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Old 02/11/11, 06:21 AM
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Sometimes you just must have a pickup truck.

An 8 foot bed, plus the tailgate gets you past the tipping point. A couple 2x6 16 feet long under the panels. Then run straps from the far end of the panel to the pick up's bed pockets to keep it up and from sliding out.

Those wire panels are easier to transport than 16' sheets of drywall. But that's another story.
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Old 02/11/11, 12:45 PM
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U-haul,rent a trailer.

http://www.uhaul.com/Reservations/Eq....aspx?model=RO
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Old 02/11/11, 04:11 PM
 
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Put them on the trailer even with front edge and tie them securely to the trailer at that end. Arch them up until the other ends are on the back end of the trailer and secure them. Doesn't hurt to throw a ratchet strap over/thru the high part of the arch, either. Do your hair that day, because you will get a lot of stares on the way home. But it works.
This is what we do in a full size pickup.So if you can borrow a full size pick up they will get up to six arched in there better tie them down.
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Old 02/11/11, 04:49 PM
 
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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
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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Old 02/11/11, 07:18 PM
 
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The places around here that sell them, do delivery.

Or locally a 16 ft long pipe trailer is only about $10 a day. If there is any irrigation in your area, the rental yards should have pipe trailers available.
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