I consider myself the world's most experienced person at transporting a 360 by road.  I have moved my airplane from Cleveland to SoCal to NoCal to SoCal to Denver and numerous shorter trips as well.

I use a dual-wide snowmobile trailer.  This trailer cost me $750 brand new in 1996.  My modifications to it were minor, consisting of bolting chocks in strateigc places and tie down rings in other strategic places.  I also bolted an ammo can to the trailer tongue -- 75 pounds in the box is needed when the trailer is empty to keep the tongue weight right.

I will take pictures later this week, but the airplane will not be on it. 

Some things to remember.

1)  It doesn't matter when you do this -- it WILL rain on your airplane.  Wrap it up with 4 mil polyethylene sheet (or equivalent) from Home Depot.  Use lots of tape.  Plan on stopping at least twice in the first couple of hours to tape down flapping plastic.  Use a tarp for the engfine compartment.

2)  Use BLACK plastic to eliminate UV exposure, unless your airplane is painted or in primer.

3)  A stretch net (for pick up truck beds) is good over the canopy area.

4)  I replace the folding main landing gear links with a 1/2 x 1 inch aluminum bar.  The bar extends slightly outboard of the gear strut.  A shackle goes there and is the anchor point for a come-along.

5)  The lower engine mount is used for two come-along straps.  I cannot trailer with the cowling installed.

6)  The aircraft is restrained from moving fore and aft by large chocks cut from a 4 x 4.  These are bolted thru the plywood floor of the trailer.  I unbolt the aft chock to roll the plane on, then bolt it back on.  Smaller wooden pieces (2 x 2, I think) go alongside the tire on the inside to keep it from skittering sideways.

7)  The nosewheel rides on a metal center piece to which the plywood is attached.  The trailer came that way.

8)  The plywood trailer floor tends to sink at the main wheels.  Screw on a 2 x 2 to the plywood underneath the wheels to limt the sinking of the plywood.

9)  The best way I've found to load the trailer is to make a set of ramps with three 2 x 12s.  Don't build anything -- just lay one end of the 2x12 on the trailer and the other end on the ground.  Have at least two other people to help.

I have towed this 2000 miles with a Honda Civic, and another 1000 miles with a Miata.  It doesn't take a truck to do it, but now that I have one, that's what I use.

In the early days, before I attached the vertical fin, I had a light bar assembly for the back end.  Let me know if you can use this.

- Rob Wolf