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Date:  9-23-2019
Number of Hours:  8.50
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Brief Description:  Moved Shop to KARM Airport

Rented a 17 ft Penske truck to move everything but the fuselage to Wharton Airport.

Made 2 trips with the truck to get everything to the airport, without spending lots of time trying to pack everything into the truck for a single trip.

Found that the wing cradle was slightly too wide at the wheel to fit onto the truck ramp! Decided to remove the wings from the cradle and place them on the shop floor on padding. Then lifted the wing cradle into the truck. Picked up one wing and muscled it into the truck and into the cradle with great difficulty. Realized we placed it into the cradle on the wrong side to allow the other wing to be also place into the cradle, so decided to move the second wing on a second trip.

Loaded one work bench, both tool boxes, and many of the cardboard boxes onto the truck and drove to Wharton Airport. During the drive down, discussed possible better ways to move the wing out of the truck, and came up with the idea to position the cradle with one set of wheels outside the ramp so that the cradle cross piece 2x8 would rest on the ramp edge and slide the cradle and wing down instead of lifting it. This worked fairly well, so we removed the wing at KARM and took the cradle back to the shop to do the same thing to move the other wing onto and off of the truck.

Completed the move with a second trip, unloaded into the hanger and returned the truck.

This was a very hot and humid day, with heavy items (wings, tool boxes, work benches, engine hoist) to move. I am very appreciative of George Goff's help to make this move. Couldn't have done it without him!
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