Nemesismachine
06-22-2011, 11:12 PM
Bought this car from Seth (sethyboy85) and got it home this past weekend. Here the bastard is following me home too close:
http://www.thisideup.com/rampage/towing_home.jpg
And it sitting safe and sound in the driveway, my jealous Horizon looking out from the garage...
http://www.thisideup.com/rampage/in_the_driveway.jpg
And yes, the Yaris supports a class 3/4 hitch. No it is not an S. Pure base model Toyota.
Got the cab cleared out, not too much bad to speak of. Seth started welding in a new floor which will need to be reinforced, but not a bad job. He had an a520 he was going to swap in, but a lucky lady seems to have stolen his attention instead. I started sandblasting that tonight, getting 90,000+ miles worth of grease and road grime cleared up (pics to follow). Just need to get a shifter/bracket, and I can swap this in and start putting around. BTW, getting a car off a dolly by yourself is a feat, one which I am proud to admit my lack of an engineering background but remarkable common sense shone through on (stay with me here). Regular grocery items are what you may possible spot on the Food Lion Ad (https://www.weeklyads2.com/food-lion/).
Seth's dad and I had to use 1650 lb. ratcheting tie downs to drag the car up onto the dolly. Tighten one, rock the car while ratcheting, tighten the other, back and forth till it was on. So I assumed I could just use 1 to pull it off the dolly when I got home, just tie one end to the bumper and the other end to a tree, chock the wheels and drive the truck away. My theory was the strap would hold the car in place so the dolly could be pulled out from under it. Not so lucky, and the friction actually stretched the strap about 3". When I reconnected them to the tree the way we got the car ON the dolly, it slid right off. Then it was up to my brothers and I to wiggle it into its current parking space.
http://www.thisideup.com/rampage/towing_home.jpg
And it sitting safe and sound in the driveway, my jealous Horizon looking out from the garage...
http://www.thisideup.com/rampage/in_the_driveway.jpg
And yes, the Yaris supports a class 3/4 hitch. No it is not an S. Pure base model Toyota.
Got the cab cleared out, not too much bad to speak of. Seth started welding in a new floor which will need to be reinforced, but not a bad job. He had an a520 he was going to swap in, but a lucky lady seems to have stolen his attention instead. I started sandblasting that tonight, getting 90,000+ miles worth of grease and road grime cleared up (pics to follow). Just need to get a shifter/bracket, and I can swap this in and start putting around. BTW, getting a car off a dolly by yourself is a feat, one which I am proud to admit my lack of an engineering background but remarkable common sense shone through on (stay with me here). Regular grocery items are what you may possible spot on the Food Lion Ad (https://www.weeklyads2.com/food-lion/).
Seth's dad and I had to use 1650 lb. ratcheting tie downs to drag the car up onto the dolly. Tighten one, rock the car while ratcheting, tighten the other, back and forth till it was on. So I assumed I could just use 1 to pull it off the dolly when I got home, just tie one end to the bumper and the other end to a tree, chock the wheels and drive the truck away. My theory was the strap would hold the car in place so the dolly could be pulled out from under it. Not so lucky, and the friction actually stretched the strap about 3". When I reconnected them to the tree the way we got the car ON the dolly, it slid right off. Then it was up to my brothers and I to wiggle it into its current parking space.