[modeleng] Re: Securing models

Alan,

Yes, I worry about this business. I have an estate car and I fit a board 
down one side with a piece of track screwed to it. The loco is rolled in 
from a wheeled trolley. The buffers at the front are captured by a shrouded 
buffer stop and the buffers at the rear are captured by a removable clamping 
device. In my previous car this little lot was located behind me, the 
driver, poised to do serious bodily harm in the event of a sudden stop! At 
least I have seen fit to arrange the board to be on the passengers side in 
my current car and it is not possible to carry a passenger in the front seat 
as it is wound fully forward.
With the sort of weights we are dealing with and the difficulty of attaching 
the loco to the car I think we have to accept that, in the event of a 
serious collision it is likely that some damage will be caused by/to the 
loco in the event of a serious collision.
Incidentally it has only recently occured to me that one of the problems 
with this board set up is the difficulty of removing the spare wheel 
(located under the floor, under the board) in the event of a puncture. I 
certainly couldn't do it single handedly and I'm not sure what the reaction 
of the "friendly" A.A. man would be when asked to lift 400lbs worth of board 
plus loco!

Barrie Purslow
Warrington UK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "alan stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 7:57 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Securing models


>I had a call from a friend yesterday.
>
> Apparently he was driving to his club, with loco in the back of his estate
> car, when he had a minor accident.
> Or rather, it would have been minor apart from the engine.
>
> Being unsecured, some 150lbs of steel and copper kept going when the car
> stopped, almost demolishing the passenger seat, (fortunately empty) then
> fell over, breaking his wrist, and doing other assorted harm to the car.
>
> Luckily he is not otherwise injured, but the car is worse than from the
> actual accident, he has doubts that the insurance will cover that extra
> damage, and his loco is "a real mess" (his words).
>
> How does everyone secure their engines in the back of vehicles, or if you
> dont, perhaps it might be worth considering.
>
>
> Alan
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