2005 Outback Challenge - Shipping
The big day finally arrives....

A rose between two thorns ! The three vehicles lined up prior to loading.

Neil's Ibex is first into the container.

As each vehicle is loaded, wooden planks were used to build a cradle around the wheels to supplement the straps that would hold the vehicles in place.

My Defender, or, "the buffer" as the two Ibex owners kept calling it for some reason...

With the spot lights in their upright position it was too tall so they had to be folded down before it would fit. It's a good job I designed the lighting bar so it would fold the lights over the back of the cab.

They fit ! (well, after we'd removed Andy's spare wheel they did !) Andy Hogg's Ibex squeezes in.

The vehicles are chocked and strapped and final checks are made to ensure the battery isolators are off.

One final photo shoot - we must remember to put Andy's spare wheel in... from left to right - Andy Hogg, Neil Redpath, Patrick Smart and Dave White.

For the benefit of anyone else who decides to ship 3 100 inch wheelbase vehicles in a 40 foot container, you need to leave approximately 6 inches between each vehicle in order to close the doors afterwards. Good job I didn't build a 110 !