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Topic: Topper removal
Posted By: andy2000
Subject: Topper removal
Date Posted: 16 Jan 05 at 1:34pm

I need to move a Topper and launch trolley from rural Cheshire to North West Scotland (near Ullapool) this Spring and I'm  looking for alternatives to putting it on top of the car - that space is already occupied with a roof box!!

Anyone know of a carrier who will move it for a sensible price?

Any other suggestions?

Thanks




Replies:
Posted By: maxim
Date Posted: 16 Jan 05 at 4:30pm
Originally posted by andy2000

I'm  looking for alternatives to
putting it on top of the car



Tow it????


Posted By: andy2000
Date Posted: 16 Jan 05 at 9:56pm
Towing needs a road trailer and tow bar. Significant investment for a one-way trip as have neither!!


Posted By: Phil eltringham
Date Posted: 16 Jan 05 at 11:04pm
If your car is long enough duck tape the topper to the side of the car.  This would probably work best on an estate on MPV, old volvos especially. 

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Posted By: Lucy Lee
Date Posted: 16 Jan 05 at 11:27pm

Rent your topper to someone at your sailing club for the summer and then borrow / rent one off someone local in Ullapool?

Post it?



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Posted By: Blobby
Date Posted: 17 Jan 05 at 7:30am

Take off the roof box, put the topper in its place and then chuck everything that was into the roof box into the topper instead.

Or double deck the roof rack so the roof box is over the topper...

Or get somebody else to drive and sail it up...

Or melt it down and put in into the roof box as well.



Posted By: maxim
Date Posted: 17 Jan 05 at 10:51am
Of course you could just tie it to the back, and drag it
up along the road, with not to much loss in
performance I suspect...


Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 17 Jan 05 at 12:24pm

With someone riding in it to keep it on the road?

I remember when young and stupider riding behind a landrover on a Kayak on a snowy road in wales. One ride there were 4 of us on board, and we went round a corner a little fast, all ending up in the ditch. I bounced, but one of the others broke her leg, which as we were in the mountains involved rather a scary trip to Aberystwyth Hospital... For some reason we never did it again!

Always wanted to, so I'd volunteer for the ride!

 



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