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How do you get your 810 around

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klemen

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Feb 18, 2012
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#1
Just wondering how very one gets their fridges around. I've found one for a great price, alas I only have a very small car which barely fits a 410.

Any tips/ideas on transporting? And no, I can't afford a bigger car lol.
 
#3
I can move my Ashdown ABM 810 (which is quite petite for a fridge) comfortably in a 1995 Ford Fiesta with the back seats down. I can also fit in my ABM 900 head, one large Hiscox bass hardcase, one regular guitar Hiscox hardcase, 2 IKEA Gorm pedalboards, a 8' x 2' banner, cymbal stands and a snare drum all with a passenger!

A big rig and a small car can work, but you have to be pretty good at Tetris to pull it off regularly :)
 
#5
Nothing sounds like a good 810,but
that is the price you pay for tone.
You just have to deal with the moving
it around from gig to gig it is a big cab.
As one TBer said .. A soccer Mom's
Van would be nice,but anything you can
fit it in will work ,I have used pickup trucks ,vans, 4-door car and worked it in
the back seat and once and won't do it again I pushed and pulled one two city blocks from one club to another.but man
to me the tone is worth it....
Eno
 
#6
I gave a GMC Jimmy. I roll it up to the gate, I have an industrial carpet/rubber mat I drape over the tailgate, I put it sideways, slight lift and slide. Its very easy compared to actually picking up my mesa diesel which weighed almost as much. Its way easier! I'll never go back to a 4x10 and I can always use half of the cab if need be
 
#8
I've used the following with 810e and 610HLF.

Honda Accord ('90's-'00's) laying it across the back seat
Honda Civic Si ('05) - hatchback with back seats laid down
GMC Jimmy ('97) - back seats laid down
 
#12
Well, I currently have an ampeg 410hlf and it doesn't fit in the boot because the cabs too deep, so I have to lay it on its side and sit it across the back seats, and it barely fits through the door, so I don't think there's a chance of getting an 810 through that way.
 
#14
kzr750r1 said:
Pretty sure a Subaru Wagon would swallow one as well with rear seats down....For sure my outback can take my 2x15 cab, but I'd hate to use it right now in it's bare wood stripped condition.
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My '99 Subaru Forester can fit 2 - 215's or 810's with the back seats down. Not really a ton of room for anything else but they fit darn it!
 
#16
If you're good at large scale Tetris, a big cab in a little car is feasible. I drive a teensy little sedan (it might as well be a coupe with extra doors) and can fit my peavey 2x15, two basses, GK800rb, pedalboard in a hard case, and an entire five piece drum set plus hardware, as well as a (small) passenger. If you're putting the cab in the backseat like I do- drag the front seat forward to give the cab as much maneuvering room as possible, then once it's situated bring it back.
 

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