They're doing some renovations at the blueberry farm and I decided
to move some of my toys off the premises so that (a) they'd be out of
everyone's way and (b) they wouldn't get blocked in by equipment.
I'm moving them into a 5-ton truck that I have parked in a storage yard.
The first thing moved was one of my two VW trikes. This one is a 1973,
supposedly one of the first custom made ones in BC (when they changed
some regulations to recognize trikes as motorcycles). I like this one
better than the Stires because the riding position is more comfortable
(ie, upright) and also because the front end has more weight on it
and should tend to stay down easier. It will be even heavier when
I put a CX500 fairing on it.
I posted some pix on alt.binaries.pictures.motorcycles showing it being
loaded into the truck from a small, ramshackle flat-bed trailer that
used to be a camping tent-trailer.
The trike's rear wheels are on the truck's built-in hydraulic hoist.
However the platform is only 41 inches long and the trike is over
10 feet. To support the front wheel I used a plank lifted by a hand
operated hoist. Note the handlebars fixed in position with load straps,
as well as the board clamped to the edge of the lift to prevent the
trike from rolling right off (which it tried its best to do).
I did the whole operation solo. It was all meticulously planned, so
naturally things went wrong. Fortunately, only some minor operational
details.
If anyone's interested who can't access binary newsgroups I'll post
the pix to Photobucket (tomorrow. Right now I'm too tired from all
the effort.) (It was hard work, even with hydraulic assist.
For instance, loading the trike onto the trailer in the first place;
I used a hand winch).
Sean_Q_
'99 FLHTCUI / '06 S40 / various round tuits
Sean_Q_ wrote:
> They're doing some renovations at the blueberry farm and I decided
> to move some of my toys off the premises so that (a) they'd be out of
> everyone's way and (b) they wouldn't get blocked in by equipment.
> I'm moving them into a 5-ton truck that I have parked in a storage yard.
>
> The first thing moved was one of my two VW trikes. This one is a 1973,
> supposedly one of the first custom made ones in BC (when they changed
> some regulations to recognize trikes as motorcycles).
Whoah! Don't tell me that even trikes were invented in ancient China.
[...]
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Andrzej Rosa
> They're doing some renovations at the blueberry farm and I decided
> to move some of my toys off the premises so that (a) they'd be out of
> everyone's way and (b) they wouldn't get blocked in by equipment.
> I'm moving them into a 5-ton truck that I have parked in a storage yard.
> The first thing moved was one of my two VW trikes. This one is a 1973,
> supposedly one of the first custom made ones in BC (when they changed
> some regulations to recognize trikes as motorcycles). I like this one
> better than the Stires because the riding position is more comfortable
> (ie, upright) and also because the front end has more weight on it
> and should tend to stay down easier. It will be even heavier when
> I put a CX500 fairing on it.
> I posted some pix on alt.binaries.pictures.motorcycles showing it being
> loaded into the truck from a small, ramshackle flat-bed trailer that
> used to be a camping tent-trailer.
> The trike's rear wheels are on the truck's built-in hydraulic hoist.
> However the platform is only 41 inches long and the trike is over
> 10 feet. To support the front wheel I used a plank lifted by a hand
> operated hoist. Note the handlebars fixed in position with load straps,
> as well as the board clamped to the edge of the lift to prevent the
> trike from rolling right off (which it tried its best to do).
> I did the whole operation solo. It was all meticulously planned, so
> naturally things went wrong. Fortunately, only some minor operational
> details.
> If anyone's interested who can't access binary newsgroups I'll post
> the pix to Photobucket (tomorrow. Right now I'm too tired from all
> the effort.) (It was hard work, even with hydraulic assist.
> For instance, loading the trike onto the trailer in the first place;
> I used a hand winch).
> Sean_Q_
> '99 FLHTCUI / '06 S40 / various round tuits
sounds cool, will look for the link to your photobucket album tomorrow
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> to move some of my toys off the premises so that (a) they'd be out of
> everyone's way and (b) they wouldn't get blocked in by equipment.
> I'm moving them into a 5-ton truck that I have parked in a storage yard.
>
> The first thing moved was one of my two VW trikes. This one is a 1973,
> supposedly one of the first custom made ones in BC (when they changed
> some regulations to recognize trikes as motorcycles).