[Spridgets] I bought a Bugeye, thoughts on getting it from WI to NJ

[Rick Fisk]

Spridgets fit just fine on a U-Haul car trailer.  Tell them you're moving a Ford Escort.  Their computer insists a Spridget won't fit, which is BS.  Or get Flounder to deliver.  He delivers adopted dogs, so he should do it for the cars he sells too.   :-)





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> On Jun 6, 2019, at 3:45 PM, bmwwxman . via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Lin,
> 
> Just got done sending an MGB from Dodge City, KS to Bremen, GA.  We used a U-Haul car transporter.
> It just fit the trailer with very little room to spare so be sure to measure.  They require you to know your
> tongue weight on the tow vehicle as well as the maximum towing weight.  We used a Ford 150 pickup
> - maximum towing weight of 7,000 lbs.
> 
> Failing that, there are professional car transporters out there that pick up and deliver cars all the time. 
> Google it....   WST may already know someone who does that....
> 
> Cheers!!
> Jim
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> 
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>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 2:28 PM Kent McLean via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> daredelvis wrote:
>> > I?ve transported Bugeye  on uhual auto transports. The inside of the tire rides up on the inner lip of the ramps, but they just fit (I?d double check with a tape measure when picking up). They have the proper tie downs, unlike a box trailer. You have to list a MGB or something like that on the form. 
>> 
>> They also have ramps to get it up onto the trailer, which the box trailer may have only a single ramp in the middle (or not even that).  Best to also have a come-along or block-and-tackle to help get it onto the auto transport.
>> 
>> As for WM’s trailer, you might be able to re-sell it — buy it, trailer the Bugeye home, and the move the trailer onto someone else so you don’t have to store it. If you are lucky, you sell the trailer for what you bought it for and the trailer rental is free. If you are really lucky, you have the trailer sold before you leave WI.
>> 
>> U-Haul is pretty particular about what vehicles can tow trailers. Their website will give you a yea or nay for your vehicle. Bigger is better (reserve power, more comfortable), if you have access to a bigger tow vehicle.
>> 
>> -
>> Kent McLean
>> ’56 100 BN2
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