N546RV
Well Known Member
So we made the big move from Atlanta to Houston two weekends ago. Spent Saturday loading the truck in ATL. At the very back of the truck, our two motorcycles went in and were tied down. The main wing skins were wrapped in moving pads and placed between the bikes along with some other similarly-shaped items. The leading edge skins were also wrapped in moving pads and placed to the right of J's bike, between it and the air compressor and tool chest. Everything seemed just fine for the drive.
Unfortunately, as I realized upon opening the truck in Houston, your perception of "tied down just fine" becomes skewed at 10 PM, after about ten hours of truck loading. As a result of this skewed perception, J's bike rolled off the center stand and spent probably a large portion of the drive flopping around. It was still tied down enough that it didn't crash around and damage itself, but those wing skins I put on either side got to have footpegs rub against them for 800 road miles. On both sides, the pegs wore holes in the moving pads and then went to town on the skins.
I could probably sand those out with a ton of elbow grease, but at the cost of removing a fair amount of material thickness...and I don't much like the idea of having that on my wings. Replacement cost from Van's looks to be about $200, not counting shipping. Anyone have any intel on potential shipping costs for these? I figure the leading edge skin makes the shipping job a lot more fun.
It could have been a lot worse, seeing as how my finished horizontal and vertical were on the sides of the truck in the same vicinity as the bikes...
Unfortunately, as I realized upon opening the truck in Houston, your perception of "tied down just fine" becomes skewed at 10 PM, after about ten hours of truck loading. As a result of this skewed perception, J's bike rolled off the center stand and spent probably a large portion of the drive flopping around. It was still tied down enough that it didn't crash around and damage itself, but those wing skins I put on either side got to have footpegs rub against them for 800 road miles. On both sides, the pegs wore holes in the moving pads and then went to town on the skins.
I could probably sand those out with a ton of elbow grease, but at the cost of removing a fair amount of material thickness...and I don't much like the idea of having that on my wings. Replacement cost from Van's looks to be about $200, not counting shipping. Anyone have any intel on potential shipping costs for these? I figure the leading edge skin makes the shipping job a lot more fun.
It could have been a lot worse, seeing as how my finished horizontal and vertical were on the sides of the truck in the same vicinity as the bikes...