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sarg314(at)comcast.net
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:11 am Post subject: hauling fuselage to hangar

Within a week or two I will have to haul my RV-6A fuselage, on it's 

landing gear (minus empennage and wings) to the hangar.  I have heard 

that a good way to do that is using a flat bed tow truck, the kind with 

a hydraulically tilt-able bed.  That involves winching the thing up the 

inclined flat bed until the mains are on the bed, and then righting the 

bed and pushing it the rest of the way forward.



My question is, where do you attach the rope/nylon strap to pull the 

plane up onto the truck?  My guess is to wrap it around the lower 

portion of the engine mount where the nose gear attaches.



Or, do you think the flatbed tow truck is a bad idea?  What's better?



Thanks,

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Tom Sargent, RV-6A

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pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:38 am Post subject: hauling fuselage to hangar

You shouldn't have much of a problem just pushing the airplane up on the 

tilt-bed ..... well, depending on how much it tilts!!!

Last christmas we put my Pitts on a 'kneeling' trailer for the Christmas 

parade by just having a few bodies to push and pull.  I screwed down 

2X4s as chocks and then used ratchet straps from the wheels to the edge 

of the trailer.

Good luck!!!

Linn

do not archive.



tom sargent wrote:

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 Within a week or two I will have to haul my RV-6A fuselage, on it's 

 landing gear (minus empennage and wings) to the hangar.  I have heard 

 that a good way to do that is using a flat bed tow truck, the kind 

 with a hydraulically tilt-able bed.  That involves winching the thing 

 up the inclined flat bed until the mains are on the bed, and then 

 righting the bed and pushing it the rest of the way forward.



 My question is, where do you attach the rope/nylon strap to pull the 

 plane up onto the truck?  My guess is to wrap it around the lower 

 portion of the engine mount where the nose gear attaches.



 Or, do you think the flatbed tow truck is a bad idea?  What's better?



 Thanks,

 -- 

 Tom Sargent, RV-6A

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Rick Galati

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Location: Lake St. Louis MO.

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:32 am Post subject: Re: hauling fuselage to hangar

 	  sarg314(at)comcast.net wrote: 	
		  .....I have heard 

that a good way to do that is using a flat bed tow truck, the kind with 

a hydraulically tilt-able bed........My question is, where do you attach the rope/nylon strap to pull the 

plane up onto the truck?......... 	
Tom,



I did not use a winch to roll the RV-6A up the tow truck ramp. That's me with a towbar at the front pulling while my helper was alongside pushing.

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skydive80020(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:57 pm Post subject: hauling fuselage to hangar

Tom, The flat bed tow trusk works quite well. I put some simulated wooden wing spars in from the construction phase and had helpers push it up from there, worked very well. Also I felt better having a vehicle in front and behind during the transport to ensure that rear end collisions were controlled and other vehicles were kept a safe distance.

  

 Mark Phipps, RV6A, "Gypsy Spirit" flying 200 hours



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Within a week or two I will have to haul my RV-6A fuselage, on it's 

landing gear (minus empennage and wings) to the hangar.  I have heard 

that a good way to do that is using a flat bed tow truck, the kind with 

a hydraulically tilt-able bed.  That involves winching the thing up the 

inclined flat bed until the mains are on the bed, and then righting the 

bed and pushing it the rest of the way forward.



My question is, where do you attach the rope/nylon strap to pull the 

plane up onto the truck?  My guess is to wrap it around the lower 

portion of the engine mount where the nose gear attaches.



Or, do you think the flatbed tow truck is a bad idea?  What's better?



Thanks,

--

Tom Sargent, RV-6A





	
	


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chris_hand(at)comcast.net
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject: hauling fuselage to hangar

Tom,

I've heard the flat bed tow truck works well.  I didn't go that route though 

as I'd already moved my RV-6A fuselage cross country in a 26' U-Haul truck 

so had the ramps ready to go and knew it would work well.  Wasn't too 

expensive either, but for in-town rental they usually give you the crappy 

(i.e. don't trust it to go far) trucks vice the pretty nice / newer one I 

was able to get for the longer move.



I used a group of about 5 friends to wheel the plane up and down the ramps. 

Probably not much different than what you'd need for flat bed truck ramp if 

you didn't use a winch.



Just offer that up as an alternative.  Photos of what I did are at links 

below.



Final move to airport (approx 35 mile freeway ride):



http://rv6aproject.ckhand.com/finishingStages/MoveToAirport/moveToAirportPg1.htm



Move from WA to CA (about 800 mile mostly freeway ride):



http://rv6aproject.ckhand.com/MovingTheRV/WA-to-CAmove.htm



Chris Hand

RV-6A, ready for final inspection.....

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vshimsl(at)live.com
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:33 pm Post subject: hauling fuselage to hangar

Hello,  

This is how I did it (picture below).   

Let me know if the picture doesn’t make it. The video is over 30meg so I just pasted a screen shot. I hired a local towing outfit. The driver was the expert and I pretty much followed his advice. I am really not doing much as he had it under control.   

   

The tilt bed is a no brainer. Mine is a tail dragger so your connection points will be different, again the driver should have a good idea about that. You possibly could tape a dolly or wheel onto the tail of your plane to make it a tail dragger for a day. Then attached the straps as shown. Oh the towing outfit had an electric winch. It was soo nice hiring out this part of the project that I cannot recommend any other way.  

   

The guy that hauled my RV8 was so thrilled to be hauling an airplane that he gave me a break on the price.  

   

Vince H.  

RV8 - Finish  

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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: hauling fuselage to hangar

Tom,

 Used a wrecker - see picture. Just tied the cable to the front fork and eased it on. No trouble.

  

 Tie the wheels down well, but DO NOT tie the tail down, have heard of fuselages being bent!

  

 Dave Burnham



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Within a week or two I will have to haul my RV-6A fuselage, on it's landing gear (minus empennage and wings) to the hangar.  I have heard that a good way to do that is using a flat bed tow truck, the kind with a hydraulically tilt-able bed.  That involves winching the thing up the inclined flat bed until the mains are on the bed, and then righting the bed and pushing it the rest of the way forward.

 

My question is, where do you attach the rope/nylon strap to pull the plane up onto the truck?  My guess is to wrap it around the lower portion of the engine mount where the nose gear attaches.



Or, do you think the flatbed tow truck is a bad idea?  What's better?

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