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| | | | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 42 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: May 2010 Posts: 42 | I am moving (quite happily!) from KS to CO. The distance is about 500 miles (~8 hour drive in a modern vehicle). What is the best way to transport my 1946 1 ton? It is driveable, but the distance is too great for me to feel comfortable and it will be in December, so some other from of transport/trailering seems the most reasonable.
Adding a trailer to the Penske seems possible, but maybe not the best option.
Any ideas on companies, solutions, cost, etc?
Cheers~ | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | Start driving it more now and come winter time you'll be comfortable with 500 miles. It's a truck, it was meant to be driven, it was even new once.. so what's the issue?
I'm a big fan of driving what you have, if it runs and stops may as well go for it. One way of thinking is how many months and years and therefore miles do you drive locally without any issue? May as well string them all together and take a trip, it'll be fun.
I drove my 52 1 ton around every day for a couple years but never had it out of the county, no more than 30 miles from home at any time. Then one day a friend and I packed it for a trip to California and back, a week later we were there and in a couple more we were home. Only needed a fan, belt, and a generator bearing... a really great and fun trip we'll never forget.
Otherwise for 500 miles ask some local towing companies (at each end) if they ever have reason to go that way, that you're quite flexible on time and wonder if they can make you a deal towing your truck when they'd otherwise be empty.
Try an ad in the hauling section of the swap meet here.
Just drive it,
Grigg
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | I would look at a trailer or tow dolly behind the rental truck. That to me would be a long lonely trip at 50 MPH out there in western Ks. & eastern Co. with the babbit rods pounding. We used to drive them back when they were new but you didn't have freeways. 50-60 was the norm.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 237 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 237 | I removed the drive shaft and flat towed my 1 ton from Reno to Ft.Lauderdale via Passadena.
Not fast but $60.00 for a tow bar and $40.00 for the mounting plate got me there.
Take off the front bumper, mount the tow bar to the bumper brackets and off you go.
I still use the tow bar and mounting plate to move around my Art Deco pickups. | | |
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