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03-23-2020, 09:10 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Southern Michigan
Posts: 1,966
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Back a full size REAL pick up truck with an 8? bed to the back of the delivery truck. With the tailgate down it gives you almost 10? of a level platform to transfer the box. It?s a short drop from the delivery truck to the bed of the truck and once it?s on your truck, you can get manual labor help at your leisure and convenience to unload it. I have done many large item deliveries this way by myself with only the drivers help. Tip your delivery driver and don?t be cheap about it.
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David C.
Howell, MI
RV-10: #41686 Under Construction
RV-9A: #90949 Under Construction
RV-10: #40637 Completed/Sold 2016
Cozy MKIV:#656 Completed/Sold 2007
"Donor Exempt" but donated through Dec. 2020
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03-24-2020, 03:15 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Windsor, Ontario
Posts: 224
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Originally Posted by Aviatrix439
I'm expecting QB wings and fuselage to be delivered sometime in April and have been tossing around ideas for how best to unload them as well. The current best plan I've come up with is to rent a u-haul that can fit both boxes and pick up the crates at the shipping depot where they'll have a forklift on hand. That way I can have them sit in the truck until I can get 8-10 people over to my place after work to help me unload.
I just know it'll be difficult to impossible for the driver and I to handle alone and I don't want to try to schedule the delivery and the friends to arrive at the same time. That kind of coordination will also be nearly impossible.
Looking forward to other recommendations that cost less than a u-haul though, it's gonna be an involved process to do it my way.
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This was my original plan up until the Canadian/US border closed to nonessential traffic. The shipping depot is 20 minutes into the US. The QB kit is ordered, built, and crated ready to ship. I put a hold on it last week when they closed the border.
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Glenn Martin
Windsor, Ontario
1942 Tiger Moth
2017 Waco YMF-5
Kit # 140694
Received RV-14 Empennage Kit October 22, 2019
Started Tail Cone Dec 2019
Received QB Kit April 2020
Finished a mounted Tail Surfaces to Fuselage June 2020
2020 Dues Paid
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03-24-2020, 03:24 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Posts: 18
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Took delivery of a QB fuselage, QB wings and Finish kit about two weeks ago at my hanger. Since I do not have a loading dock or anything equivalent, we went with Stewart Trucking. Glad I did since it was only myself and my wife who were available to help and we are not much to look at in the strength department to be hauling crates off of trucks.
Stewart arrived in their 18-wheeler which has a built in crane to move things on and off the truck. Now mind you that the kits were not created (Fuselage and wings). The driver activated the crane and in about 30 minutes of effort had the entire load sitting in my hanger, on dollies and undamaged.
I don't know if my experience with Stewart is typical (don't take delivery of RV14A kits that often!) but I am a very satisfied customer. They turned out to be slightly more expense than other alternatives but IMHO very well worth the cost.
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Julio Herrera
Model: RV14a (Working on Tail Kit) (QB Fuselage, QB Wings and Finishing Kit arrived)
Kit #140208
N99JH (Reserved)
Home Base: 39N (Princeton)
Dues paid: Nov 2019
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03-24-2020, 07:45 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Schaumburg, IL
Posts: 5,297
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I had a 4 post car lift delivered to my house. Just as long as a fuselage and definitely more than 600 #'s. Driver and I had no issues getting it off the truck. Too many years ago to remember how we did it.
I purchased a 10 kit with a QB fuse on a dolly. We got it onto a truck with a lift gate with only three guys. Got it off with three guys as well. Can't remember exactly what we did, but it wasn't hard.
Larry
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N11LR - RV-10, Flying as of 12/2019
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03-24-2020, 01:00 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Alabama
Posts: 127
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I have received carpet in excess of 2000 lbs. (12 feet long 42inch diameter.) Placed 2"PVC pipes under the load and rolled it into a pickup truck. If you can get it into a pickup and back it into your work space, then you can unpack from the back of the pickup. On your 600 lbs package, you would have to pick up on 300 pound end to get the pic pipes under it.
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03-24-2020, 02:46 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: SoCal
Posts: 318
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lr172
I had a 4 post car lift delivered to my house. Just as long as a fuselage and definitely more than 600 #'s. Driver and I had no issues getting it off the truck. Too many years ago to remember how we did it.
I purchased a 10 kit with a QB fuse on a dolly. We got it onto a truck with a lift gate with only three guys. Got it off with three guys as well. Can't remember exactly what we did, but it wasn't hard.
Larry
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If you have a car lift, couldn't the truck with the plane parts back up against the lift (matched to the truck trailer height), slide the plane onto the lift, then lower everything ?
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03-25-2020, 11:57 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Mountain View, CA
Posts: 3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmart
This was my original plan up until the Canadian/US border closed to nonessential traffic. The shipping depot is 20 minutes into the US. The QB kit is ordered, built, and crated ready to ship. I put a hold on it last week when they closed the border.
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Sorry to hear, that's just unfortunate timing.
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- Kacy
RV-7 Build
- Empennage: Completed! 160 hr
- QB Wings: Delivered
- QB Fuselage: Delivered
- Finishing Kit: Delivered
http://www.rv7build.com
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