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Reply #30 - 08/07/08 at 16:53:22

Gary On A Savage wrote on 08/07/08 at 09:28:48:

Get a passenger on the back to hold it for you! Wink

True story. Went to Uganda a few years ago. They have thousands of these old Honda 90's and 125's running around the place mostly as taxis and delivery vehicles. We saw some very interesting stuff being carried on these things. One time we're sitting at an intersection and we see one of these little scooter-like motorcycles go by. On the back is a passenger balancing what had to be about a 10 foot long pipe on his head. If ya gotta getr done...ya'll find a way...

There's no one I trust to try to hold on to it. I moved my big concert harp myself after my ex banged it into a wall. Angry

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Reply #31 - 08/07/08 at 18:09:59

If you're going to go at this for the long haul then here's a more creative and maybe even better idea. I had an artistic 70 year old welder make a hitch for my Savage 'cause none of the regular places would make one for it due to insurance and lawsuit fears. If you were to go the same approach in a light weight concept you would end up with only about a foot or so of your case sticking up above the sissy bar. Instead of a hitch you just have a shelf at the bottom and a rail up each side for tie-down straps.

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Now that I'm thinking about it more betterly, you could probably take one of those IKIA type white closet shelf units (just the one shelf), strap it to your sissy bar, brace/tie it to the passenger foot pegs, strap your case to the shelf unit and away you go. You would need to wire in an aux. tail/brake light unit for the back of the case. When there's no case just mount the light to the sissy bar. I always say you can never have too much brake light showing in the back.

I'm glad you asked about this 'cause you got me thinking on the subject. Since I have a hitch already I'm now going to do a similar thing to haul my t-bone so the trumpet case can sit on the seat. It still doesn't cheaply get the B3 and two Leslies to the Iowa state fair next week for the show I'm playing though.

Jack

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Bobbert Serious Thumper Offline CHOP IT Posts: 836 Los Angeles, CA Gender:	Re: Hauling instruments on the Savage Reply #32 - 08/07/08 at 20:16:44 This is probably an idea out of your expected budget for this project, but a sidecar frame would solve your carrying problem.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Hauling instruments on the Savage Reply #33 - 08/07/08 at 23:11:52 Went to china several years ago. We passed a cyclist balancing what must've been a 90 gal tank on the back of his bicycle. Later in the day when we returned to our hotel, we saw a rather large mess in the road.
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Re: Hauling instruments on the Savage
Reply #34 - 08/08/08 at 02:08:48

Bobbert wrote on 08/07/08 at 20:16:44:

This is probably an idea out of your expected budget for this project, but a sidecar frame would solve your carrying problem.

ANd it is something I might have to think about down the road if I end up with having to haul the harpa around more. I don't necessarily want to go back to the 3-4 gigs a week. It was great by after this many years it's nice to have a weekend to do other things.

Flute gig is easy and so is a fiddle gig. And certainly a harpa gig in town is fine since I can put it on the bicycle.

After this one I'll see how I feel about it.

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ALittlebird Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 495 Louisville, KY Gender:	Re: Hauling instruments on the Savage Reply #35 - 08/08/08 at 02:10:19 verslagen1 wrote on 08/07/08 at 23:11:52: Went to china several years ago. We passed a cyclist balancing what must've been a 90 gal tank on the back of his bicycle. Later in the day when we returned to our hotel, we saw a rather large mess in the road. Thanks Versy! That makes me feel great...
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Re: Hauling instruments on the Savage
Reply #36 - 08/08/08 at 02:18:37

Jack_650 wrote on 08/07/08 at 18:09:59:

If you're going to go at this for the long haul then here's a more creative and maybe even better idea. I had an artistic 70 year old welder make a hitch for my Savage 'cause none of the regular places would make one for it due to insurance and lawsuit fears. If you were to go the same approach in a light weight concept you would end up with only about a foot or so of your case sticking up above the sissy bar. Instead of a hitch you just have a shelf at the bottom and a rail up each side for tie-down straps.

http://bikepics.com/members/jazzcarter/00savage/

Now that I'm thinking about it more betterly, you could probably take one of those IKIA type white closet shelf units (just the one shelf), strap it to your sissy bar, brace/tie it to the passenger foot pegs, strap your case to the shelf unit and away you go. You would need to wire in an aux. tail/brake light unit for the back of the case. When there's no case just mount the light to the sissy bar. I always say you can never have too much brake light showing in the back.

I'm glad you asked about this 'cause you got me thinking on the subject. Since I have a hitch already I'm now going to do a similar thing to haul my t-bone so the trumpet case can sit on the seat. It still doesn't cheaply get the B3 and two Leslies to the Iowa state fair next week for the show I'm playing though.

Jack

And I have no solution for the B3. This is why I gave up the whole thing. I played for years with a quintet that was really a quartet. Meaning since I played both violin and harp I had to bring both. The smallest person with the biggest instrument. One large harp, violin, large black stand, harp stool and then someone would screw up and then call me to drop off the large case of music and stand lights for everyone. I'd haul everything in to a gig, the other musicians would waltz in (usually late) and then race out the minute the gig was done leaving me to haul everything back out.

But I really don't miss having a car now. And somehow I'll make this work on my own terms. I love my music.

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Reply #37 - 08/08/08 at 11:10:58

I've heard a nyckelharpa. It's a great sound.

If you have a sissybar (can't tell from the picture), you can just strap it to that with compression straps or those ROK straps. I know it's wide, but as long as you don't lane split you'll be okay.

If you don't have a sissybar, you can run straps under your pillion seat and strap it down that way. I have carried a big suitcase that way, and it works.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Hauling instruments on the Savage Reply #38 - 08/08/08 at 11:15:43 Might be a good idea to get a armored case for the case. wouldn't want to crush it.
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Re: Hauling instruments on the Savage
Reply #39 - 08/08/08 at 12:15:51

verslagen1 wrote on 08/08/08 at 11:15:43:

Might be a good idea to get a armored case for the case.

wouldn't want to crush it.

That's what stopped me originally. I got the hard case instead of the soft gig bag because the keys are delicate and I didn't want to whack them on a door frame or something similar.

Sill thinking on this. Will report later on what I decided.

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Reply #40 - 08/08/08 at 16:05:00

Well, there's always the trailer route. Now that we've got an easy to make hitch design (mine) out there there's no reason not to get one made for light weight hauling. I have a little red 4'X4' two wheeler that weighs just under a hundred pounds with a 3/8" plywood flat bed on it. I got it for $100 at the end of the summer season up here in MN a couple years back. Easy to put together and when it's empty you don't even feel it back there, just hear it rattle and bounce along. You don't want to haul more than a couple hundred pounds at the most back there because of the braking power of our little bikes, but a harp in a case shouldn't be too taxing on it. Just bump up the defensive driving a notch or two when it's back there. Plus you have the trailer if you're working with someone with a hitch and wants to haul your stuff and car pool.

I've got a keyboard gig at the Iowa state fair in Des Moines this coming Wednesday and then go from there to play two nights with a country band at a casino east of there on the Mississippi River. I'm hauling my gear on the trailer behind the Savage (not the Hammond for obvious reasons) and just taking my time. Gas prices are killing the music business for those of us on the low-end side of things and this is my stab at staying in the game a bit longer.

Jack

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ALittlebird Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 495 Louisville, KY Gender:	Re: Hauling instruments on the Savage Reply #41 - 08/08/08 at 17:44:53 I'm with you on that one Jack. And people without discretionary income are not going to hire musicians as much either. I am not however going back to weddings.
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