Konrad be pleased you are not here at the moment 9deg hail and heavy rain. The good thing is that it may mean a good grass cover on the strips next season. I hope you get some customers for the container space and a sale for the winch.
Rob On 22/07/2013, at 12:00 AM, "Konrad Maierhofer" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all! > > I hope this is useful for you. If not - then please accept my apologies. If > you feel it might be useful for someone else then please feel free to pass > this email on. > Free container space for sea freight from Germany to Adelaide > & > 300HP- Dual Drum TOST trailer-winch with BMW-V12 engine for sale: > > I have free container space for sea freight from Germany to Adelaide > > I misjudged the size of a trailer. I bought a trailer and thought I might fit > it into the container together with the gliders. WRONG!! This will require an > extra container just for a used trailer which means a huge extra expense that > I did not take into account if it is just for a trailer. > > Can you ask around or pass this email on if there is someone who has anything > that fits: > > into the trailer: 7.5(l) x 1.2(w) x 0.8(h) m (or 15m glider) less than 500kg. > > under the trailer: 8.5(l) x 1.4(w) x 0.6(h) m with no weight restriction (< > 20 tonnes for total freight). > > plus additional space in front of the trailer of 3.2(l) x 2.3(w) x 2.1(h) m > with no weight restriction (< 20 tonnes for total freight). > > It can be a 15m glider but does not need to be a glider. E.g. engines, > spares, wings, machinery, winch cable with the dimensions above, etc. > > Anything that is high value (money or personal value) that justifies the > transport to Australia. > If the container goes from my place to Stonefield the total expenses for the > whole container will be around 6000€ = AU$8600 (including customs and > handling fee and cartage to and from harbour, does not include 10% GST on the > value for import and customs duties. E. g. gliders are have no customs > duties, trailers 10%). I definitely want to share this expense with others. > > If you want me to look at a glider in Germany I can do that in the next weeks > before I leave mid September at low fees that cover my time and expenses and > get the documents for the export organized. > > A good source for used German gliders and gliding equipment is on > http://www.segelflug.de/cgi-bin/classifieds/classifieds.cgi > > I will sell our 300HP- Dual Drum TOST trailer-winch with BMW-V12 engine > > It turned out that most pilots at our club prefer aero tow so we decided to > sell our winch. We imported our winch from Germany in 2010 and got the engine > overhauled here. > I bought it for 20,000€ (AU$28,600) + AU$8000 for overhaul. I know that I > won't get my investment of $36,600 back but I will consider reasonable offers. > > We used 1.2 km stranded steel cable and usually achieved 2100 ft release > heights for single seaters and 1800ft for two seaters. > > <attd53f9.png> > > The winch has: > air-conditioned cabin (never used, might need refrigerant) > two wide steel drums for 2km 5mm stranded steel cable (roughly 1.6km cable on > each drum) > two spring loaded guillotines for emergency cut of cable > > spares: > two chutes and one use + one that needs repair. > two spare spool up gear > spare engine (never tested, good for spare parts - I think not good for a > complete exchange) > > My apologies if this email was of no interest for you. If you feel this email > might be useful for someone else then please feel free to pass it on. > > Regards > Konrad > > > Mit freundlichen Grüssen / Best regards > Konrad Maierhofer > > Fly Down-Under GmbH > Rauschbergstr. 21 - 83365 Nussdorf / Aiging > Phone: +49 8669 8638 42 - Mobile: +49 171 20 22 670 - Fax: +49 8669 789 3557 > > Fly Down-Under Mgmt Pty Ltd - ABN: 13 144 983 371 > Fly Down-Under Pty Ltd - ABN: 15 144 983 380 > PO Box 1027, Nuriootpa SA 5355 > Mobile: +61 4 5760 1974 > > email: [email protected] > web: http://fly-down-under.com > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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