Brain storming???

[r.morrison]

Well an old dilemma has surfaced again. It's probably surfaced a number of times on this forum. Problem being.....how to get a C8A (91 inches high) through a garage door opening of (87 inches) high. Had a look at mine today, deflating the tires just to see what I could achieve from that. Maximum 2 inches, just short of possibly doing some damage to the tires or having it come off the rim. Open for suggestions from anyone with the same problem.

Many thanks.....Robert

[Robin Craig]

Buy a set of vehicle skates, jack the vehicle and remove wheels and sit on skates, shim as required with dunnage to achieve clearances on under chassis if any exist. Put good plywood under each skate and project a ribbon of ply in front of the skates unless you have a good smooth floor onto which you will roll, repeat at the rear. shunt the vehicle in. You may want to think about a hard point inside the shop to which to winch from or use a block and tackle or some mechanical advantage device, I like the Tirfor style wire rope devices, control in and out. My suggestion.

[Tony Smith]

Is the vehicle a project going into the garage for restoration? If so, removing the wheels and using skates might be viable. If the vehicle is complete and driveable (ie "Daily Driver" condition), then removing wheels each time to get it in or out of the garage is impractical.

Consider if the problem is not the vehicle, but the opening. What is the garage constructed from? Timber, Steel or masonry? Is it a detached building or a part of the house. And what is the surface of the driveway?

It may be an option to enlarge the height of the opening, or deepen the depth of the floor.

[Jordan Baker]

First gear, transfer case engaged and dont let off the gas pedal until into the garage.

[pauldavies]

drop down wheels and they come in all sorts of bolt hole configerations. They are used for caravans with the same problem and yes I have some for sale.
Paul

[Russell Boaler]

It's a dangerous game doing something temporary to get your truck into the garage. The day you forget to do your necessary mods to get in or out of the garage with be the day you wreck your garage door... or worse your truck. However, my air portable RL has factory fitted angle brackets fitted to the side of the chassis over the springs which enabled clamps to be fitted to compress the springs (so that it could fit into the appropriate plane). Perhaps some sort of spring compression tool could be fabricated to load up your springs... or maybe just loas the back of the truck up with a bunch of sandbags?

[Lynn Eades]

Well it seems all the options have been covered? What's next?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

...then there's always this option

Originally Posted by Stewart Loy

Just Keep Your head Down When you drive in ...