How to move my truck

[ChuckW]

Originally Posted by jayoldschool

You might just want to ship it. NY to TN should be under 800. I had mine shipped from AR to upstate NY, then went down and brought it back across the US/Canada border on a trailer. Yes, a LWB will fit on a trailer fine.

I like! Old Caddies are great haulers!!! Comfortable too!!

[americanthunder]

Heres my long bed on a uhaul trailer..Trailer was just barely long enough but I see no reason why a shortie wouldn't fit on one.

[DPowers]

Originally Posted by waspp

Maryville area, actually Seymour TN is where we rented a place. Our closing here is mid April so I am getting things figured out and trying to get the truck back together as well.


I thought about a tow bar as well or a tow dolly.

Cool- about 40 mins from me.

[waspp]

Well the move is done and the car trailer worked great except I had the car on there instead of my truck. While doing my engine run in after the rebuild the rear main seal was leaking so we pulled the pan and installed a new one but there is also a significant leak somewhere on the top of the engine that had us scratching our heads. Anyway the truck stayed behind so a couple of friends could pull the engine and find out whats going on. So here was my moving rig a 22' diesel box truck (packed floor to ceiling front to back) and the trailer with the wifes car.

[kcsa75]

Originally Posted by waspp

Well the move is done and the car trailer worked great except I had the car on there instead of my truck. While doing my engine run in after the rebuild the rear main seal was leaking so we pulled the pan and installed a new one but there is also a significant leak somewhere on the top of the engine that had us scratching our heads. Anyway the truck stayed behind so a couple of friends could pull the engine and find out whats going on. So here was my moving rig a 22' diesel box truck (packed floor to ceiling front to back) and the trailer with the wifes car.

Glad it all worked out for you. I did the same thing about 10 years ago, moving from Florida to Kansas. Had the biggest truck I could rent with everything I owned stuffed in. Had my Ford Ranger on a tow dolly.

[LT1 Burb]

Just stay away from Uhaul. I rented a 5 ton like that and after about 40 miles the exhaust fell off right at the manifold. I knew they would make me unload it and leave it as the bolts had broken off so I drove that POS for 500 miles with open exhaust. I hope I burned the valves out of it as it wasn't road worthy anyways, had to hold the shifter in with my leg to keep it from popping out, never again UHaul.

[MrBeast]

Originally Posted by jayoldschool

You might just want to ship it. NY to TN should be under 800. I had mine shipped from AR to upstate NY, then went down and brought it back across the US/Canada border on a trailer. Yes, a LWB will fit on a trailer fine.

I somehow missed this, I wanted to make a point on this pic, you should never tow with the engine on the vehicle backwards because it affects the weight distribution and you can actually have a lack of tongue weight which will cause the trailer to sway badly.

As well this becomes an issue because with out enough weight on the tongue you will not have enough weight on the rear wheels which under heavy braking can cause the rear wheels to skid out of control far before the fronts do causing the vehicle to jack knife.

[donthekawguy]

Originally Posted by LT1 Burb

Just stay away from Uhaul. I rented a 5 ton like that and after about 40 miles the exhaust fell off right at the manifold. I knew they would make me unload it and leave it as the bolts had broken off so I drove that POS for 500 miles with open exhaust. I hope I burned the valves out of it as it wasn't road worthy anyways, had to hold the shifter in with my leg to keep it from popping out, never again UHaul.

I rented a Uhaul when I moved from Boise to Spokane and the door wouldn't shut all the way and I had to stop every 70 miles to fill up and that was at 55 mph. What a POS! Never again!