getting a car on the trailer

Originally Posted by cummins

get a 2ton come a long, and cranker on if you don't have a winch, i used to carry and chain hoist before i got a winch but i always carry a come a long in case my winch is having a hard time i can work them both. paid 40 bucks for mine.

i had this one car last summer when my winch was down. little toytoa hatch back 4wd. tranny was lock up in gear, i yanked it out with my truck, it was violent. i wish i had a 1000lbs in my box for traction, after 2 hours i ended up having to block the front end up just higher then my trailer and give her a tug with my truck it would fall off the blocking but jump 6 inches closer at a time. the cat wasn't worth f all i maybe broke even. this customer had two cars to be removed the first one i drove on the trailer...best kind.

cummins we use our ratchet straps the same way, when our battery gets low it releases just enough pressure for the winch to go another foot.

big dog, we use floor jacks for wheels when we need wheels, the dollies would work fine to until you got to the ramps, take your floor jack and jack the car up as far back as you can and back the trailer under the car until you reach the jack, then jack thefront of car on the trailer up and back up some more, the jack will roll on the trailer and the rear of the car will hold it steady, once you back up like this you will only have to use a come a long for the last couple feet.

free tip, you guys that work as a team, on those cars hard to load you can put your truck in reverse(idle) while your winching, if your by yourself you can use neutral but its not as good. its kinda hard on your ramps but the truck rolling backwards will have the winch only pulling the front wheels up the trailer as the rear wheels will be staying in the same spot.

Edit, also, on these cars with no wheels, you really need the jack with you all the time, because they always hang up at the back of the trailer