Hi,
Very exciting! After waaaay too many years, it's time to move to the airport, start the Vans / FAA paperwork and make initial contact with a DAR.
I'm asking for help/ideas/critique/advice for the critical move to the airport. Fuse only, no tail feathers, engine mounted.
Due to the insurance issues I've run into (they'll give me my money but potentially subrogate the transporter) for tilt-bed auto transporters / riggers with trailers in my area (insured only for cars and trucks), and the width of rental trailers for the wide gear, it's looking like a U-Haul 26' box as others have suggested is my best option. Currently in my area they all have aluminum floors.
Here's my proposed plan based on only having the side rails of the box of a 26' U-Haul to work with.
- Load tail first (home built ramps for the mains and the supplied walk board for the tail wheel).
- Tail wheel on my stand.
- Tail wheel leg secured horizontally with 2 straps, Left and right to secure aft horizontal movement. So it CANNOT swing. (Don't forget the bolts shared between the VS and tail wheel plate as Paul Dye pointed out on his move.)
- Strap over the fuse forward of the F-881B's and down to secure vertical movement.
- Chocks fore and aft of the mains
- VERY tightly wedged (big hammer, don't bow out the walls or rails!), 2x4's cross-wise fore/aft of the chocks to secure them.
- For additional fore/aft movement safety:
2 lengths of webbing through the spar carry thru. 1 directed forward and 1 aft.
- Low pressure tires
Thoughts?
Very exciting! After waaaay too many years, it's time to move to the airport, start the Vans / FAA paperwork and make initial contact with a DAR.
I'm asking for help/ideas/critique/advice for the critical move to the airport. Fuse only, no tail feathers, engine mounted.
Due to the insurance issues I've run into (they'll give me my money but potentially subrogate the transporter) for tilt-bed auto transporters / riggers with trailers in my area (insured only for cars and trucks), and the width of rental trailers for the wide gear, it's looking like a U-Haul 26' box as others have suggested is my best option. Currently in my area they all have aluminum floors.
Here's my proposed plan based on only having the side rails of the box of a 26' U-Haul to work with.
- Load tail first (home built ramps for the mains and the supplied walk board for the tail wheel).
- Tail wheel on my stand.
- Tail wheel leg secured horizontally with 2 straps, Left and right to secure aft horizontal movement. So it CANNOT swing. (Don't forget the bolts shared between the VS and tail wheel plate as Paul Dye pointed out on his move.)
- Strap over the fuse forward of the F-881B's and down to secure vertical movement.
- Chocks fore and aft of the mains
- VERY tightly wedged (big hammer, don't bow out the walls or rails!), 2x4's cross-wise fore/aft of the chocks to secure them.
- For additional fore/aft movement safety:
2 lengths of webbing through the spar carry thru. 1 directed forward and 1 aft.
- Low pressure tires
Thoughts?