Our H13 was transported on the roof of a Dodge Sprinter. We wrapped it in a blue tarp, which we later used for the floor. After wrapping it well, we sandwiched it between two sheets of MDF and secured the whole package with ratchet straps. It worked very well, except the straps did bit into the edges of the panels a little bit. This could be easily fixed with some foam padding or similar, or as Tom suggests, circumferentially placed ply-wood.
The yurt survived transport to and from Chicago -> Playa with out any problems at all. We went as far as to secure a smaller piece of ply-wood in front of the leading edge of the package. We believe this reduced drag and helped our fuel efficiency, but that all could have been wishful thinking. YMMV Spiral On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Steve Upstill <[email protected]> wrote: > How about sandwiching it between sheets of plywood and tying the bundle down > with ratchet straps? If you really need to protect the sides, you could cut > more ply and secure it circumferentially with a couple of straps. A little > compression on the polyiso shoudn't hurt. But does it really have to be > hard-shelled? Tarps are a wonderful thing (properly secured)... > > > -- > Knowledge is good. It does not have to look good, or sound good, or even do > good. It is good just by being knowledge and the only thing that makes it > knowledge is that it is true. You can't have too much of it, and there is no > little too little to be worth having. > > -- Tom Stoppard > > > On Jul 24, 2011, at 3:47 PM, Jay wrote: > >> Hi. Let's say I have an 8ft semi-folding Hexayurt that I want to >> transport a long way, so I want it to be securely protected. What are >> people using as hard sided protection for transporting semi-folding >> Hexayurts? >> >> >> thanks >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
