Wings are a go!!

Post by **Spike** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:41 pm

Just got off of the phone with the factory and I told them to ship'em

They will be crated and sent when the next batch of 9 Spars arrive.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:34 pm

WELLLLLL....it's about time!!!

just kidding!! that's GREAT news spike!!

johnk · Post by **johnk** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:39 pm

John,
Speaking of shipping, have you worked out the details of how they will get to your house? I'm getting close to that point myself and need to figure out the shipping.
John

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:51 am

Cool! Next batch of 9 spars, huh!

Seems to me that they would make them in pairs? Enough for 4 and one half planes?

CJ

Post by **Spike** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:24 am

CJ you are such a smart @ss.

John, I am just going to have them ship to my house. I am going to see if I can find a few friends to come over and help carry them up the driveway.

Neil offered the use of his loading dock, but then Id have to figure out how to get two 10 ft 200lb boxes home.

We should hook up sometime soon. Im interested in seeing your project.

-- John

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:03 am

Spike wrote:CJ you are such a smart @ss.

yeah, he is...but a clever smart @ss!

johnk · Post by **johnk** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:27 pm

John,

Count me in if you need help with the crates, I'd be glad to come over. I had Doug from our Chapter over last week for a first Tech Counselor visit. Went really well, Doug has a lot of knowledge and gave me a bunch of pointers (at least he didn't tell me to find a new hobby).

Sure, come on over, I'm down in the shop most of the time. Soon I'll be doing the big glue job on the rudder trailing edge. I'll send over my address in a message.

John

Lorin Dueck · Post by **Lorin Dueck** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:53 pm

John -
I just had the freigth company deliver the wing kit (SB) to my house.
I requested a drop gate truck and a dolly - and between the truck driver and me - we got the parts moved into my garage without any problem.
Good Luck!!
Lorin D
9A Wings

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:12 pm

I lead with my strengths!

CJ

Bob Barrett · Post by **Bob Barrett** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:42 pm

When My RV-6A Quick Build Wings and Fuselage came I hired a guy with a beaver tail truck to bring them from the trucking company to my garage. A Beaver tail truck is one with a hoist on the front of the bed and the truck bed can extend backward about 20 feet or more. Both my fuselage kit and wing kit were delivered that way on one truck. It cost about $75.00 and then I had a couple of four foot lengths of 21/2 inch steel pipe and a good pry bar about six feet long. Once the crates were unloaded my wife and I good use pipes as rollers and the pry bar on top of 4"X6" wood block as a fulcrum and I would lift the end of the crate. My wife would slide the pipe under it and then we could push it until the next length of pipe needed be put under it. I did the same thing when the finishing kit was deleivered. On guy I knew rented a u-haul truck and hauled his that way however he and his wife almost dropped the fuselage Crate off the truck. Any damages would have been his expense! The guy with the Beaver tail truck had liability until off loaded in my garage.

Post by **Spike** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:28 am

My problem is that I have seriously steep driveway that the delivery truck will most likely not be able to drive up.

N941WR · Post by **N941WR** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:32 pm

Spike,

My driveway has a 17 degree incline, away from the house so just pushing the box off the truck wasn't an option.

A friend with a standard pickup, meaning 8 foot bed, hauled the spar box home from the terminal. With the tailgate down the bed is 10 feet long and the box didn't try to tip out. Of course it was strapped down and a big red flag was taped to the end. I had the skin box in the back of my '93 Nissan pickup and followed him so no idiot could hit the spar box.

Unloading the spar box was easy, just let one end down and slide of off. Two person job.

The skin box was a bit more so. We let one end down on a furniture dolly and then just walked it off the back of the truck. No big deal and you aren't lifting the entire 200 lbs at any time.

The same dolly trick worked for the fuselage and finishing kit as well. Only by this time I had suppersized my '93 Nissan with a '94 Titan. All to boxes fit in the bed of that truck. 6' bed, 8' with the tailgate down. Same as the little truck, only wider.

Good luck.
Bill

l & d lewis · Post by **l & d lewis** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:04 pm

Congrats Spike,

I comp'd today off and am sitting here waiting for the FEDEX freight man to deliver my wings.............then back to building......Larry

Ron · Post by **Ron** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:27 pm

Hi Spike,
another option you may want to consider is to slide the crates into a pick up in the street, then back the pickup up the drive. Good Luck..Ron

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:58 pm

Larry, just curious... what does it cost to deliver your stuff to AK?

Ron, you are soooo close... we gotta hook up sometime soon!

CJ

jim_geo · Post by **jim_geo** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:05 pm

You could get some really big casters and attach them to the crate then drag it up with ropes. You'll use the casters again in the shop to make rolling carts or the like for sure.

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:13 am

Okay, I have to jump in here. We carried mine into the shop from the trailer. Neither crate was bad at all. They are big, but really not that heavy. Of course I had a friend who is an Iowa farm native help and I made sure to give him the heavy end of both crates.

Sorry had to throw in my $.02 worth.

Post by **Spike** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:39 am

My latest thought is to just pick the crates up at the terminal myself using a friend and his long bed Ram 1500, then have a few friends just hump them up the hill.

-- John

l & d lewis · Post by **l & d lewis** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:41 pm

CJ,

The FEDEX freight from Van's to Palmer, Alaska was $438. We unloaded them from the truck into the back of my PU in the road, then I backed it into the garage, and unloaded them by myself. I have an 8' bed PU and the one crate was 15' long. I wouldn't want to have to drive too far. Slow build wings by the way..........Larry

Post by **Spike** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:55 pm

Interesting. According to Van's site no wing crate is longer than 10' except for the RV-10, and thats 11'.

-- John

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