The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk how to load a roller onto a car hauler?

i am purchasing a 55.2 for parts for my 59 (cab, fenders, bed pieces)

it is non running, so it is just a roller. is a come-along my only option to load it?

Several friends. Brian

Friend mounted a electric winch on the front of his trailer, a bit pricey. Works great.

lock the trailer down and push it with your truck then re-hook up, maybe get a long tow chain , lock the trailer down and pull from front of the trailer,,a come-along will work, just takes a little time and muscle,,use to load a 3300 pound car this way,,,Fred

The problem I had with a come-along was that the cable was reeled all the way in when the truck was only half way up the ramp. I had no way to move the truck up the one more inch or so necessary to release the ratchet on the come-along.

It was in that position for about an hour before a solution presented itself (we ended up pulling the truck up the ramp with another truck).

I have used two come-alongs to avoid that, also adds some safety, then use the come-along to bind the truck down w/chain for the trip home. Brian

If you use anything with any speed, make sure you can get it stopped before it creams the front of your trailer or the back of your truck.

I let some guys use my trailer to haul a dead car. They forgot to hit the brakes when they got it up on the trailer (4 or 5 guys pushing) and busted up all the front end plastic on the front of my trailer. Didn't hurt the trailer, but turned the car from a fixer upper to not worth fixing.

I've used people, a come-along, a chain to another vehicle, but what I like best was a truck with a front mounted hitch and winch.

I'd set the trailer on the front hitch, and then use the winch to drag the load onto the trailer. It was a great arrangement if you were doing a one-man load opperation.

Unfortunately my dad sold both the trailer and the truck with the winch about 30 years ago.

An electric winch is the ONLY way I'll load a trailer, unless the car is drivable, of course! Did the come-along nonsense for far too long! I sold trailers for several years, and when I built and designed my own trailer, I decided it would have a large electric winch on the front as part of the design. It's an 18' wood deck flat (16'+2' steel dovetail). Hauled a 1950 Dodge B-2-HHA (2-ton dually) from central Nebraska to central Oklahoma on it, and that winch was worth its weight in gold that day, I tell ya!!!

Oh, I used a come a long , a 5/16 chain and a u-haul trailer, to drag the burb out of the garage, and come a long til rear wheels touch ramps, then rehook to center or front of truck and come a long it up the ramps and up the trailer. all along thinking why didn't I get one of those electric wenches.
Jbennett
40 burb

found a better solution:

the repo man we use at work will meet me there with a flatbed tow truck, and drop it off at my house for $50 to cover the fuel.

that seems to be the best solution i could come up with :-P

good deal. anyways...I use two come a longs, didnt work to bad.

method I use, jacknife the truck and trailer and use a second vehicle to pull you car onto the trailer. Tie a cable to the front of the pulling vehicle and across the trailer to the car you are loading. You have a clear view of the car you are pulling up onto the trailer.

I loaded my last one using a CAT 966 loader with forklift arms;easy,and,if you're careful where you run the forks,easy on the vehicle you're loading,plus,you can set the car/truck onto a 2-1/2 ton flatbed without having to worry it up a big ol' set of ramps. Gravity will handle the unloading part of the exercise.(A loading dock is better for the vehicle's health)
James