General Weight Distribution
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General Weight Distribution
Put them as close to the centre of the car as possible. If you can put them on the rear seats and strap them in SAFELY without damaging the seats then do so but don't do it if you're at all worried about them coming loose because the last thing you want in the event of a crash is a 50kg lion hitting you in the back!!!!!!
Personally I'd put them in the boot and take lots of pillows and blankets to support them because you don't want them moving around in the boot either.......
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Like I said, if you have a crash and they move around and hit you you're a gonner......
In boot, and strap seatbelt in. Helps strengthen the seat in the event of a smash, and is what I always do in the Stilo when no-one is in the back
doctorchris
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Drop the rear seat back and protect the load area with something like old carpet.
Lay the lions on their sides with the heaviest part, probably the base, orientated towards the front of the car.
Get hold of some stout rope or straps and tightly tie the lions down, there are some tie-down points in the boot to use but you might need to find some stout anchorage points towards the front.
Drive carefully and smoothly, avoiding heavy braking and accelerating.
Lay the lions on their sides with the heaviest part, probably the base, orientated towards the front of the car.
Get hold of some stout rope or straps and tightly tie the lions down, there are some tie-down points in the boot to use but you might need to find some stout anchorage points towards the front.
Drive carefully and smoothly, avoiding heavy braking and accelerating.
Cover the back seats and sit them in with seatbelts around them....?
Each one is lighter then an average adult anyway....
Each one is lighter then an average adult anyway....
doctorchris
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I don't see putting these stone lions in seat belts as at all safe.
They will bounce around on the seat and could extricate themselves from the belts.
Unlike a person, they don't have legs on the seat cushion and hanging down. Hence their weight distribution on the seat is all wrong for the seat belt and in a collision they could fly over the top of the belt.
I would never consider loading them any where other than lying flat in the load area.
They will bounce around on the seat and could extricate themselves from the belts.
Unlike a person, they don't have legs on the seat cushion and hanging down. Hence their weight distribution on the seat is all wrong for the seat belt and in a collision they could fly over the top of the belt.
I would never consider loading them any where other than lying flat in the load area.
I'd just drive carefully!
Had to have my seat all the way forwards twice in the last month to transport stuff....I just drove like an OAP!
Had to have my seat all the way forwards twice in the last month to transport stuff....I just drove like an OAP!
Ditto, hence why I said only do it you can be completely sure they won't come loose. To me the risk is not one worth taking if it's at all possible they could come loose.
don't, hire a van or pay to get them delivered
