We all do some stupid things now and then. I have a sheet of plywood in the back of my short bed PU with a soft tounneau cover. (PIA by the way). On this ply wood I have a divider,(2X4), for field equipment etc on far left. Then I have a PVC pipe wing and fuse holder ANCHORED to the plywood to hold my plane and wing. I was still learning how to fly a couple years ago and had only one plane in the rack. NOW for the STUPID part........ I made a fast exit from my subdivision's street on the the main road and thought I heard a noise. The cars that had been bearing down on me were getting smaller in my mirrors. Why......?? They stopped!! Because the plywood sheet..... equipment and plane, slid out of the bed because some dumb ass didn't close the tail gate!!! As I pulled out, of course I turned sharp left to get into the lane. The plywood was like a surf board. The timing was there, and it stay flat and headed for the shoulder of the road. When I returned, (red faced), I could NOT believe my eyes!! The only thing that moved was the tail of the plane un-hooked from it's "U" shaped rack but was NOT damaged at all. The field box, and other junk was still on the board. My neighbor helped me get it back in the truck. To this day I still don't know how he kept a staight face!!! Soooooo, flintlock.... hope you feel better now! ...lownslo ...
Bob