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Permalink Reply by Bob Pustell on November 26, 2014 at 4:33pm

When I went to the rudder school and picked up my kit (601XL) I borrowed my brother's 15 passenger Ford van. I left all the rear area seats home and drove out for the school and kit pickup. The Zenith folks loaded it all up and it fit the van just fine. They said they preferred to load the kit rather than have the customer do it, they have it down to a science.

If you are renting a 15 passenger Chevy that should work just fine (as long as there are no seats installed other than the front two). Have fun!

For skin storage I built a loft kind of thing in my hangar, basically a four by twelve foot suspended shelf. I used the layers of cardboard and brown paper that the Zenith folks packed them into the van with as storage spacers/protectors. I had not considered the rolled skins in big boxes idea, but storing them flat (in a space not used for other purposes) has worked well for me.

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Permalink Reply by Kurt Satter on November 27, 2014 at 5:44pm

All good Bob.  I like the flat storage loft idea.  I'll probably do that while waiting for the kit.  I've about completed a 13' worktable ... heavy as the dickens but I put it on casters.

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