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  • SJFE
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Apr 2007
    • 4735

    #1

    Moving Equipment.

    Since I have been buying more expensive boats and equipment moving it from the house to the lake has become more of an issue. I used to just stack it in the back of the Mrs suv and go. Now I am looking into a small suv or hatchback of my own. My Concorde is just impossible to use. What I would like to see is how you guys move your stuff from point A to B. I had some ideas on removable boat racks and so on but it easer to have a look @ whats in use. Thanks :)
  • Mich. Maniac
    Banned
    • Apr 2007
    • 1384

    #2
    My wife had a jeep grand cherokee that i fell in love with so I bought a jeep liberty. great for everything. I throw one back seat down and have room for both boats on their stands and have a nice work area right in there when I get to the lake. Lake being a few minutes away I dont do much work on them there though but its nice to have that space to plug em in and seal em up.

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    • adreher
      Member
      • Apr 2007
      • 74

      #3
      Hey, I only have one boat, but this is a picture of how I get it around. Makes it easier to move everything I need all at once.

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      • Jeepers
        Fast Electric Addict!
        • May 2007
        • 1973

        #4
        Here is how I have the back of my suv set up, the rack has room for 4 boats, I dont even have to lay the back seats down, I still got room for my chairs, cooler, field box, marine battery.
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        • SJFE
          Fast Electric Addict!
          • Apr 2007
          • 4735

          #5
          That looks like the ticket. Thanks man. Now I just gota pick out a new car....lol

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          • Jeepers
            Fast Electric Addict!
            • May 2007
            • 1973

            #6
            Originally posted by SJFE
            That looks like the ticket. Thanks man. Now I just gota pick out a new car....lol
            No problem!!!

            It was actually kind of funny I rolled up to the lake with that set up in the back and 2 weeks later a couple of other guys had there suvs set up the same way.

            oh mine is a Jeep Grand Cherokee, I used to have a nissan 350Z and i could only fit one boat in it and I could just barely get my feild box in it, so I sold it.
            Last edited by Jeepers; 07-29-2007, 08:52 PM.

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            • saleens7
              Fast Electric Addict!
              • Apr 2007
              • 1108

              #7
              i use my feet to get my boats to the lake...its just great to have a fairly large lake just 20 feet from my house....
              saleens7, the wookie of rc boating

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              • SJFE
                Fast Electric Addict!
                • Apr 2007
                • 4735

                #8
                Lucky bastage.......lol

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                • Jeepers
                  Fast Electric Addict!
                  • May 2007
                  • 1973

                  #9
                  Originally posted by saleens7
                  i use my feet to get my boats to the lake...its just great to have a fairly large lake just 20 feet from my house....
                  rub it in!!!! why dont you!:D :D

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                  • skidooguymxz550
                    Senior Member
                    • Jun 2007
                    • 242

                    #10
                    i use my feet. walk down to our dock which is in a little bay that is connected to the lake by one twenty foot wide bridge. no boat wakes and the biggest wind makes waves is like 3-6".


                    to take them to the beach with us i rap them in a towel and put them in the head of our boat.

                    worked so far. waves at 60mph seems like it might get to the poor baby at some time though
                    Last edited by skidooguymxz550; 08-15-2007, 04:46 PM.

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                    • FE_Chris
                      Senior Member
                      • Jun 2007
                      • 764

                      #11
                      Tom! Don't buy a mustang GT! The FDM32 mono would fit in my back seet OK on it's stand. Any bigger and I would have been S.O.L.

                      My 43" Nomad Cat can go nowhere BUT in the front seat. meaning I have to fold the seat back and put some padding around the boats hardware and lay it down on the front seat. It's much to large for the back seat, and no way it would go in the trunk.

                      I love my new(used) car....it's FAST and WAY FUN. But it sure was not ment to be moving boats around with lol....but I make it work.....and it gets 50+% better fuel milage than my F-150 did

                      Originally posted by SJFE
                      That looks like the ticket. Thanks man. Now I just gota pick out a new car....lol
                      Fast Electric and Fast Ford's / V8 Mustang Enthusiast

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                      • Steven Vaccaro
                        Administrator
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 8720

                        #12
                        I cant say enough about the versatility of the Chevy Avalanche. It can sit 5 people comfortably and still carry a load. The drawback is the gas mileage. About an average of 15mpg. Luckily I only put about 100 miles on it a week.
                        Steven Vaccaro

                        Where Racing on a Budget is a Reality!

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                        • FE_Chris
                          Senior Member
                          • Jun 2007
                          • 764

                          #13
                          I know it! My truck was awfull.....14 max.....But I also had a 2" lift, and 35" tires....4.56 gears....so for the truck, it was pretty good. But still BAD. I did'nt use my truck for much anymore, so away it went. I did love it....Can't wait till the day i can buy another nice truck....Much more room. The Mustang's cool, but I barley have any place to put a drink cup even! let alone a fleet of boats! lol
                          But it works....
                          Originally posted by Steven Vaccaro
                          I cant say enough about the versatility of the Chevy Avalanche. It can sit 5 people comfortably and still carry a load. The drawback is the gas mileage. About an average of 15mpg. Luckily I only put about 100 miles on it a week.
                          Fast Electric and Fast Ford's / V8 Mustang Enthusiast

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                          • hkusp45
                            Senior Member
                            • Jun 2007
                            • 299

                            #14
                            I can haul about 7-8 boats with a generator, table, two tool boxes, two radio boxes and 2 lipo safes with no problem in my Titan....
                            NAMBA #581
                            Q mono NAMBA record holder
                            'REMEMBER SOME PEOPLE ARE ALIVE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS ILLEGAL TO SHOOT THEM'

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                            • kck741
                              Senior Member
                              • Aug 2007
                              • 265

                              #15
                              My Girlfriend has a Nissian Xtera Plenty of room
                              S.S.R.C-Southern Style Radio Control

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