My family is moving to a new home (with larger garage for airplane factory...ok, there's more reasons than just that) soon and I am looking for ideas on how to safely transport the wings. I’ve seen people use flatbed trailers and strap them down. I could do that, but I’ll already have a Uhaul and am trying to figure out a way to use that instead. I also just like the feeling of them being enclosed in a box truck better than strapped on for dear life on a flatbed trailer. Only issue is that there isn’t a great way to secure them to the floor in a Uhaul that I can think of. There are no points to strap them down.
I did some searching and I did see some posts about ways other than trailers, but the links for the pictures don’t work anymore. I thought of ways to secure the wing cradle. Remove the wheels maybe and then secure the cradle with straps but I am not sure how to keep the wings secure in the cradle.
I could maybe build something to hold them secure in the Uhaul. With that amount of effort I might as well rent a flatbed trailer and find a friend with a truck to pull it.
I think I can fit the empennage parts in my minivan no problem.
What good ideas do you have for moving the wings in a box truck?
I did some searching and I did see some posts about ways other than trailers, but the links for the pictures don’t work anymore. I thought of ways to secure the wing cradle. Remove the wheels maybe and then secure the cradle with straps but I am not sure how to keep the wings secure in the cradle.
I could maybe build something to hold them secure in the Uhaul. With that amount of effort I might as well rent a flatbed trailer and find a friend with a truck to pull it.
I think I can fit the empennage parts in my minivan no problem.
What good ideas do you have for moving the wings in a box truck?