Best way to get it up - the driveway.

I sunk a couple of 3/8 shells into my garage slab and then bolted a chain across each of them. I hooked up my 1.5 ton chain come along to it and and attached as much chain or strap I had and starting pulling it into the garage. Now I didn't have much of an incline but both rear wheels were locked up do to the drums being stuck to the brake shoes.The vehicle I did this with was a 1.5 ton Model A truck that probably weighs close to your shoe box. I had to pull it about 35 feet. It took about an hour by myself. I did set multiple shells so I could re-rig as it came closer to the garage.

Why did I do it this way? I love working alone.

 

It looks like the street in front of your house has an incline, drag it to the top of the hill and get a run at the driveway. Hope the brakes work when you get there.

Good luck

 

I would sell that place and buy a house with a flat driveway.

 

sell that house and move

 

RV towbar. I use one to move my '51 chevy around. I actually bolt the damn thing right to the frame (after pulling off the bumper and splashpan). I can park that car anywhere.

 

I did what was mentioned earlier in the thread. My 50 shoebox was in the same state as yours as well as my driveway. I used AAA to get the car home. I had the flat bed driver drop the car off as far up in the driveway next to the garage as possible. I then was able to push it into the garage.

 

I have 175 feet of driveway into my rear shop. (garage is on the other side of the house)

BLUECOLLER's method has worked better than any other for me...(I found a large pulley at a yard sale, $3. A 100 foot braided cotton rope was only $20 (yard sale) and I hook the pulley to one of my tie-downs in the floor of my shop, then tie one end of the rope onto the car I want to move. Run the rope thru the pulley, then back under the car...
My F100 (or my '66 VW bug) back up behind the car, tie up to and pull the rope, stopping every 15 feet to adjust the steering wheel of pulled car.
I leave a pair of 4" X 4" blocks to stop the pulled car from hitting the rear wall of the shop.

I don't like pushing them either, too much room for error!

 

4x4 atv

 

This is a no brainer -
Once time deal - get a rollback.
Two or three times - bolt a winch to the floor of the garage & you can go up or down with a button. You can try the come-along but that's going to be a Royal PITA. About as much fun as getting it up on the trailer with a come along x 20.

Like to do alot of projects, think about moving or renting a shop.

Pushing a project out of the garage could be really dangerous there.

 

I have done the come-along thing before. A rollback is much easier.

If you do the come-along, drill a hole in your garage floor. You need a hammer drill and should make the bolt that goes in to be 1/2 inch. That means the hole needs to be bigger to allow the anchor to fit and then thread the bolt in. Once you have the bolt in, hook the come-along to that and start winching it up. You will need friends to move blocks as you go so if something does give, the car will not develop any distance rolling until it stops against the blocks.

A rollback is much faster. Also better success chances.

 

This

 

use what you have laying around, 6 foot long 4x4 nail some scabs to it. push it up with your pick-up. better peice of pipe weld ends on it drill a couple of holes put a bolt in it, hook it up to the back bumper of your pick-up and back it in place. been doing shit like this for 45 years with out spending a $

 

Sine you haven't planted the yard with grass yet, how about driving up with the car on a trailer at a high angle.... bottom left corner of the photo driving the truck at a 45 degree across the driveway into the yard and THEN jacknife the trailer backing up to get it pointed into the garage and shove the car off. It would take some spotters and a little planning but maybe a solution is at hand. you can rake out your tire tracks, seed the yard and nobody would know come spring.

 

Turn your basement into a garge and pull straight in! Or move! Either way more practical than just pushing it up with a truck or paying a roll back!

 

i drilled holes in the floor at the back of the garage and bolted a reciever hitch mount to the floor and dragged it up with my winch, worked well until my Horbor freight winch gave out, sent my 63 dodge into the light pole, ouch

 

I can't believe someone other than myself has done this!
And a fellow Minnesotan to boot!
Though I kept mine intact. Just tied the tow rope around it.

 

I will remember this!!!!!!!!!!! I have done the same thing. Since the kids have moved away the wife won't help push the car back into the garage. I also use the winch for lifting engines to the engine stand, can't lift them any more.

 

Buy donuts n put em in the garage! Get fat sister in law n tell her she can have em when the car is in the garage works with police also!

 

Viagra....

 

Had a friend with the same exact problem except his car was a 59' el camino. He just gathered us all up at a local cruise one night and we followed him back to his house and pushed it up the driveway way and into the garage......lots easier than any other alternative...but if you have no friends id try the tire against the bumper and push it with another car. Ive done this hundreds of times and if your careful it usually works great.

 

The idea of the winch secured to the floor of the garage would be the best, especially if you have to move this project in and out a time or two. Gilbys mount sounds like the cats ass. I have used Harbor Freight winches alot. For this application, spend the extra bucks and get a decent winch with a load rating over and above what you think you could use in the future, that has power in and power out WITH A BREAK. Wireless remote is great. Future use would be great for you car trailer. Even with this setup, SHIT HAPPENS, ALWAYS HAVE SAFETY IN MIND. I would never think of putting my buddies in harms way behind the vehicle. Like standing in a strike zone in a bowling alley. Always have a partner standing real close by with chocking blocks. (cables break,chains come unhooked, winches fail,etc.) Good luck Let us know.

 

This brings back a funny memory. I bought a 41 Ford with an Olds in it. He delivers it and it wont start. Your hill is an ant hill compared to mine. I hooked a chain from the 41 to the seat bracket on my brand new Craftsman 12 HP lawn & garden tractor. I took up the slack and gave the throttle lever on the dash a big push. The mower did an instant wheel stand and my head was pinned against the front of the hood. The steering wheel bent down on both sides from me pushing away. I was trapped for a few seconds until a buddy rushed over to back off on the throttle letting it come back to earth releasing me. I turned my head so my skull took the blow from the side instead of my nose. Fortunately I have a very hard head. Later on I made a trailer hitch mounted much lower so we could move flat bottom boats around.

 

Strap an old tire to the back of the car. Then push the car up the driveway with another car.

 

I run into this problem all the time....never anyone available when I need to push a car.....but any other time I have to hide to get anything done on my projects. I bought a HF 6000lb winch with a wireless remote mounted on a winch cradle that fits into a reciever hitch. When I need to put a non-running car up on my 4 post lift I hook the winch to the crossbar reciever of the lift. I can sit in the car and steer it up on the lift. I also have an anchor point in my garage so I can attach the winch there to pull a car into the garage. I also have a reciever mounted on the tongue of my car dolly for pulling cars onto the dolly.

 

txturbo we think alike. I know what HF winch your talking about. As I tried to get through, the winch idea is a good investment and can be a tool used quite often in the future. Screw the cum-along!!

 

I've pushed many a non running car up a driveway this way. Put the wife in it to steer and go real slow so you don't slam it into your garage wall and it'll all be kosher...


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I have had the same dilemma and solved it with the truck and tire method but you own this house and an old car right? I think its time to put on your grown-up pants on and install a winch in your garage. I have a 110v winch that works great. It plugs into the wall so you don't need a battery.

 

this is what we did with my avatar. that thing is a tank and my dad's '99 GMC 4WD pushed it, ever so slowly, right into the garage with no problems.

i was in the same boat....steep driveway and no brakes on my wagon.

 

Your dilemma is why I made this out of an old draw bar. My wife got tired of steering some crappy car or being responsible for driving my truck while moving my junk