johnq
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| posted on 21/3/11 at 09:12 AM |
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transporting a chassis
Hi , can anyone tell me if a chassis could be transported on my focus roof bars, unfortunately i dont have acces to a van at the moment and dont want
to fit a towbar,???????
looks like rain again
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/3/11 at 09:19 AM |
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not sure about a Focus but thats how I got my MK chassis home on the 406, didn't even notice it was there. Just make sure you spread the load
across the roof bars. I strapped wooden planks to mine and then sat the chassis on those.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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jossey
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| posted on 21/3/11 at 09:32 AM |
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i tried to transport my chassis on my mondeo roof but due the chassis already having the floor plate it was too heavy. most roof racks wont hold over
60kg or this was the case a few years ago when i got mine back from the fabricators.
i hired a car trailer for £20 for the day.
Thanks
David Johnson
Building my tiger avon slowly but surely.
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macc man
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| posted on 21/3/11 at 09:38 AM |
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I personally would not risk it. Apart from damage to your car roof, your insurance would probably be invalid.
There must be someone on here who can help you out?
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designer
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| posted on 21/3/11 at 10:49 AM |
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I would borrow/hire a small trailer and strap the chassis on top of it.
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blakep82
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| posted on 21/3/11 at 11:35 AM |
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small trailer, or if you haven't got a tow ball, hire a van
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 21/3/11 at 12:43 PM |
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I made a locost trailer for my chassis!
A few pieces of steel section, combined with the trailer hitch, suspension units, wheels and mudguards from my little camping trailer. Added a number
of brackets to locate the chassis, fixed a trailer light/numberplate bar on the back and off I went. Worked really well, too! 
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 21/3/11 at 01:44 PM |
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Put my chassis on the roof. No problem. 2 people can left it easily enough. Although 3 or 4 is safer.
Get couple of ratchet straps and some zip ties.
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James
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| posted on 21/3/11 at 02:10 PM |
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I carried my 10% bigger chassis on the roof of Mums 405 home from where I built it.
Cheers,
James
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Eternal
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| posted on 21/3/11 at 03:00 PM |
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I fitted my Haynes roadster +135mm strech into the back of a Transit LWB no probs at all cost 45quid for the day.
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devans414
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| posted on 21/3/11 at 03:08 PM |
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I transported my Westfield chassis on the roof of my Ford Focus, forgot it was there until an 'emergency stop' on the motorway tipped it
forward into my line of vision. Some extra zip ties and I was on my way again.
Just make sure you SECURE it properly, you should be fine. I asked a similar question before I moved the chassis and general thoughts were it would be
fine.
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scutter
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| posted on 22/3/11 at 03:17 AM |
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Properly strapped it won't be a problem, It's how I got mine back from the powder coaters.
ATB Dan.
The less I worked, the more i liked it.
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wormscoffer
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| posted on 22/3/11 at 09:35 AM |
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The roof bars on my present Freelander are quoted with 60Kg capacity. The Focus I had before had roof bars with a capacity of 75Kg so you should be
fine.
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iank
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| posted on 22/3/11 at 05:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by macc man
... your insurance would probably be invalid...
Why? shorter than a canoe and if it's a bare chassis less than 75kg so within the rating of ford roof bars (at least the genuine Ford Mondeo
ones)
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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Doctor Derek Doctors
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| posted on 26/3/11 at 11:29 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scutter
Properly strapped it won't be a problem,
ATB Dan.
 Properly Strapped??????? And then that picture?????
You've run the strap though the doors and around the roof. That is not properly strapped, there is too much compression in that system that
would allow the straps to come loose. Whether or not you made it home fine is irrelevant as that is not properly strapped, also were is the
longitudinal securing to stop the chassis working its way back and forth? And I'm sure the police would say the same thing.
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