
02/11/11, 04:49 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: lat 38° 23' 25" lon -84° 17' 38"
Posts: 3,051
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Originally Posted by Shygal
HOW?  I want to hear this one lol
And now I have visions of them unfolding like a mousetrap and slamming me into the ground 
I dont know of anyplace near me that sells them, and Tractor Supply is 30 minutes away on a highway
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While a lot of it breaks down into smaller chunks some parts don't and stay the full 24'. I made a rack with 2x4 in the truck bed so it was the same height as the cab (kind of like a ladder rack). It works great for hauling other things also. Used to haul a 12 boat on it (didn't own a trailer for it). Anyway, load the long pieces like the ridge, the sills, the vents ect. onto the truck, let it hang over the front of the hood, the rear of the tailgate and I ran a strap around those pieces, tying them into one big aluminuminuminumin bundle. The man had 1/2" aluminum.....umin pipe hanging in the greenhouse (made great hanger rod for his hanging baskets). I drilled holes in the ends, ran #9 wire through the holes and wired one end to the bundle and one back to the bumper, 2 to the front bumper, 2 to the back. This kept the long ends from bouncing up and down and helped to keep it from swaying from side to side. Ratchet straps around the bundle kept it from falling off. Flagged both ends and down the Interstate I ran, from Ronald Reagan Highway into Kentucky, down to the Corinth exit. I passed 3-4 cops along the way, not so much as a nod from them. The frame traveled well, now that I'm finally getting it erected I find that the glass hasn't faired as well.
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