It is no fun having your airplane stuck in a field but it happens and you can manage it. If you don't already know this, when you remove the wings from the plane it is easily carried on a car carrier but the wheels will be on or next to the side rails and must be very carefully secured for the trip. At this time of year you might choose to wait until the ground freezes to move the airplane. If it is well insured then taxi it all over the field until you find a rut and the prop strikes the ground. If you are insuring the plane or if you really like it, then tow it to wherever you can meet the trailer.
A little more information is need to solve your power loss problem but perhaps my experiences will help. When I first got my coupe I had a problem similar to yours. The engine would loose power momentarily during climbout or during slow flight. When the engine lost power in this way the loss was smooth and rather abrupt which sounds like your event. The problem never happened on the first takeoff of the day but often on the second flight after a short stop. The problem is caused by vaporlocking of the fuel line in the engine compartment because of the heat and location of the line. I solved the problem by firesleeving the line and locating it so that there is no high spot between the gascolator and the firewall which could trap a bubble. This has been an ongoing problem with some coupes and one owner cooled his fuel line by wrapping it with a cold air tube from the nose bowl. At a later time I have had a different power loss problem with my coupe loosing power about 300 feet in the air and running rough. The engine would smooth out and fly with the carb heat on but at the reduced power caused by carb heat. The problem was caused by exhaust gasses leaking onto the lower plug in the left rear cylinder. The excessive temperatures cused that cylinder to detonate which is very bad for the engine. That problem was solved by installing four new Millenium cylinders. I suspect that your problem is more like vapor locking than detonation but more information is needed to identify the cause. Good luck with it. Bob Condon
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