All,
wanted to provide an update on this, I was able to move the COZY from DEtroit to Kansas over the last weekend. Used a 20 ft trailer, 82 inches wide. got wide load permits for all states, well, cops never stopped me anyplace, the drive was ok, wansnt too bad, a few construction zones were a little tricky. reached Kansas last night, no issues with the move, no damages.... Had wrapped the plane in moving blanket and shrink wrapped it... the shrink wrap was maybe not rqequired, but was hard to keep the moving blankets on.. had to use a LOT of duct tape (no taping anywhere on the surface of the cozy), and a lot of shrink wrap (but took about 30 minutes to unpack).
Wanted to share this for those who might want to move a cozy again. below are the pictures and some details of what I did,
- COZY loaded with the nose in the front
main gear legs on the trailer axle (the bulk of the weight is still in the front of the trailer axle)
wiings laid next to each other with minor overlap of the trailing edhes (moving blanket and foam in between to prevent damage)
wooden studs screwed to the trailer floor and padded to stop the wings or other parts from moving
three 2 inch wooden blocks screwed one above the other used as "chocks" to prevent the cozy from moving back and forth
foam pads under the nose
ratchet tie downs in the spar holes to prevent aircraft rolling
tie down along the top of the gear legs to prevent cozy from buckling foprward for any hard braking
took us 13 hours to load the trailer and abot 3 hours to unpack...
feel free to ask questions if you have any
https://photos.app.goo.gl/osmCxk0c4Fa111ZI2