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mokes on the move
« on: April 29, 2011, 09:34:06 AM »


Gooday
What are peoples thoughts on piggy backing 2 mokes like in Terrys pics for moving purposes?  I have to fit 2 mokes into a 20 foot shipping container as well as most of our household furniture for moving to to Tassie.  Almost 7 grand for the container door to door so don't want to have to use two, but not leaving the mokes and spare parts behind.  All suggestions welcome.

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Re: mokes on the move
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2011, 09:38:42 AM »
Sounds feasible. That is how they were designed to be transported but I think they are supposed to go top to tail to better distribute weight. There is an old black and white photo somewhere of the Mokes stacked and from memory it showed how they were tied down also.

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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2011, 11:13:06 AM »
Here you go Ratty



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Re: mokes on the move
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2011, 01:42:48 PM »
That's the one. Thanks Nicko.

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Re: mokes on the move
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2011, 03:52:20 PM »
I'd be tempted to make some sort of support for the top moke so that all the weight
is not on the lower moke guards. after doing 4000 or so k's bouncing around in a truck and boat
the lower guards could be well bent.

How do you get the 2 of them in the container though, forklift with long tines?
would you get all your gear in if you pushed them in end on but lifted one rear end onto the
rear of the other?
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« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2011, 07:57:41 PM »
Take the seats out and the steering wheel off, also remove the bumper bars
bolt steel braces front and rear, use the bumper bar mount points.

then you can get 4 into a 20 foot shipping container plus spares.

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Re: mokes on the move
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2014, 08:40:01 PM »
Reviving a slightly old thread here - I don't get on here very often.

Here's a pic of loading the two Mokes into a container - easy if they have engines that run.

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« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2014, 09:49:42 PM »
Do you know what year that pic was taken? looks like early 70's. Odd that in other literature that
says the hood's were dealer fitted but the top one in this pic looks to have it's hood and hood bows
fitted already. Also has 2 windscreen frames which I guess one is from the lower moke.

I wonder what the theory was with the vertical bits of wood, were they to take some of the weight
of the upper moke onto the lower ones bumper, I wonder what sort of scientific testing they did to
work out what length to make them.  ;D
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Re: mokes on the move
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2014, 01:42:47 PM »
It appears the suspension is close to maximum travel so maybe they take nearly all the weight Moe?
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Re: mokes on the move
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2014, 07:11:57 PM »
Do you know what year that pic was taken? looks like early 70's. Odd that in other literature that
says the hood's were dealer fitted but the top one in this pic looks to have it's hood and hood bows
fitted already. Also has 2 windscreen frames which I guess one is from the lower moke.

I wonder what the theory was with the vertical bits of wood, were they to take some of the weight
of the upper moke onto the lower ones bumper, I wonder what sort of scientific testing they did to
work out what length to make them.  ;D

It looks like the gear was supplied by the factory and upon arriving at the dealers they then fitted them. They don't look fitted to me....

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Re: mokes on the move
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2014, 07:39:44 PM »
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They don't look fitted to me....
This seems to be, over the week-end spoke with a mechanic from BMC dealer in Launceston in the early 70's and he had the job of pre-delivery of Mokes and one task involved fitting of bows and then drilling holes to secure the straps and top.

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« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2014, 07:04:57 PM »
Don't know whether this helps but can confirm that you can move a Moke with a big-ass forklift, this is how Mikey got on to the truck when she first came home.

Rumour has it that a little green Moke will be ready to come home in the next few days/weeks, any tips for making sure she gets up here undamaged on a car carrier?

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Re: mokes on the move
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2014, 11:03:22 PM »
Rumour has it that a little green Moke will be ready to come home in the next few days/weeks, any tips for making sure she gets up here undamaged on a car carrier?

Ask them not to put it on the top deck up front above the cabin which they like to do. Go for bottom deck in the middle. :)

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