I need to move the shell of my 01 XJ relatively soon, and would like to do so for a decent price. It's parked in a garage, and is missing the rear axle. I'm going to try to sell the front axle as well, so I'm wondering what you guys would suggest to move a non rolling shell. Any ideas?
I actually have to do this to my TJ this weekend, it has no axles under it right now and has to be loaded up on my trailer.
Im planning on lowering the jeep onto a couple rolling dollys and then winching it up my trailer. If that plan fails, then its Egyptian style, slide the frame on wood planks coated in Crisco & soap.
Cherry picker
tack a spare roller axle under there
heavy duty movers dolly
wood skies and soap.
Hahaha, yes, on two occasions I've greased up a trailer with dish soat and dragged vehicles on them that had locked wheels, it does work.
If its going onto a trailer to be scrapped or something, then use a cherry picker or dolly to get it where you can fit a trailer. Lift it up, build up some stacks of cinder blocks, put a beam across them and set the body down on that. Drive the trailer under it, lift it up from on the trailer, remove the beams, lower it onto the trailer.
Not all that hard. I know I've lifted an entire toyota extra cab with a single cherry picker to swap cabs. Two cherry pickers could lift an XJ shell enough to slide a trailer under it.
Pavementpounder's trailer was one we greased up to load an immobile CJ5 years ago.
Actually, that reminds me of another crazy, but very usable way. The way we got that CJ OFF the trailer in the first place. I have photos at home, actually.
IF you have only the front axle, then get a CJ/YJ/TJ or something with a tall beam style steel bumper like on of those. Jack up the XJ, and chain/set/whatever it on the bumper of the taller vehicle. THen use the taller vehicle to push it onto the trailer.
THats exactly what we did with a CJ with a seized rear axle. We just jacked it up, set the rear bumper on top of the front bumper of my other CJ, chained them together, and drove it off.
I agree with the cinder blocks and beams or 55 gal drums and beams. If you know anyone with a skytrack nearby that you could borrow that would make it very easy.
I do this crap all the time. You just want to get half of it on the trailer and then drag it the rest of the way. Jacknifing the trailer and using another vehicle with a strap is usually pretty quick, or you can use a come-along. In the case of an XJ without a driveline, a couple people can lift up the front and step up onto the trailer while you back under it. Putting it on jackstands and just pushing it off them onto the trailer also works to get started if you're alone.
:beerbang:i will be in the same boat as you, if somebody will buy my axles off my ford explorer. this has been a really helpful thread. thanks everybody!
Here's the one I did. Like so many Jeeps, eventually, Pavementpounder took this one away...
The yellow jeeps drawbar is sitting on top of the blue Jeep's bumper..
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