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Re: NELUG's Trailer to Store and Transport our Club Brick
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lugnet.storage
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Tue, 28 Oct 2003 19:00:49 GMT
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In lugnet.storage, John Gerlach wrote:
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In lugnet.storage, Chris Phillips wrote:
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I don’t know if this has been announced here on LUGNET, but NELUG,
http://www.nelug.org/ recently purchased a new trailer to store and
transport our LEGO collection and train tables. Although the details of
making this happen were a bit complicated, the end result can be seen here
on BrickShelf.
We are still working out the best way to store everything so that it will
not be destroyed when we actually move the trailer. I would guesstimate
that a whopping 60-80% of the club-owned brick is currently built into
models. (That number could drop to about 20% after a single road trip!)
We’re not quite at the hitch-n-go stage yet, but we should be by the time of
our next train show, which is in about three weeks.
If you compare the picture “16packed.jpg” to “25loaded.jpg”, you can see how
much better the same amount of LEGO fits into the trailer after we installed
the shelving.
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One suggestion: Get more straps to prevent stuff from sliding sideways off
the shelving units! Looking at ‘25loaded.jpg’, I see a box sitting on top of
the tables on the left side, and several modules just sitting on the shelves
on the right. Strap ‘em down, because you’d be surprised how much stuff can
slide...
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We have more straps, but we didn’t have enough E-Track clips to tie them down
to. We found out (two weeks too late!) that one of our members works at Cap
World, so he’s getting more clips.
The big problem is all the models. We have several buildings that are currently
sitting on shelves, and no mere bungy cord is going to keep them in one piece.
We need to somehow pad the models or wrap them in Saran Wrap to hold them
together. Probably our best bet will be to get a cardboard box that is large
enough to hold each model, and stack them on the shelves with bungies to hold
them in place.
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Nice trailer! You gonna put a big logo on it?
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We’ve been talking about that, but we haven’t made a firm decision yet as to
what we’re doing there. But the trailer is so big and shiny and white that it
is screaming out for a full-color decal or a decent air-brush job.
- Chris.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Boxes have the additional benefit of if pieces do fall off a model, they'll end up in the box (hopefully!). Makes it much easier to rebuild/repair the model if all the pieces are in one place. The GMLTC uses a bunch of Lego cardboard boxes (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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| (...) I've got two words for you: expanding foam. Make sure you get low expandsion foam so that it doesn't blow the models up! Cover the models in Saram Wrap and then spray the foam on in THIN layers. You'll get a nice form-fitting pillow for the (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) One suggestion: Get more straps to prevent stuff from sliding sideways off the shelving units! Looking at '25loaded.jpg', I see a box sitting on top of the tables on the left side, and several modules just sitting on the shelves on the right. (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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