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A7 RP Height - AmytheAustin - 08-08-2018
Can anyone please tell me the overal height of an RP please. Am looking at a box trailer to buy so need to know if RP will fit. I've found all of the other dimensions but not the height. Thanks
RE: A7 RP Height - Martin Prior - 08-08-2018
My RP stands 62" max. I'd allow at least another three inches for fresher springs and bouncing en route.
We regularly transport A7s in a medium-roof Transit, which annoyingly has 61" clear under the door catch, so I always fit a pair of tyre-less scrap wheels on the back axle of saloons.
RE: A7 RP Height - AmytheAustin - 08-08-2018
(08-08-2018, 11:38 AM)Martin Prior Wrote: My RP stands 62" max. I'd allow at least another three inches for fresher springs and bouncing en route.Thanks Martin, just what I needed to know. The trailer I'm considering is 5ft 7" so should be about right. My RP is some way away from home at the moment having work done otherwise I could have gone out to the garage and measured it.
We regularly transport A7s in a medium-roof Transit, which annoyingly has 61" clear under the door catch, so I always fit a pair of tyre-less scrap wheels on the back axle of saloons.
RE: A7 RP Height - Nick Turley - 08-08-2018
(08-08-2018, 10:17 AM)AmytheAustin Wrote: Can anyone please tell me the overal height of an RP please. Am looking at a box trailer to buy so need to know if RP will fit. I've found all of the other dimensions but not the height. Thanks
Mine is 613/4 inches - your 5' 7" sounds OK.
The other thing you need to be careful of is the width because it will lean quite a lot going round corners.
I would suggest at least 6' is required.
RE: A7 RP Height - Martin Prior - 08-08-2018
(08-08-2018, 02:39 PM)Nick Turley Wrote: The other thing you need to be careful of is the width because it will lean quite a lot going round corners.
I would suggest at least 6' is required.
With all due respect to Nick, our Transit is a gnat's whisker under 5 feet wide internally at RP gutter level and rolling has never been an issue.
RE: A7 RP Height - AmytheAustin - 08-08-2018
No worries on the width guys......trailer is 6ft 2" wide, internal, so plenty of room.....