Afternoon all - sorry if this has already been covered elsewhere but I am looking to the next stage of my VANS RV7 build. Empenage is pretty much done but has taken far longer than I imagined. It turns out that having a family and a full time job slows me down a bit. To that end I intend to order the quickbuild kits for the wings and fuselage.
Has anyone got experience of this? I am more interested in the logistics of it more than anything else. They will arrive in very large crates and I am wondering how they get from the docks to my house. Do I need to order a lorry with a crane/forklift etc?
Import Vans Quickbuild kit
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Import Vans Quickbuild kit
Colin Geary-Andrews
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My RV7 QB kit was delivered in two very large and heavy crates. I ordered the delivery truck to have it own crane. If you have access to a forklift it may be OK but I would worry the crates are too big for an average forklift. Once on the ground, a friend and I managed to get the wings on their stand and get the fuselage into the garage manually. I have photographs which I can send if you want. e mail me at: [email protected]
Kevin Fogarty
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Many thanks for your prompt reply. I have emailed you separately.
Colin Geary-Andrews
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Hi,
I live in a rural area with difficult access. I used a shipper (OIA) that offered delivery, though they did not offer unload facility. I got a local farm contractor with large tractor and pallet loader and largish trailer to off load and move up to my workshop. Cost £100 but has worked very well on two occasions, saved a lot of time and aggravation. It helped that the transport company were able to give very accurate eta's for the truck arrival.
Hope this helps.
Peter.
I live in a rural area with difficult access. I used a shipper (OIA) that offered delivery, though they did not offer unload facility. I got a local farm contractor with large tractor and pallet loader and largish trailer to off load and move up to my workshop. Cost £100 but has worked very well on two occasions, saved a lot of time and aggravation. It helped that the transport company were able to give very accurate eta's for the truck arrival.
Hope this helps.
Peter.
Peter Oglesby
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Thanks Peter - I will look in to OIApetero wrote:Hi,
I live in a rural area with difficult access. I used a shipper (OIA) that offered delivery, though they did not offer unload facility. I got a local farm contractor with large tractor and pallet loader and largish trailer to off load and move up to my workshop. Cost £100 but has worked very well on two occasions, saved a lot of time and aggravation. It helped that the transport company were able to give very accurate eta's for the truck arrival.
Hope this helps.
Peter.
Colin Geary-Andrews
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The other alternative if you want to save money is use a trailer which is what I did with a 9 kit. I have an aircraft trailer and it was really loaded up but two of us managed to get it all on and off.
Steve Arnold
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