Hello /o/, I need your help. I have a two (2) car detached garage that is approximately 22' x 22' with a single 16' wide door. There is a 1985 corvette soft top that was backed into the garage corner on the side that doesn't have the door directly in front of it. The corvette's rear end and driver side are totally against the wall and there is no room to get behind nor on the driver side of the car at this time. I have the Harbor Freight Daytona wheel dollies (the foot powered jack version) and have access to the entire passenger side. Those tires are completely flat; I'm assuming the driver side tires are as well. I also have access the entire front end clip, and have a Harbor Freight Daytona long reach low profile jack. I need to get the corvette onto the dollies so I can freely move it around my garage. The corvette has not been started in over 20 years; the soft top is down and I have access to the cabin. I do not know where the key is at this time (I will look though); the wheels are turned no more that half a turn toward the driver's side. What are my options for freeing the corvette from the garage corner? This is what I've been thinking:>Air up passenger side tires and place wheel dollies. Use long reach low profile jack under front to try to turn the corvette. This should make the driver rear tire stationary and allow me enough room to get to the driver front tire to place a dolly. Not sure of viability, especially due to the rear and driver side parked against the walls.>Attach a tow recovery strap to somewhere on front end of corvette and hook up to zero turn mower to try and pull it out. Basically substituting the jack in option 1 for a riding mower. If this isn't successful, then rent a Home Depot truck for less than an hour and use that instead of a riding mower. I have no concrete anchors anywhere in the garage. What are my options? Thanks.>pic sorta related, looks just it.
Dude.This isnt rocket science.>jack up front end. Place wheel dollies under both front wheels.>jack up rear by diff housing>find a friend.One person pulling on jack away from corner of building while other pushes on nose/makes sure the nose doesnt pivot into wall.When you get enough clearance to access side tires, pump them up, place rears on dollies, push car wherever you want.
not reading any of thatjust jack it up and put it on dollies
>>28994731is the corvette stick? if the brakes are not locked you can probably get away with turning the wheel how it would normally drive out and just pushing it out inch by inch
>>28994760Anon I appreciate your response but if you read the OP you'll see why some of your suggestions may not work, unless you can tell me step-by-step how it would. Specifically:>jack up front end. Place wheel dollies under both front wheels. I don't have access to the driver side front tire because the entire driver side is wedged against the garage wall. The only way to get it on, would be to slide under the front while it's jacked up, and place the dolly. Even then, the Daytona wheel dolly jets out about one foot to account for the foot powered jack mechanism. There is likely not enough space between the drive side tire (outer) and the wall to do that.>jack up rear by diff housingCan't do that from the rear because the rear of the car is wedged against the wall. Unless it's accessible from the the passenger side. That I don't know.>>28994764Thanks anon :^)>>28994774Thank you anon. No, it's automatic. I'm assuming everything on it is locked up because it hasn't ran in over 20 years.
>>28994731Rent a pickup. Put car in neutral. Attach a chain + hook to somewhere. Pull.
>>28994809If it's too close to the wall you can just buy a come along winch for $30. Park a car near the corvette, attach to tow points on both cars, use winch to pull it away from wall, then you do the dollies.
Even if you can only get the stuck side in the air a half an inch you can slide two vinyl flooring tile squares underneath with axle grease smeared in between them. Low profile sliding plate. I have used this for alignments. Then can use a comealong or pull with jack somehow to scoot it out 8-12 inches.I imagine your biggest difficulty is corvette is super low and much fiberglass.
You can use those cheap $10 wooden dollies from HF. Just reinforce them a bit with a 2x4. You can jack up the front of the car, and yank it out using the jack handle. It'll rotate like a pallet truck.
>>28994810Thank you anon. I've considered this, I just don't know where I'd place the chain on the corvette.>>28994813Yes it's too close to the wall. My friend has a come-a-long winch, I may ask to borrow his. Do you know where I'd attach it to? I know you said low points, but can you give some examples of what low points would be, that are safe for both cars?>>28994827Not a bad idea anon, thank you. Yes, the corvette is very low (even lower with the deflated tires) and is pretty much fiberglass. I was reading about it and apparently there are ways to safely jack up up a fiberglass car. >>28994835Thank you anon. The rotating like a pallet truck is what I see happening. Thing is, how much would it rotate out? The driver rear tire would be the stationary point for it rotating, and that's completely against the wall. I'm wondering how much it would rotate, if at all.
>>28994731Post a part-out on Market place starting with the right-side door and wheels. Allow customers to slowly progress to the left of the car until all that is left are the left wheels. Then air them up and roll them out of the way.
>>28994869Funny idea and would work, unfortunately I can't do that :^(
I aint readin' all that but if you cant figure out how to get a car out of a garage then you're beyond help.
>>28994731If this is a flat concrete floor, you don't even need the dollies, assuming the jack has good wheels, you can simply tow it out by hand, one end at a time.
>>28994731have u tried believing in yourself?
>>28994896Anon I appreciate the meme response and enjoy a good troll myself, but come on. If I had enough access to all four (4) points I would just do it. But I don't, and it's not a traditional car with clearance and ease of jack points.>>28994905Thank you anon. It's a concrete floor but is pitted and cracked in numerous spots. The jack does have good wheels. When I get it out I plan to use the wheel dollies on it and freely move it around the garage as needed.>>28994913Of coursh! That's why I come to four channel to get all the reassurance I could ever want :^)
>>28994853jack it up, and yank it away from the wall until you have enough room to rotate it.if you cant get a jack deep under the car to lift up either end, jack up one side, put soap water under the other tire, and drag it out that way.you definitely need to inflate those tires first.post pic of the situation
>>28994853>don't know where I'd place the chainC4 owner here. The c4 is notoriously annoying to jack and tow. I'd just loop it around the lower control arms, they're strong and meant to be beat on
>>28994993Thanks anon, appreciate the response. I'll try to grab photos of it at some point. In the mean time, have this hastily drawn MS paint image>pic related>>28995021Thank you anon. I'll keep that in mind for when I do it.
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