I need to trailer my 600 home. Help!

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zinc2u
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Re: I need to trailer my 600 home. Help!

Post by zinc2u »

I have used the U-Haul auto trailer to haul a Honda 600.  It worked fine.  The width of the tracks on the trailer just barely accommodated the car.  I used it to haul a coupe and it had stock tires/wheels which are 145SR10.
Dale
> I was
> planning to rent an auto transport trailer from Uhaul in order > to trailer > my 600 home. But Uhaul insists that the 600 is too small > or narrow for the > trailer. Is this true? Any suggestions for what I > can put my new little car > on? Thanks!
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friend
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Re: I need to trailer my 600 home. Help!

Post by friend »

I had a 600 owner that brought a Sedan over to my house in the bed of a Ford 150.  it worked great.   Maybe better with a Coupe.
Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com] > On > Behalf Of > John Ph. Graf > Sent:
> Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:10
> PM
> To:
> 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
> Subject:
> Re:
> [2cylinderhondas] Re: I need to trailer my 600 home.
> Help!
> Were you able to tie the car down in that trailer?
> I built a little
> garage (12 x 6 feet) inside my big garage for my N600 and > there isn't > enough room for me to pass by the car. I push the car in and > pull it out by > hand. I did put a door in the side of the garage that, when > open, allows me > to open the car door and get in and out when I am too > lazy to push or > pull.
> On Wed, November 14, 2007 10:57 pm, twincarb600 wrote:
> Rent one of the 12 x 6 enclosed trailers from Uhaul. I hauled a > > coupe > back from Los Angeles to Kansas City with no problems.
martianpug
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Re: I need to trailer my 600 home. Help!

Post by martianpug »

Really? What year F150? My boyfriend has an '86 F150. The car isn't
drivable, so we'd need a ramp and a winch to get it into the bed. I
suppose that you were were able to drive it up some ramps?
--- In
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
, wrote:
> I had a 600 owner that brought a Sedan over to my house in the bed
of a Ford
> 150. it worked great. Maybe better with a Coupe.
> Bill
howardsugarman
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Re: I need to trailer my 600 home. Help!

Post by howardsugarman »

bring about 6 friends and lift the car up and place it
in the bed of the truck!
--- martianpug wrote:
> Really? What year F150? My boyfriend has an '86
> F150. The car isn't
> drivable, so we'd need a ramp and a winch to get it
> into the bed. I
> suppose that you were were able to drive it up some
> ramps?
> --- In
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
,
> wrote:
> > I had a 600 owner that brought a Sedan over to my
> house in the bed
> of a Ford
> > 150. it worked great. Maybe better with a
> Coupe.
> > Bill
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friend
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Re: I need to trailer my 600 home. Help!

Post by friend »

If I remember right, this guy backed his truck up to a loading dock and pushed it on.  What year?  Again, it was in 1996 I believe and the truck looked fairly new at the time.
Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com] > On > Behalf Of > martianpug > Sent:
> Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:07
> AM
> To:
> 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
> Subject:
> [2cylinderhondas] Re: I need to trailer my 600 home.
> Help!
> Really? What year F150? My boyfriend has an '86 F150. The car > isn't > drivable, so we'd need a ramp and a winch to get it into the bed.
> I
> suppose that you were were able to drive it up some ramps?
> --- In
> 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> ,
> wrote:
> > I had a 600 owner that
> brought a Sedan over to my house in the bed
> of a Ford
> > 150. it
> worked great. Maybe better with a Coupe.
> > Bill
Ray
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Re: I need to trailer my 600 home. Help!

Post by Ray »

They Will Fit!!
I used a double axel car hauler from Uhaul to move my Z. Do what I
did, tell them it's a 1973. No problemo after that. The only problem
with the trailer is that the wheels have to be PERFECTLY centered over
the open center. When you load it, you'll know what I mean. BUT IT
WILL FIT! I have the photos to prove it. THe trailer is HUGE for that
car, but it'll fit!
KCandtheZ
infinkc
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Re: I need to trailer my 600 home. Help!

Post by infinkc »

when i sold one of my coupes the buyer got the uhaul ramp trailer for
towing cars, the wheelbase on the 600 is right at the minimum to fit
the trailer, uhaul actually wont let you rent it if you tell them you
have a 600 your towing, so you have to tell them its for a like a 90
civic. The second coupe i sold the buyer came with a uhaul trailer
that was used from hauling, that has 4 sides and one that acts as a
ramp, i would highly reccomend using this to transport a car, it fits
perfectly in there! hardest part was strapping it down secure. And
dont tell uhaul your putting a car in it, they will flip.
tloch220
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Re: I need to trailer my 600 home. Help!

Post by tloch220 »

I used it a little over three years ago. I had to tell them it was a
600, but I assumed it was to make sure I wasn't overloading the tow
vehicle. If you lie to them, make sure the car you pick does not exceed
your vehicle's tow rating (their trailer weighs 2000lbs). I did tow one
with a dolly and it wasn't registered, but I really was ignorant of this
law until later.
Jon
martianpug wrote:
> I can't use the Uhaul tow dolly because the car isn't registered. And
> the Uhaul customer service person outright said I couldn't put a 600
> on it. How long ago did you use a Uhaul auto transport trailer? The
> current Uhaul reservations system is what is tripping me up. If I was
> to rent the transport trailer to try it out, I would have to lie and
> specify that I was moving around another kind of car.
> --- In
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
> , Jonathan Mistchenko and Sarah
> Reeves wrote:
> > I have used both the auto transport trailer and the "tow dolly" from
> > Uhaul to transport AN600s. They fit on the rails of the trailers I
> got,
> > but it was close. Perhaps there is some variation in the trailers they
> > have available? I told them what cars I was hauling and they had no
> > problem. Perhaps you could measure between the tires and find a
> trailer
> > on their lot that would work.
> > Jon
martianpug
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Re: I need to trailer my 600 home. Help!

Post by martianpug »

I've rented Uhaul's 6' x 12' open trailer. It has double axles and my
boyfriend says we'll make ramps out of 2" x 8" wood. And since the
car is non-functioning plus the tires don't hold air, I will get a
come along winch to pull it up into the trailer. And there is a
chance of borrowing someone's car trailer too. We will attempt this
on Sunday... in the winter cold. My boyfriend is such a
procrastinator. Wish us luck! Thanks very much for everyone's input!
:)
BTW the smaller 5' x 9' open trailer does have a better ramp but my
boyfriend preferred having the double axles. Oddly, they were the
same price to rent. And no, we are not telling Uhaul what we are
hauling with the open trailer.
--- In
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
, "infinkc" wrote:
> when i sold one of my coupes the buyer got the uhaul ramp trailer for
> towing cars, the wheelbase on the 600 is right at the minimum to fit
> the trailer, uhaul actually wont let you rent it if you tell them you
> have a 600 your towing, so you have to tell them its for a like a 90
> civic. The second coupe i sold the buyer came with a uhaul trailer
> that was used from hauling, that has 4 sides and one that acts as a
> ramp, i would highly reccomend using this to transport a car, it fits
> perfectly in there! hardest part was strapping it down secure. And
> dont tell uhaul your putting a car in it, they will flip.
> --- In
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
, "kcandthez"
> wrote:
> > They Will Fit!!
> > I used a double axel car hauler from Uhaul to move my Z. Do what I
> > did, tell them it's a 1973. No problemo after that. The only
> problem
> > with the trailer is that the wheels have to be PERFECTLY centered
> over
> > the open center. When you load it, you'll know what I mean. BUT IT
> > WILL FIT! I have the photos to prove it. THe trailer is HUGE for
> that
> > car, but it'll fit!
> > KCandtheZ
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