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Ben
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Initially Posted - 10/01/2003 :  11:16:44  Show Profile
Hi All, does anyone know the dimensions of a swing keel? I'm having my SR/SK turn into a SR/WK (Yippiee!!), and I'm selling my swing keel to a guy from Quebec who will be putting it on his 1980 C25, but he's not sure it will fit in his minivan.

Any assistance is appreciated, as usual. :-)



Ben
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tojohnso
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Response Posted - 10/01/2003 :  12:19:55  Show Profile
I would be more concerned about the weight than the size. I think the keel is about 8 feet long, BUT it weighs 1500 lbs! Getting the keel in and out of a minivan would be a difficult task. FYI, I put my keel in the back of a full size 1/2 Ton Dodge Ram short bed pickup truck and it nearly bottomed out the suspension. I would not have felt comfortable driving the truck farther than the 200 yards to my garage
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Earl Landers
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Response Posted - 10/01/2003 :  13:10:18  Show Profile
Ben,
I measured 8' x 2' x 6" plus/minus and inch. I agree with previous reply about the weight vrs a mini van

Earl Landers
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svmoxie
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Response Posted - 10/01/2003 :  14:31:39  Show Profile  Visit svmoxie's Homepage
Good grief! I can't imagine putting that hunk of steel inside a minivan. I would advise him to either rent or borrow a pickup truck or a trailer. 1500 lbs is hard enough to handle without trying to turn it into a suppository too.

Clif Thompson
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NuNees
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Response Posted - 10/01/2003 :  19:47:42  Show Profile
Ben,
1500 # supositiry ! Too funny to think about ... and in a mini-van? Reminds me of that picture that made to rounds lasst spring. It showed 20 shhets of plywood on top of a Ford Escort, the rear seat waass full of 5 gaal buckets of joint compound. Yea, it fit, but the rocker panels were rubbing the dirt!
Which reminds me, what happened to this guys original keel? That might be a story of which we could learn something. Such as, how to take care of your pivit pin and cable.
Good luck, send us a picture of the minivan with the exploding tires.

Bill jaworowski,
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Gloss
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Response Posted - 10/01/2003 :  20:18:36  Show Profile
I wanna know how you are going to pick it up and slide it into a minivan.

Frank Gloss
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Response Posted - 10/01/2003 :  20:39:16  Show Profile
Ben,

How much did you get for your old keel?

Chris Hunsicker
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 10/02/2003 :  21:21:05  Show Profile
If he gets that 3/4 ton keel into a mini-van, be sure to take some pictures !

Currently maintaining two holes in the water...'77 Venture 23 and new to the family,
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Ben
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Response Posted - 10/03/2003 :  07:34:26  Show Profile
Thanks to everyone who provided measurements, and to everyone who offered words of caution. I refered the buyer to this post and he has since changed his mind and decided to haul it on a trailer.

To answer your question Chris, he offered $200 which I accepted.

I'm not sure how he's going to load the keel on the trailer. He plans on seeing if the boat yard can help with a fork lift or some such device.


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