[TR] TRs in a Moving Van

[Harrymague at aol.com]

When I shipped my "6", I could get up into the van on there ramp, so I  
rented one of the tow trucks that lifts the car up on a plateform.  I then  
drove the car into the van with no problems.  Hope the idea helps.
Harry Mague
Bevercreek, OH
 
 
In a message dated 8/12/2010 11:56:22 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ahwahneetr at gmail.com writes:

On  8/12/10, John Wise <tr3a.60 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The TR (along with  my '77 911) will be shipped inside the moving van with
> all of our  other stuff.  Any advice on special prep for the TR??

I have  shipped our TR3A cross-country that way (in with the furniture)
3  times.  I have always asked to drive it on & off myself and  the
driver has always agreed.  At the very least you want to watch  closely
as they do it.

The ramps can be quite steep, for mine I have  to have the driver and
his helper lift the rear end of the TR just a bit  until the rear
wheels are half way up the ramp else it will scrape the  ground.

I have usually (maybe not always) moved the TR3A with the  windscreen
off and packed separately.  This is especially  helpful/safer if they
are installing a floor above the car to load  furniture up there (a
scary image but they do it and it has never been a  problem for me).

The moving company may have some instructions, usually  they say no
more than a quarter tank of fuel.  Inside a moving van  they usually
don't care how much you load the car interior & boot with  parts & such
(since they charge by weight anyway) whereas on a trailer  they don't
want any extras.

The driver should strap the car down  really tight -- like until the
front suspension bottoms out against the  rubber block.  They will put
moving pads all over the place but still  you want nothing touching the
car/pads.  1000s of miles of vibration  against one of those pads can
probably wear thru the paint.

They  will probably do a pre-load inspection and hand you a sheet to
sign with  every ding, scratch & mark noted on a diagram of the car.
To look at  the drawing you would think the car was a real beater --
they are of course  just covering themselves.  I examine it closely to
be sure it isn't  too much of an exaggeration and then take lots of
photos of the car at the  last minute.

To state the obvious... thoroughly examine the unloaded  car at the
other end.  Good  luck.

Geo

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