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Posted by c on September 3, 2008, 3:52 pm
> 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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