeeps location, Load up, drive back > home and then sell the trailer when you get it home?. > > I've done this before and buying a used trailer isn't all that bad if > you do your homework. I paid $500 for a wooden floor 12Ft trailer > that looked horrible with rust but mechanically it was sound with good > rubber, I got a temporary tag, hauled a truck back to Virginia, spent > a weekend with > a wire wheel and a couple of cans of Rustoleum and then got $800 for > the trailer after all was done. > > Just a thought. > > > On Mon, 15 May 2006, jon@dakota-truck.net wrote: > >> >> "Jason Bleazard" <dml@bleazard.net> wrote: >> >> : On Mon, May 15, 2006 5:14 pm, jon@dakota-truck.net said: >> :> >> :> Ah, yes - the elusive "free" vehicle! :-) >> >> : Heh, indeed. Only this one I wouldn't be trying to license, insure >> or even >> : bring in to Ontario. I think that would definitely not be worth >> the hassle. >> : I might want to look in to that collector insurance you have, and I >> guess I'd >> : need an ATV sticker or something for it. I already know what my >> insurance >> : company would tell me if I tried to put it on the road up here. >> >> : I suppose I should have asked you first if you'd mind me parking it >> at your >> : place to use as a trail vehicle while we're down there. Since you >> made a >> : similar offer at one point regarding my '95 Dakota, I kind of >> assumed it would >> : be okay. >> >> >> Yep! :-) Makes sense, since it takes up even less room than a Dak. >> :-) >> If I ever manage to scrape together enough pennies to put up a vehicle >> storage barn, we can even get it inside and out of the weather. >> >> >> :> Another option >> :> would be if you plan to drive back home anytime in the near >> future, take >> :> the '01 and rent a u-haul trailer for the ride back - even that >> would cost >> :> you $620 though for a one way rental. >> >> : Wow, that's more than I had expected. Guess I should have checked >> myself. >> >> >> Yeah, it surprised the heck outta me! :-( I've rented u-haul >> trailers >> in the past and it was only $50 or so, but that was just "in town", >> for >> 24 hours. I was also going to suggest just renting a moving van and >> putting >> the jeep in the back, but it looks like those start out around $1200 >> or >> so. :-( >> >> >> >> :> How heavy is that Jeep anyway? >> >> : 2453 lbs. according to >> http://www.off-road.com/jeep/early/l_head.html That >> : plus the RV would definitely put us WAY over the Dakota's limit. >> >> >> That's pretty scary - if they would physically fit, I could actually >> throw 2 of them in the bed of the Ram and only be 40lbs over the >> limit. ;-) >> >> >> :> Are you tempted at all to >> :> weld a hitch to the back of your trailer and hook a drawbar to the >> :> front of the Jeep? :-) >> >> : Not in the slightest. There actually is a tow bar on the front of >> the Jeep, >> : but no tow brakes. I highly doubt the RV would survive the >> experience. I'd >> : be more inclined to put the Jeep behind the truck and hook the RV >> to the Jeep, >> : but I don't think that's a good idea either. Particularly not with >> a Dakota >> : doing the pulling, and no weight distributing hitch on the Jeep >> (it'd look >> : kinda funny standing up on its rear tires). If only I had a 3500 >> dually... >> : :-) >> >> >> Then the solution is obvious - we get the Jeep running and Norah >> has >> to drive it home, with the pedal to the floor, screaming along the >> interstate >> at a whopping 45mph! ;-) >> >> >> :> As long as we are on the subject of crazy ideas, what are the >> dimensions >> :> of that Jeep? Any chance a bunch of crazy DMLers with hand tools >> :> could remove enough parts and sheet metal to make it fit in the bed >> :> of the Dak? :-) >> >> : You mean our Quad Cab? The one with the hard shell tonneau and >> short-short >> : bed? LOL Less hand tools, more metal compactor. I wonder how >> difficult it >> : would be to un-mash once we got it back. >> >> >> Yeah, probably not. :-) Might fit in the back of a Ram though. :-) >> Hey Walt, how solid are you on the whole "nothing goes in the bed of >> the >> Ram" rule? ;-) >> >> >> :> (Ok, NOW I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas...) ;-) >> >> : Maybe if we build a REALLY big catapult, we can aim for something >> soft, like >> : the mud pit. Think NORAD would notice? >> >> >> Not if we pointed in the other direction first and yelled "What's >> that over there?!?!??" :-) >> >> > > -- > Miles D. Oliver > www.mmoliver.org > > . > . > .------------------------------------------------------------------. > | Make your plans NOW to attend the National DML Meet in Colorado! | > | Date: July 15-23, 2006 - More info: http://meet.dakota-truck.net | > `------------------------------------------------------------------' >
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