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Old 12-21-2005 | 01:55 AM
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Steve S
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Default RE: Transporting Jets in a Trailer

I just bought a new 2006 trailer last Friday.I got a 14 x 7 x 7 feet tall Hercules tandom axle.The color is beautfiul-its champagne with black trim(I lucked out cause it matches the trim on my Eddie Bauer Expedition almost perfectly.I love this color.This is the nicest trailer I have ever owned,this thing drives far better than my last trailer did which was a Haulmark 12 x 6 single axle .This new Hercules drives/feels so light and the brakes work flawlessly.


I started out by laying black & white checkered tile thru-out.I actually just finished the setup in my trailer yesterday.I built 2 x 4 side rails into the 5/8 " think sidewalls,then used 5/8" thick MDF fiberboard as my jet shelf that run the whole width of 7 feet and runs a length of 10 feet .The shelf is covered in thick black commercial grade carpet.My trailer and layout is large enough that I can safely transport 5 jets on the tile floor & wide shelf I built.I setup the trailer to transport my Super Bandit up in the front of the trailer(secured down with a BVM Jet Cradle) as my trailer has a wider than normal side door-38 inches.I currently have my 2 Skymaster F-18's on the tile floor secured down sitting on the gear and my Kingcat is sitting on the gear on the shelf above as is my SM F-5 which has gear- up sitting on thick foam supports.I have left enough room in between for a JMP Firebird which will join the family early next year

I built a shelf up in the nose with 2 shelves that run 6 feet wide with my pop up tent & all my chairs secured beside it.I have a area below to hold my kero fueltanks ,2 jersey fuelers.I feel better having the majority of my jets secured down sitting on the gear.I have thick foam supports under my jets in the event that the gear should collapse in transit


Steve