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On Jul 25, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Spiral Syzygy wrote: > Err, not Tom, Steve. I'm awake and fully caffeinated this morning.. I swear! > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Spiral Syzygy <spiralena...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Our H13 was transported on the roof of a Dodge Sprinter. We wrapped it >> in a blue tarp, which we later used for the floor. After wrapping it >> well, we sandwiched it between two sheets of MDF and secured the whole >> package with ratchet straps. It worked very well, except the straps >> did bit into the edges of the panels a little bit. This could be >> easily fixed with some foam padding or similar, or as Tom suggests, >> circumferentially placed ply-wood. >> >> The yurt survived transport to and from Chicago -> Playa with out any >> problems at all. We went as far as to secure a smaller piece of >> ply-wood in front of the leading edge of the package. We believe this >> reduced drag and helped our fuel efficiency, but that all could have >> been wishful thinking. YMMV >> >> Spiral >> >> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Steve Upstill <upst...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> How about sandwiching it between sheets of plywood and tying the bundle >>> down with ratchet straps? If you really need to protect the sides, you >>> could cut more ply and secure it circumferentially with a couple of straps. >>> A little compression on the polyiso shoudn't hurt. But does it really have >>> to be hard-shelled? Tarps are a wonderful thing (properly secured)... >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Knowledge is good. It does not have to look good, or sound good, or even do >>> good. It is good just by being knowledge and the only thing that makes it >>> knowledge is that it is true. You can't have too much of it, and there is >>> no little too little to be worth having. >>> >>> -- Tom Stoppard >>> >>> >>> On Jul 24, 2011, at 3:47 PM, Jay wrote: >>> >>>> Hi. Let's say I have an 8ft semi-folding Hexayurt that I want to >>>> transport a long way, so I want it to be securely protected. What are >>>> people using as hard sided protection for transporting semi-folding >>>> Hexayurts? >>>> >>>> >>>> thanks >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "hexayurt" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "hexayurt" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. >>> >>> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to hexayurt@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hexayurt+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
