was moving slowly but snagged every now and then as it was on its roof with the engine towards the front . It was decided that if we attached the drag chain to the rear of the car , we could spin it around to make its journey up the steep and rocky hill easier for the winch . This worked beautifully and soon the wreck was starting its journey up the main part of the track . Alberto could now join in with his winch and this certainly made it easier for mine , as it was starting to get hot .
Alberto had to anchor the rear of his car to a tree with his Tirfor to avoid being pulled down the hill . It was necessary to release the wreck from the winches every now and then to remove sections of the strap or chains as it got closer up to the top of the hill . After around two hours we had the wreck at the top of the hill . Now for the fun part , getting the wreck onto the trailer . Although Dirk ’ s trailer was huge and had ramps it was designed for vehicles to be loaded with their wheels on the ramps not upside down like ours was . As the wreck was being winched it kept snagging on the ramps and the trailer itself which had us searching for logs to use as rollers . Finally , it was on and tied down and we were ready to find the Marysville transfer station . Off we headed following the excellent directions I had received from the Marysville Police and after some smooth talking to the man at the tip we finally convinced him not to charge us $ 30 to get rid of the wreck .
We thought it was difficult getting it onto the trailer well getting it off was proving impossible as the engine had dropped down between the open section in the middle of the trailer and we could not get it off . We ended up placing a drag chain through it and with the aid of the tip ’ s front-end loader it was soon off the trailer . Our days community service activity was at last finished .