Ok so I’ve been here for a bit. I thought it was time to start an ongoing repair thread for IMP 669. This was the unit and matching trailer for sale during the holidays on KSL. The family and I did a 1200 mile round trip to pick it and it’s matching trailer up. We’re in Southern Idaho. The cat was in Northern California, northeast corner.
On the day of pickup, I had to swap out the old hubs on the trailer so I could use a set of 6 lug trailer wheels I had from my deck over trailer. The condition of the old 14.5” tires on the trailer was bad. They would not have made it 100 miles. I ordered a set of conversion hubs through R and P carriages that would fit the #42 spindles on the old axle. I pre-packed the bearings so all I would have to do is remove the center nut, and pull the old wheels off, Install the new 2-1/4“ inner seal, and bolt new hubs on. Piece of cake. I had both sides rebuilt and towable within an hour. The trailer lights were completely shot. I’ve never seen wire insulation turn to dust. Luckily, I had brought a pair of magnetic tow lights, so I slapped ’on after loading the cat.
Now for the good part. The Imp was about 6 miles down the road, and 4 miles up his access road, dead. He hadn’t had the chance to install the new carb or alternator. Sooo, I towed the trailer up the road to the cat. Oh yea, there was a solid foot of snow on the road. Parts of the road was over 10% grade, so we had that going for us. Luckily there was a wye in the road where I could get turned around, to load the cat. I brought a 4000# come-a-long and a bunch of rigging goodies to load the cat. We drug the cat down backwards with a recovery rope. I then backed the trailer right up to the cat, tilted it down, rigged up the come along, and proceeded to yank the imp onto the trailer. It wasn’t easy, but I got loaded. by now it was getting close to dusk, so we headed out back towards Burns, Oregon. The trailer did great, it towed like a dream. We made it back to home the following day without incident.
On the day of pickup, I had to swap out the old hubs on the trailer so I could use a set of 6 lug trailer wheels I had from my deck over trailer. The condition of the old 14.5” tires on the trailer was bad. They would not have made it 100 miles. I ordered a set of conversion hubs through R and P carriages that would fit the #42 spindles on the old axle. I pre-packed the bearings so all I would have to do is remove the center nut, and pull the old wheels off, Install the new 2-1/4“ inner seal, and bolt new hubs on. Piece of cake. I had both sides rebuilt and towable within an hour. The trailer lights were completely shot. I’ve never seen wire insulation turn to dust. Luckily, I had brought a pair of magnetic tow lights, so I slapped ’on after loading the cat.
Now for the good part. The Imp was about 6 miles down the road, and 4 miles up his access road, dead. He hadn’t had the chance to install the new carb or alternator. Sooo, I towed the trailer up the road to the cat. Oh yea, there was a solid foot of snow on the road. Parts of the road was over 10% grade, so we had that going for us. Luckily there was a wye in the road where I could get turned around, to load the cat. I brought a 4000# come-a-long and a bunch of rigging goodies to load the cat. We drug the cat down backwards with a recovery rope. I then backed the trailer right up to the cat, tilted it down, rigged up the come along, and proceeded to yank the imp onto the trailer. It wasn’t easy, but I got loaded. by now it was getting close to dusk, so we headed out back towards Burns, Oregon. The trailer did great, it towed like a dream. We made it back to home the following day without incident.
