tugboat95 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Ok, I've decided to part out my spare Comanche, I'm getting ready to pull the rear axle off. I'm parting out my second MJ and the dana 44 is has the most interest now. I'm still going to need to move the truck around my shop for a while as I strip it down. Short of a forklift or a fancy frame table, how are you moving the truck around? I'm looking cheap here and I don't have another axle to mount. I'm not dragging it across a brand new freshly coated floor either.I'm thinking just sit the frame on wheel dollies??? Maybe Jack stands on the dollies, is that safe?? Plan is to sell some parts and keep others (tail lights, tailgate, and bench seat). I want to strip it then sell parts as I get them off. Hate to sell still attached. With my work schedule it may be months before I can pull a sold part off. 89 ComancheEliminator2wd4.0L5 speed PukeGoatFactory Original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugboat95 Posted September 30, 2021 Author Share Posted September 30, 2021 Pic of what I'm parting out. Decided I need the money to finish garage more than a trail rig. Nothing is for sale yet. But will be soon.89 ComancheEliminator2wd4.0L5 speed PukeGoatFactory Original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Why is that truck so bad it has to be parted out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 ditto. have you tried selling it whole? guys up north would love to get their hands on a solid truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugboat95 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 Why is that truck so bad it has to be parted out? I bought it out of a junkyard. He had already junked the title. It can never be titled or put on the road again. It's either some great parts or a trail rig. As for parting out, it has some stuff I want. Engine doesnt run and is missing some stuff.I'm keeping the bench seat (making a shop couch), tail gate and taillights for spares for my other comanche. Maybe when I get back home I'll pull those, take some pics and see if somebody wants the rest. Kind of want to make it a trail rig, but I need money now to finish the garage (buy a lift) and this is where I see getting most of it.89 ComancheEliminator2wd4.0L5 speed PukeGoatFactory Original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugboat95 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 And a complete set of Mopar service manuals came with it. Yeah I'm keeping those too.89 ComancheEliminator2wd4.0L5 speed PukeGoatFactory Original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 awww, a junked title makes things way more difficult. as to moving it around, I'd leave it as-is until I was ready to get to strippin' it down. trying to move a non-running Jeep around is hard enough with the axles in place, I can't imagine doing it on grass with even tinier wheels under it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugboat95 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 awww, a junked title makes things way more difficult. Yeah. I'm still flipping back and Forth but my wife made the decision when I went to her looking for more money for the garage. Her answer, "You spent it all."89 ComancheEliminator2wd4.0L5 speed PukeGoatFactory Original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 well, you could sell me the bed. that'll lighten it up a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugboat95 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 well, you could sell me the bed. that'll lighten it up a lot. Let me get home and set my tools up in the new shop so I can work on it, and we can talk. Even if I go with the trail rig I was planning and selling it and the camper shell (Comanche specific too).Shipping will be a bear89 ComancheEliminator2wd4.0L5 speed PukeGoatFactory Original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 shipping is easy when I drive up to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 I wonder how durable those harbor freight style furniture movers are. they claim 1000lbs each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugboat95 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 If I put a piece of plywood on them should strengthen it as long as the wheels holdIt's an idea to explore.89 ComancheEliminator2wd4.0L5 speed PukeGoatFactory Original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 I bet Lowes has wheels for building some custom units Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdog Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 I don't know if i would trust those, maybe these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 My only concern on the furniture dollies would be wheeling them across multiple surfaces. That said I once dropped a shrub and it’s entire root ball of dirt onto one and then dragged it behind the zj for a half block and it held up just fine, other than the plastic dolly wheels getting chewed up a bit by the asphalt. If it was me and I was stripping it down, the axles would be the last things to go. Rolling it around on a furniture dolly, even those wheel dollies, is fine on a shop floor, but if it’s going to be rolling in and out, into the yard, any solution with little dolly wheels will make it a chore and then some to move around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEmptyEveryPocket Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Use THESE and some 2x4s. Roll it anywhere you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 20 hours ago, Pete M said: I wonder how durable those harbor freight style furniture movers are. they claim 1000lbs each. They're pretty good, actually. I have two of them, for my older generators. They don't work on grass or gravel, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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