Little Help From My Friends on 2334S

[kdiel11]

I understand that. What i am looking to do is remove tailbooms and rear engine in order to make the plane short enough that I can put the plane sideways on a trailer with wings still on and transport it to my homestation. In that configuration, I need to get it down to about 12-14 feet wide so as to get a permit to move it on the trailer about 30 miles to the repair facility. KD

[hharney]

I would suggest that you ask Don Nieser

[kdiel11]

I did get up with him. I also went out to my pane. It appears that with removing the rear end, front prop and the bottom cowling to the rear engine (would require drilling out permanent rivets for this piece) I could make the fuselage about 13.5 feet long. Although this IS an option.....I think my best bet is to bite the bullet and have the local FBO there do the necessary work in order to make it legal again to fly. Will be about 2 weeks for them to give me an estimate, what to start a pool on how much? Nearest person to the actual bid gets the bill. Any takers? KD

[kdiel11]

Well after "biting the bullet" and asking the FBO to give me a bid, nothing has happened with my plane. I have found out that I can transport the plane sideways as long as it is less than 16' wide. I can easily make that. So I got one maint. shop there to take the tailbooms off and they will also pull the the rear engine off so I can send it off for teardown. I am still short 2 rear prop blades so if anybody knows of someone trying to get rid of some please let them know of my situation. I have an entry on the part site here with the pn for the blades. Wish me luck, I'll let you know how the haul goes in two weeks. KD

[JimC]

Did they give you a bid or did they decline to bid? I'm guessing they were over $40K if they did, engine rebuilds not included.

[Ernie Martin]

Don Nieser now has a prop shop and may have blades.

Ernie

[JimC]

There's a D2AF34C59/76C-0 prop listed for sale on barnstormers.com.

http://www.barnstormers.com/ad_detail.php?ID=704944