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Posted by: dkos Dec 28 2007, 09:36 AM
I already broke one windshield (dropped a 2x4,off the rafters in my garage, thru it!). I don't want to break this one. I need to drive it home, about two hours. I don't have a pickup truck. The biggest vehicle I have is a Taurus Wagon with a roof rack. Any suggestions?
Posted by: GWN7 Dec 28 2007, 09:39 AM
wrap it in a quilt and put it in the back seat...
Posted by: dkos Dec 28 2007, 09:43 AM
wrap it in a quilt and put it in the back seat...
that sounds easy enough...with the bend facing up or down?
Posted by: GWN7 Dec 28 2007, 09:48 AM
bend down....more surface area being supported by the seat
Posted by: bdstone914 Dec 28 2007, 09:49 AM
Go to a bike shop and get a big long bike box, they fit in them snug and I have transported about 8 this way and never broke one.
Posted by: dkos Dec 28 2007, 09:52 AM
Go to a bike shop and get a big long bike box, they fit in them snug and I have transported about 8 this way and never broke one.
good idea. Thanks.
Posted by: dkos Dec 28 2007, 09:53 AM
bend down....more surface area being supported by the seat
wouldn't bend up put more windshield in contact with the seat?
Posted by: mack914-6 Dec 28 2007, 10:25 AM
bend down....more surface area being supported by the seat
wouldn't bend up put more windshield in contact with the seat?
I think is might fit best if you bend over....
Posted by: dkos Dec 28 2007, 11:39 AM
I think is might fit best if you bend over....
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Posted by: blitZ Dec 28 2007, 12:03 PM
I typically see glass transported on its edge and believe that is the preferred method. Set it in the back seat floor between the front and rear seats. Stuff some pillows in the voids to keep it from moving. Don't do any off roading.
Posted by: sww914 Dec 28 2007, 01:47 PM
The edge is a much safer way to transport it. Every glass truck hauls it's glass on the edges. I would put the outside of the windshield against the seat back and strap it in with the seat belts and some pillows. I you pull the seat belts all the way out and then let them retract the should lock. It's a feature for using child seats. After you lt them retract all the way they'll unlock again.
Posted by: dkos Dec 28 2007, 01:56 PM
The edge is a much safer way to transport it. Every glass truck hauls it's glass on the edges. I would put the outside of the windshield against the seat back and strap it in with the seat belts and some pillows. I you pull the seat belts all the way out and then let them retract the should lock. It's a feature for using child seats. After you lt them retract all the way they'll unlock again.
nice idea. I could probably bungee it to the seatback
Posted by: Sallachie Dec 28 2007, 01:56 PM
As stated above, transport on the edge. Have the windshield standing, so it doesn't flex.
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