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| Subject: | Re: Firestar transport questions |
Jay,
Good luck with moving the Firestar!=C2- Regarding the rental truck option
: Taking a one-way flight from Denver, CO, I transported a complete Ultrast
ar from Madison, WI back to Denver using an 16' Budget truck rental.=C2-
One-way, this was a 1000 mile move.=C2- The Ultrastar fuselage had boom t
ube attached.=C2- Wings, rudder, and horiz stabs were removed and mounted
inside the truck. The tail stuck out of the trailer by about 4'.=C2-=C2
-No real problems occurred.=C2-=C2-
Some things I learned:
One way rentals are harder to find than 2-way, but they are out there.
Truck prices vary wildly - even from same company, at locations just a few
miles apart.=C2- It saved 50% to rent the truck from the Budget office in
downtown Madison instead of their office at the Madison airport.=C2-=C2
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Budget was way cheaper than Penske.=C2-=C2-
Total cost was about $750 for the Budget truck rental, about $150 for one w
ay airfare, and about $100 for gas, motel, and food along the way.=C2-=C2
-This was back in 2017.
To get the Ultrastar mounted inside the rental truck took about 2 hrs work
- the fabric-covered wings had to be carefully hung from the interior walls
of the truck, and the fuselage had to be anchored inside the truck with ro
pe tied to 3/8" screw eyes driven into the wooden floor of the truck.
Hope this helps..
Jeff in Colorado
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