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04-18-2020, 05:57 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Snohomish, WA
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Tail Removal During Transport...
Understand the OP already has the empenage removed from his project as others have recommended. Thought I'd post here for others that come later that is not necessarily required, as suggested above. Might save some folks a little time.
I moved my -9A project about 25 miles at speeds up to 55mph on an open flatbed trailer a few months ago. No rudder or elevator, but the stabs were installed. Rudder/Elevator were off for unrelated reasons - would have left them on if they had been installed. No issues, including my treed driveway (had to lift a few branches out of the way before we hit pavement). All in all a non-issue. The project was securely strapped down similar to what is described above. JMTC.
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04-18-2020, 06:57 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Granbury, TX
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I recently relocated my 14A 200+ miles after an engine failure. I used a rented 24? deck-over open trailer with beaver-tail ramps. I did not secure the prop nor remove the tail feathers and had no issues, though I believe it was a marginally over-wide load, and I deliberately avoided an interstate.
The tie down advice is good. I also used 2x4 chocks screwed to the deck. Not mentioned is winching. Not an issue with the car haulers, but needs to be addressed with a rental or borrowed trailer. A winch is ideal - electric if possible. Electric wouldn?t work for me and I used a daisy chain of 3 come alongs. I used this both to winch up the ramps and to carefully control the unload.
I had a half dozen helpers for both loading and unloading. If you like I can forward pics (pm me an email).
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04-18-2020, 09:43 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Seattle
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If you're winching it up a tilted flatbed, I would pull it by the main gear legs, not the nose gear
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04-18-2020, 10:22 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Half Moon Bay, CA
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I used my local towing company .. kinda thought they'd freak about transporting an airplane. Alas, no. Tyrone has done this (and other weird stuff) before. A total pro. No tail feathers, just the fuse. Transport on an early Sat AM went perfectly. The hoist on the tow truck with a little band around the tail spring made the winch-up a non issue.
The wings and other parts followed in a u-haul later that day.
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04-18-2020, 11:49 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: LSGY
Posts: 3,198
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Good solution
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Originally Posted by wjb
I used my local towing company .. kinda thought they'd freak about transporting an airplane. Alas, no. Tyrone has done this (and other weird stuff) before. A total pro. No tail feathers, just the fuse. Transport on an early Sat AM went perfectly. The hoist on the tow truck with a little band around the tail spring made the winch-up a non issue.
The wings and other parts followed in a u-haul later that day.
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That massive flatbed handled by a pro looks like a great solution. I guess it cost a couple of hundred bucks.
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04-19-2020, 06:41 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: KASH
Posts: 498
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I also used a local towing company for my RV-7 fuselage. IIRC it cost $240 or so for a 35 mile trip, and was money well spent IMO. Getting our airplane on the tilt ramp was dirt simple and the driver was a real pro at securing everything. He had never moved anything like it before and was almost as excited as we were!
https://mightyrv.com/?p=2720
Dave
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04-19-2020, 04:51 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Half Moon Bay, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rv8ch
That massive flatbed handled by a pro looks like a great solution. I guess it cost a couple of hundred bucks.
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Yea .. $250, but money well spent. The guy was a total PRO; he secured the fuse like it was his own baby.
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04-19-2020, 10:09 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Livermore, CA
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I rented a tilt bed truck from the equipment rental place in San Leandro. I can?t recall what it cost. Not hard to figure it out and drive. But really tie everything down. You don?t know how bad the roads are until you drive in one of these trucks. Oh, and take measurements. The rental place had two trucks, but only one had a bed wide enough for a -10.
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04-20-2020, 06:22 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Asheville, NC
Posts: 2,104
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I transported mine on an unlicensed Jet Ski trailer. I took care to travel on back roads.
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