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Height resriction

Post by Debs and David » Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:49 pm

Hi

We don't collect our new bongo until Saturday. In the event that I need to use it for work, there is a height resriction barrier at 7' 7" on our carpark. The bongo is a new style aft. I don't want to risk it and either take the top off or get stuck. Will I fit or not?

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Re: Height resriction

Post by missfixit70 » Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:45 pm

Should be ok, that's about 2.3m high & the AFT is @2.1m, but I'd stop & check just to make sure they've measured it right. :wink:
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Re: Height resriction

Post by Debs and David » Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:49 pm

yes thanks, I remember an ice cream van getting stuck under it once, we couldn't stop laughing!!
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Re: Height resriction

Post by scanner » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:25 pm

Did he phone the Cones Hotline for help?
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Re: Height resriction

Post by Colin H F » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:26 pm

if he did I bet he got creamed
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Re: Height resriction

Post by missfixit70 » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:27 pm

Expect he had to Wafer some help, hope it didn't cost hundreds & thousands to fix.
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Re: Height resriction

Post by Colin H F » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:30 pm

He`s possibly got it licked by now
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Re: Height resriction

Post by scanner » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:46 pm

I didn't expect to whip up quite so many flakey puns so quickly.

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Re: Height resriction

Post by Colin H F » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:53 pm

I dont know you might have bitten of more than you can chew
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Re: Height resriction

Post by missfixit70 » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:57 pm

Mivvi this thread could be made sticky?
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Re: Height resriction

Post by Colin H F » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:02 pm

keep it quiet you know " WALLS " have ears
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Re: Height resriction

Post by munroman » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:17 pm

Was there a McFlurry of activity to free him quickly?
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Re: Height resriction

Post by missfixit70 » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:22 pm

I'd have been there like a Rocket.
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Re: Height resriction

Post by scanner » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:27 pm

It's about time this thread was split before somebody gets crushed nuts.
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Re: Height resriction

Post by Mattsonics » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:32 pm

To bring this thread back on topic...

With height restricted entrances / bars etc. you need to be careful, the van may fit under the bar comfortably as you first drive in, but if the ground rises too quickly on the other side you will catch the middle - if you follow.

I am speaking from experience...

There is a car park in Lancaster behind The Sugar House student night club (which I spent way too much time in as a youth, and met my wife there!!) it has a bar which a standard height Bongo (i.e. not lowered, or big tyres) will fit comfortably under until a quarter of the way under, then the front tyres hit the rising ground and you scrape your AFT!!

=D>

Have backed off other height restricted entrances following this experience.

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