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Re: Europa-List: Wing sling belting

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Wing sling belting
From: Rman <topglock@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:03:50
6" conveyor belting from McMaster-Carr on my transporter, lined 
with......... you guessed it, carpet.  Three years of to and from (when 
needed) and no marks on the paint.

Jeff - Baby Blue

JEFF ROBERTS wrote:
>
> Ferg,
> I don't transport mine but I do have a wing dolly that I've left them 
> in for a few years while building other parts. I used 8 inch wide 
> strips of carpet. Good old rugged shag carpet. I still use it when I 
> have the wings off and it's never left a mark, It's still as strong as 
> 6 years ago when I built the dolly.
>
> Jeff R.
> A258 - N128LJ / Gold Rush 126 hours and climbing slowly and is cooling 
> correctly.
>
>
> On Jun 25, 2008, at 4:39 PM, Fergus Kyle wrote:
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>     Another cry in the wilderness.........
>>     The original classic trailer wing slings were made from fairly
>> compliant black rubber which over the years has lent a tender black 
>> smudge
>> on the wing surfaces in my latest transport attempt. Consumed by rage 
>> and
>> jealousy, I ripped the offending materials from the carcass, and am 
>> now left
>> with bitter regret and bits of rubber - and the strange feeling I may 
>> have
>> been a touch venal.
>>     I am assuming that some of the early trailer-ites may have
>> encountered the same disappointment and discovered a suitable 
>> replacement. I
>> would like to think there's a supple, strong, compliant white compound
>> (perhaps food belting) out there waiting to be scooped up and a thankful
>> discoverer just keening to share his victory information.
>>     I've tried gleaning details from McMaster-Carr but I'm no chemist
>> and the technical characteristics escape me. As a result I have five 
>> feet of
>> intransigent, vicious brown crud in the garage waiting to chew holes 
>> in my
>> wings. I'll hoof it with the pinions strapped to my back first...
>>     If you have superior knowledge and/or experience in this endeavour.
>> let me be the first to help distribute it. Please?
>> Ferg
>> Europa Classic A064 still bumbling ahead
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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