[szicree]

Advice on Fuselage Transport

Anybody ever use a rental truck to move a fuse on gear with engine? If so, how'd you get it into the truck? Ramps? Manpower? Any advice is much appreciated.

 

[hgerhardt]

Put my fus on a car trailer facing backwards. The landing gear was too wide to roll between the fenders of the trailer, so rather than devise a set of ramps to go over the fenders, we just put the tail first. I had all control surfaces installed and used mylar tape to keep them from flopping around. The cowling, engine, prop and canopy were all installed, too. I drywall screwed a pair of 2x4's crosswise into the wood trailer bed to lock the main gear wheels. I had the wings leading edge down in a cradle in the bed of my pickup. I drove on the freeway for about 50 miles like that and had zero problems. Was quite the spectacle!

Heinrich Gerhardt
RV-6, flying, 200.0 hours

 

[decathlon737]

For moving a short distance

Try this if you aren't moving too far away.

 

[OneCharlieKilo]

Yes, done it twice with enclosed rental truck

Anybody ever use a rental truck to move a fuse on gear with engine? If so, how'd you get it into the truck? Ramps? Manpower? Any advice is much appreciated.

I've used U-Haul truck twice with good success. For pictures of ramp setup, see post at:

http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?p=236952#post236952

Or pictures on web site at (short move to airport):

http://rv6aproject.ckhand.com/finishingStages/MoveToAirport/moveToAirportPg1.htm

Or (longer move WA to CA):

http://rv6aproject.ckhand.com/MovingTheRV/WA-to-CAmove.htm