Can you help advise me. Is this trolley http://tinyurl.com/ylvtjb
suitable for moving a VW Golf engine?

The car is parked on land across the road from our house and this
trolley is to help him move the engine across the road (which is often
quite busy).

Is the trolley strong enough? Are there other important features it
needs to have?

"Lucy" <no (AT) no-email (DOT) com> wrote




Are there other important features it needs to have?

It must be strong enough and the right shape.

On 05 Nov 2006, Norm <jada (AT) norm (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
Of course the shape in the main picture is wrong.

But what about this config of the trolley - or something similar?
http://www.scottsofstow.co.uk/images...rge/42579c.jpg


The car can not be left on the same side of the road as the house,
even for a short while.

"Lucy" <no (AT) no-email (DOT) com> wrote

Not convinced by those funny wheels. I'd probably use something like this

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=050710040

in lying down mode, and not worry too hard about the fact it may be slightly
overladen (in fact it may not be).

Or I'd get a scaffolding pole, hang the engine from it, and get a couple of
mates to help carry it.

cheers,
clive

"Lucy" <no (AT) no-email (DOT) com> wrote

thats the same one just put into the barrow mode

"Clive George" <clive (AT) xxxx-x (DOT) fsnet.co.uk> wrote

those "funny wheels" will make it esyer to get over the curbs etc.

On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:08:43 -0000, Lucy <no (AT) no-email (DOT) com> wrote:


Those are quite good for going up & down stairs, they don't go round
corners very easily though. The other important feature is a decent
ratchet strap or two to stop it falling off.

Lucy wrote:

The standard way with a Hillman Imp engine was to nick a supermarket
trolley (one with a flat frame at the bottom for the wheels not one of
the new Tesco style A shape ones), and chop the basket off. Perfect
height for going under the engine once the rear panel had been removed
from the car :O)

"Mark W" <miwaterton (AT) tiscali (DOT) co.uk> wrote

i remeber taking engines out of the imps and the singer.
after unbolting it, we used to chock the engine up then just push the car
forwards thus leaving the engine on the road side.
repaired the engines /or / the gearbox then push the car back over the
engine.
we could drop one of those in about 20 minutes.

" bongo" <- deeeenoregistrar (AT) hotmail (DOT) co.uk_> wrote

Last time I had to move an engine a similar distance across a car park I
used exactly the same method :-) Tesco
trolley with a Saab 900 Turbo engine and box balanced on it and someone
balancing it...

Mike P