Advice requested.
I am about to inspect and (fingers crossed) purchase a Cozy Mk IV project that would have to be trailered 1200 miles. The fuselage has the canopy and spar installed however the strakes have not yet been started. Wings and canard have also been completed.
Question: Would you try to trailer this project out of New England (I-95, I-81, I-40) and obtain/pay for all of the oversized load permits or cut the spar out of the plane and reinstall it at home. I can bring a reciprocating saw and/or oscillating saw to do the job, but I've got some reservations about how long it would take to remove the spar and how difficult it would be to put it back in the fuselage later. The wings have already been drilled to the spar, if that matters.
At issue here is the stress factor - sweat the drive home or sweat the disassembly/reassembly. The owner has towed it cross country before but I'm not sure I want to risk hitting every traffic barrel in narrow construction zones, etc. The small trailer I'd be using would require the landing gear bow to be removed. I estimate the spar would be no more than 4' above the roadway. Suggestions, personal experiences welcomed!
Thanks,
Trevor