Hauling a buggy chassis with a 6' bed????

CrashKnott

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Not real sure where to post this.

Anyway, thinking about buying this chassis:

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...and wanting to :driver: it home in my tow pig:

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...hoping not to have to bring the trailer up with me.

I'm thinking about pulling the tool-box off and bringing enough blankets, ply-wood, 2x4's, and ratchet straps to make it fit without the extra 18' and 2 axles worth of fuel expense.

Thoughts? Experienced posts preferred.

Let me know if this is in the wrong section too. Thanks!
 
sounds alright to me, just tie it down tight, maybe lay it on its side if possible. I brought 2x 16-ft 4x4's home in my SB Ram, the only thing holding them down was a few bundles of roofing shingles. With the rear tailgate down, that adds 2ft, so 8 feet of flat length, how long is the chassis?
 
Not sure on total chassis length. I've asked but this guy's not real easy to get info from.

I'm assuming the outside width of the chassis wouldn't let it get down in the bed and I would need to sit it up on the bed-rails, but you've got a point with the tail-gate if it is narrow enough.
 
try to flip it upside down and lay the "hood" on your toolbox and strap it down good. or if it doesn't fit that way or between the bedsides lay some 2x4s across the top of the bed and put the chassis on top.
 
I was going to say upside down elevated up a bit so maybe the "hood" area was across the roof of the truck kinda like a ladder rack. Toolbox removed, maybe sitting up on something like a stack of tires to elevate it up that high.

But honestly, for the ease of loading/unloading and safer hauling, I would just pull a trailer.
 
I'd load it in the bed of the truck upside down and backwards. Then just strap it down good.
 
GCncsuHD said:
But honestly, for the ease of loading/unloading and safer hauling, I would just pull a trailer.
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x2...Hate to see your very clean truck get banged up trying to manuever the chassis around...+ not worth the hassle...IMHO.
 
i bought a tj buggy with no axles or motor or suspension put it in the bed of my short bed chevy 2500 looked a little funny but strapped it in good and went home no problems. still had tub,flat fenders, and hood attached
 
What ever you do make sure you have a red rag to hang off the back. I assume it'll hang out the back more than 3'.

But I can't imagine an empty trailer would make that much of a difference for mileage. I'd just drag a trailer.
 
doodle4783 said:
i bought a tj buggy with no axles or motor or suspension put it in the bed of my short bed chevy 2500 looked a little funny but strapped it in good and went home no problems. still had tub,flat fenders, and hood attached
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THIS!...was exactly what I was looking for.

I'm only looking at about 350lbs...are you guys seriously going to tell me you would drag an empty trailer 500 miles to get to 350#'s of tube?

The guy replied back that overall length is just under 12'. Tailgate down gets met 8', and it will fit within the bed-rails, so 2x4's and ratcher straps it is.

Thanks for the input and I'll post up a pic once we work on a meet
 
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