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
>  
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