mads
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| posted on 1/10/08 at 08:21 PM |
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transporting my kit
Right you fine people,
need some more advice. Am planning to pick up my kit in 2 weeks time and trying to avoid the cost of renting a van. My friend has access to a trailer
which we plan to use on his car (5 door VW Golf).
question is: will we be able to pull this off using the trailer for the chassis and the car for the panels, R1 engine, various other bits e.g.
uprgihts, steering rack, aeroscreen etc,
does anyone have the dimensions of the side panels, nose cone, rear end, bonnet etc?
and does anyone have any suggestions on how to mount it all so we can bring it back in one trip? we were thinking of strapping some of the panels i.e.
side and bonnet to top of chassis and putting some type of cover over it all to stop wind trying to take them off. good idea or bad one?
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 1/10/08 at 08:31 PM |
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Hire a van. Panels flapping in the wind are a
recipe for disaster
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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CRAIGR
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| posted on 1/10/08 at 08:33 PM |
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Hire a van well worth it for an extra £100 with no risk of damaging anything.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 1/10/08 at 08:53 PM |
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Trailered a complete kit from dartford to scotland on a trailer for GTS.
Put panels inside chassis and make sure they are bubble wrapped and tied down.
Lots of ratchet straps and rope. Nothing too major. Just put small items in the towing car.
Bubble wrapped things stop most knocks
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blakep82
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| posted on 1/10/08 at 09:10 PM |
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to be honest, i think you'll struggle to get much in the car. you'll maybe get the nose, bonnet and rear panel. engine will be a struggle
i think (don't actually know the size of bike engines)
you'll definitely get everything in a van easiily. well worth doing
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BenB
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| posted on 1/10/08 at 09:29 PM |
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My worry will be that you'll end up with a load of GRP stashed in the back of the car with a loose bike engine nestled in the middle of it. One
rapid stop and you'll have lots of GRP confetti.
It's possible but it's not the best idea. I saw someone collect their kit from STM by strapping the chassis to the top of the car.......
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 1/10/08 at 09:32 PM |
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About the smallest vehicle you will get away with for transporting your kit is the likes of a Vauxhall omega estate. I used one to transport my Viento
on collection. Body panels inside and chassis securely strapped to the load bars along the roof.
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Canada EH!
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| posted on 2/10/08 at 12:17 AM |
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transporting my kit
Brought my chassis home from Huntsville Alabama USA on the roof racks of my Jeep Cherokee, suspension pieces, front fenders, scuttle ansd nose cone in
the back of the Jeep. Plus luggage for two weeks in Florida. About a Thousand miles distance.
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RK
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| posted on 2/10/08 at 02:01 AM |
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I dunno, seems a bit risky all that. I have rented a van to bring the car and bits back and forth a couple of hundred K, and frankly the money was
worth it. Everything fit inside. Not a worry.
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Flamez
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| posted on 2/10/08 at 05:45 AM |
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I pick mine up injust over a week. The chassis is 10'6". I have hired a VW sprinter for £65 for 24 hours. Got to be worth it.
Alamo /europcar
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82 Locost
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| posted on 2/10/08 at 07:56 AM |
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If you don't hire a van you'll spend a lot of time worrying about it. You don't need to do much damage (either to your kit or your
mate's car) before the £65 van hire looks cheap.
Having said that, I'd probably be a cheapskate and try to shove all the fragile bits in the car (take the back seat OUT first?) and the solid
bits would be firmly attached to the trailer.
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mackei23b
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| posted on 2/10/08 at 08:36 AM |
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My Chassis was on the roof of the car and bodywork inside.
Cheers
Ian
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 2/10/08 at 08:37 AM |
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take an old motorbike rear tyre and sit the engine in it stops it falling over
tony
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J16
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| posted on 2/10/08 at 07:17 PM |
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Mk delivered my kit for me and the contents filled the Mercedes sprinter van. If you don't want to risk damaging anything a van is probably the
best option.
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blakep82
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| posted on 2/10/08 at 07:26 PM |
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i picked up the bodywork for the truck (ok considerable more bodywork than a 7) and a few other bits, and it filled a LWB ford transit
in total i had:
full set of body work
carbon dash
wishbones
wheels with tyres
shocks
steering rack
brake calipers
i think that was everything, and the van was full. thats without a chassis or engine.
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mads
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| posted on 6/10/08 at 10:12 AM |
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thanks all. think i will invest in a van.
We gain knowledge faster than we do wisdom!
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip!"
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