---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 11/20/12: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:59 AM - Re: Re: moving Scout (Isablcorky@aol.com) 2. 09:11 PM - moving Scout (Oscar Zuniga) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:59:39 AM PST US From: Isablcorky@aol.com Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: moving Scout In a message dated 11/20/2012 12:21:54 A.M. Central Standard Time, taildrags@hotmail.com writes: --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "taildrags" Corky: I'm sorry I didn't mention that I wanted the plane moved. Next time, I will. Oh, by the way: my wife has been telling me that she would like to see the Inca ruins at Machu Picchu. When can you have the airplane down there so I can fly her over the ruins? ;o) -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=388385#388385 I'll try ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:11:39 PM PST US From: Oscar Zuniga Subject: Pietenpol-List: moving Scout I just arrived home in Medford a while ago=2C safe and sound (Scout=2C too) . A very nice journey=2C but it sure was windy up in N. California today!! ! Good thing it was from the south... I had a tailwind all day. Total dis tance traveled=2C 2051 miles so cutting across the Nevada desert saved me a bout 150 miles and truthfully=2C I enjoy the drive out that way. I got to see some live-fire bombing practice by jets out of Fallon and the other mil itary sites out there are always intriguing anyway. Now to get the plane u nloaded and safely hangared. Oh=2C and in reply to Chuck's questions about the van=2C see below. -Oscar >What size van did you use? It's a 26 ft. Penske moving van. The 22 footer rents for the same as a 26 footer=2C so I opted for the larger one but that's because I had other stuf f to move in there. The wing panels are only 13 ft. long and the fuselage will fit in a 22 ft. van=2C although snug. For a 75 mile move=2C I wouldn 't even consider it... find a 16 ft. flatbed trailer and load it up. Fits perfectly=3B I've done it before=3B see last picture here: http://www.flysquirrel.net/piets/incident/incident.html >I assume you rented it. If so=2C from whom? Would I have access to the sam e company in North Carolina? Penske. Yes=2C you should have access to the same outfit. I opted for Pen ske for several reasons... their vans are turbo diesels=2C while the UHauls are all gasoline. In the mountains=2C it makes a difference and for long runs out West=2C it makes a big difference. But again=2C you needn't rent a moving van just to move 75 miles... it's way too expensive. >Did you have to fasten the wheel chocks to the floor of the van? If so how? I didn't have to=2C but it was recommended to me that I did=2C and I am VER Y glad that I did! Every time I go over a bridge at highway speeds=2C or w rinkles in the pavement=2C the rig jumps around and if things weren't secur ed=2C it would not have held the airplane in place. We secured the chocks and straps to the oak floor of the van with deck screws=2C and I'll bet tha t the screw holes will not be noticeable when I remove the screws and smoot h things down. It's a moving van=2C and the floor gets a lot of wear and t ear. I don't intend to leave it rough though. >If you screwed or nailed them down=2C do you think the people who own the van would object to holes in the floor? I'll let them inspect it when I'm done and go from there. They don't provi de D-rings or tie-downs on the floor of the van and it's a shame because we could really have used them to keep the plane from moving fore and aft tha t way. Our field adaptation worked perfectly though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message pietenpol-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Pietenpol-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/pietenpol-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/pietenpol-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.