On Jan 11, 9:35*am, Gael <breoganmacbr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jan 10, 2:08*pm, Joseph Donner <josephdonne...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Any ideas? I'm all alone and don't have a pickup. I can rent a truck but
> > how do I get the heavy bike (rear wheel and engine and frame) onto and off
> > the truck.
>
> U-Haul rents box vans with powered lift gates and a cargo floor that's
> lower than the typical pickup truck bed and U-Haul also rents very low
> motorcycle trailers with loading ramps.
>
> Once your don't have a front wheel at all, snag an abandoned
> supermarket shopping cart and hacksaw the basket part off so you can
> rest the motorcycle forks on the wheeled bottom half of the cart.
>
> You can probable use the axle clamps on the bottom of the forks to
> secure the motorcycle to the shopping cart when you have to maneuver
> the motorcycle around the garage.
>
> Sawed-off shopping carts are good for moving engines around the garage
> too.
>
> Also, while you're scrounging shopping carts, get a few plastic milk
> crates to store parts in. Impecunious motorcyclists have been using
> milk crates for motorcycle work-stands since the Beatles were a
> group...

Ah milk crates .......................... yes.
The newer ones, in now (supposedly) metric Canada, hold nine 2 litre
milk cartons. Each will, typically, accommodate 20+ average dinner
plates, up to 52 saucers, 24 cups etc. etc. And any variety of tools,
spare parts , junk etc. etc.
The older ones, designed for half gallons?, were much in demand at one
time for storing 12 inch phonograph records!
And also for standing on, or wangling something up/or down from the
bed of a pickup. Motor cycle too heavy I would say.

>>"Bob F" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:hidnoc$hb8$(E-Mail Removed)...

>>I remember a friend in college commenting that the thing he
>>for was going the the shop for parts for it.


Stormin Mormon wrote:
> Perhaps he used his motor cycle to get parts for the car?

He didn't have a car, so that is unlikely.

Gael wrote:
> On Jan 11, 7:23 am, Van Chocstraw <boobooililili...@roadrunner.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Much cheaper than a tiny new Kubota with a loader. $12,000 vs $2,000.
>
> The agricultural equipment dealer down the street sells Kubota
> tractors that have four six-foot diameter wheels with narrow tires. I
> can't figure out what they're good for, since regular tractors have
> two narrow spaced smaller diameter wheels up front so they will follow
> the furrow while plowing...
>
Kubotas are, or can be, all wheel drive. Actually, a lot of farm
tractors are like that anymore.
If the four large tires are on the back, it's for traction and
flotation. The tire spacing is adjusted according to the owner's row
spacing. It's pretty common to see six pulling tires on tractors now.
Two in front and four in the rear.
Plowing is pretty much the thing or the past. Most farmers are using
some sort of minimum tillage. It saves money and is better for the
soil. The organic matter stays on top the ground so it can limit wind
and water erosion.
I'm not too sure anyone is making a tricycle type front end for
tractors now. They are more likely to tip over than the wide front ends.

aemeijers wrote:
> Rob Kleinschmidt wrote:
>> On Jan 10, 2:08 pm, Joseph Donner <josephdonne...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> How can I move, all alone, a disabled motorcycle (heavy, no front
>>> wheel).
>>>
>>> Any ideas? I'm all alone and don't have a pickup. I can rent a truck but
>>> how do I get the heavy bike (rear wheel and engine and frame) onto
>>> and off
>>> the truck.
>>
>> Lots of rental trucks have lift gates.
>>
>> You'd definitely need tie down straps and some
>> way to move the bike around as you're getting it
>> on and off the truck. Maybe strapping it to a dolly
>> would work.
>>
>
> Buy a junk front wheel and tire that will fit the front fork you have,
> or is that missing too? Is the bike worth moving? Unless it is a
> collector bike, basket cases usually go cheap around here. May be better
> off to sell it and start over once you relocate.
>
> --
> aem sends...

I vote for protect the back and protect the bike. Rent truck from place
that has dollies, as somebody else suggested, tilt the bike onto a
moving blanket, some boards for a ramp, and borrow a "come-along"
(sorry, don't know the correct name, it's like a giant-sized version of
the small ratchets that some tie-downs have, you can pull a car
singlehanded with a big one).

paul c wrote:
> aemeijers wrote:
>> Rob Kleinschmidt wrote:
>>> On Jan 10, 2:08 pm, Joseph Donner <josephdonne...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> How can I move, all alone, a disabled motorcycle (heavy, no front
>>>> wheel).
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas? I'm all alone and don't have a pickup. I can rent a truck
>>>> but
>>>> how do I get the heavy bike (rear wheel and engine and frame) onto
>>>> and off
>>>> the truck.
>>>
>>> Lots of rental trucks have lift gates.
>>>
>>> You'd definitely need tie down straps and some
>>> way to move the bike around as you're getting it
>>> on and off the truck. Maybe strapping it to a dolly
>>> would work.
>>>
>>
>> Buy a junk front wheel and tire that will fit the front fork you have,
>> or is that missing too? Is the bike worth moving? Unless it is a
>> collector bike, basket cases usually go cheap around here. May be
>> better off to sell it and start over once you relocate.
>>
>> --
>> aem sends...
>
> I vote for protect the back and protect the bike. Rent truck from place
> that has dollies, as somebody else suggested, tilt the bike onto a
> moving blanket, some boards for a ramp, and borrow a "come-along"
> (sorry, don't know the correct name, it's like a giant-sized version of
> the small ratchets that some tie-downs have, you can pull a car
> singlehanded with a big one).

Maybe remove battery, drain carbs if any, first and try to keep bike on
a slight angle in transit so fuel and oil don't leak.

In article <hidj47$3lb$(E-Mail Removed)>,
Joseph Donner <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> How can I move, all alone, a disabled motorcycle (heavy, no front wheel).
>
> Any ideas? I'm all alone and don't have a pickup. I can rent a truck but
> how do I get the heavy bike (rear wheel and engine and frame) onto and off
> the truck.

Wow, over 30 replies thus far and I didn't see anyone ask what I see as
a glaringly relevant question: How far do you have to move it?

On Jan 13, 7:25*am, Smitty Two <prestwh...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> In article <hidj47$3l...@speranza.aioe.org>,
> *Joseph Donner <josephdonne...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > How can I move, all alone, a disabled motorcycle (heavy, no front wheel).
>
> > Any ideas? I'm all alone and don't have a pickup. I can rent a truck but
> > how do I get the heavy bike (rear wheel and engine and frame) onto and off
> > the truck.
>
> Wow, over 30 replies thus far and I didn't see anyone ask what I see as
> a glaringly relevant question: How far do you have to move it?

where would the fun in that be...I'm sure that super genius gael the
fail will have a perfectly wrong and overly failure ridden answer. Me
I've never had a problem moveing any motorcycle I've owned. Whether
it's was not running/missing parts or running just fine. I ought to
have handicap placard...who needs that unless they are a
quardarplegic? sheesh...the op needs to man up and figure it out.

On Jan 10, 4:08*pm, Joseph Donner <josephdonne...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> How can I move, all alone, a disabled motorcycle (heavy, no front wheel).
>
> Any ideas? I'm all alone and don't have a pickup. I can rent a truck but
> how do I get the heavy bike (rear wheel and engine and frame) onto and off
> the truck.
Is the bike chain driven?
If it is you can take the chain off and tow it on its back wheel.
Rent or borrow a truck with the bumper hitch that has the slide in
shaft. Find a bolt that is the same diameter as your front axle but
two or three inches longer than your axle.Use a bumper jack or
scissors jack to lift the front end up. Straddle the hitch and slide
the replacement axle bolt through a hole in the hitch bar and use
washers to snug up the axle bolt and pin the hitch bar into the
receiver. If you have a chain drive you just take the chain off. If
you have a shaft drive you might want to check with the maker of your
bike to see if towing with the rear wheel on the ground will hurt. You
might be able to tow it in NEUTRAL for a few miles without any damage.
Your state may require a safety chain or better yet a safety strap so
you don't scratch any finish on your bike.

I have done this by myself so I know it works.

DL