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Re: Discussion of Train Table Sizes
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Mon, 20 Dec 2004 05:02:05 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, Mark Bellis wrote:
> A Ford Transit van is what I would call a medium size van. Small vans are based
> on a car chassis and large ones are as big as you get before a 7.5 tonne lorry.
> British traffic law allows car drivers to drive a 3.5 tonne van on a car
> licence, with the van hire company providing insurance for the hire period as
> part of the deal. Space inside a long-wheelbase Transit is approximately 9'8"
> long, 5'6" wide (less between rear wheels) and 6' high. the short wheelbase
> version is about 7' long in the back. Both do about 25 MPG on a long run. The
> vans you hire are usually the less-powerful versions and they struggle to do
> more than 70mph, except down hills. Sprinters are more expensive to hire and
> are a lot faster, as the name suggests.
I see. I'm surprised though that you only seem to be considering hired vans.
Don't ordinary citizens own vans or small trucks in the UK?
We transport our tables to shows in the van belonging to one of our members
(Bruce Chamberlain) - a late 1960's era Dodge van. Russell Clark brings a lot
of stuff in his pickup truck as well. The rest of the LEGO models are brought
by their owners (or if they can't attend the setup, by another member on their
behalf) in their own cars/trucks/minivans.
Also we don't use modules - just raw tables, which are bolted together, and then
we put on baseplates, track, and MOC's.
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| (...) Plenty of people do own their own vans, but they don't seem to be Lego fans! They are normally full of rubbish/builders tools and dirt as well! You don't get many pickups, only builders really seem to have them. However people carriers (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) At a UK model railway exhibition the layouts are what draw the public in, making gate money, so layout exhibitors are paid van hire and fuel expenses (reimbursed on production of receipts) and are provided with lunch each day (usually (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains.org)
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