Tips On Transporting Fiberglass Hood In Truck Bed Requested!!!!
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Tips On Transporting Fiberglass Hood In Truck Bed Requested!!!!
Tomorrow I will be heading up to vfn fiberglass to get my hood for my bird! I will be taking a friend's truck to do so. Does anyone have any tips on how to prevent damage to the hood? How to orient it in the bed (nose towards the front or back of the truck bed, bottom of hood facing up or down)? What materials did you use for protection? Sorry if these seem like silly questions, but I am klinda nervous about the trip!
Last edited by 1995_maro_z; 10-09-2015 at 02:32 PM.
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My Superhawk fit laying sideways between the wheels of my truck. It was on a pallet and wrapped so it wouldn't move and did fine on the drive home. If you have a pallet maybe bring it along with some blankets or other protective layers along with ratchet straps to keep it secure. Don't be too crazy ratcheting it down and crack it though.
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Get some long stretches of pipe wrap, the same stuff you wrap house pipes in before a freeze. Shove the edges of the hood into that wrap and use plenty of masking tape or shrink wrap to hold them together. This will protect the edges without adding a lot of space.
Strap or shrink wrap that to something heavy on the bottom or use a moving blanket and straps to hold it down. Keep an eye on your mirror and drive slow. Transported my extended pin on Sunoco like that and everything fit in a 3/4 ton long bed.
If its a bolt-on hood, drive up with your hood removed and bring the mounting hardware. Swap hoods there. I'm sure someone at VFN is willing to help you put it on.
Strap or shrink wrap that to something heavy on the bottom or use a moving blanket and straps to hold it down. Keep an eye on your mirror and drive slow. Transported my extended pin on Sunoco like that and everything fit in a 3/4 ton long bed.
If its a bolt-on hood, drive up with your hood removed and bring the mounting hardware. Swap hoods there. I'm sure someone at VFN is willing to help you put it on.