Ok, I give up. The next question would be: 'Why does your van look like a sheepdog?' :o))


>Yep, I have a 1984 Dodge Ram 150, customized to look like a sheepdog. I'll have to move the tail to get the lift installed, but it could work...
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>>I know one lady that uses a van with a wheel chair lift (used to be for a handicapped person). She slides the cake (it sits on a sheet of wood/metal) off of a cart onto the wheel chair lift into the van and then in reverse. That would require you finding a used one and permanently fitting it onto your vehicle though and then of course, do you drive a van?
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>>>One of the many things I do is make cakes. These are not your usual run-of-the-mill cakes, but rather tend to be of the 2' square, 8" high, 20+ lb variety. Lots of chocolate, candy, ganauche, nuts, fondant designs, airbrushing, etc. I do them maybe 4 times a year and the biggest issue is how to transport them. Usually what I end up doing is putting them on a sheet of masonite, then screwing that down onto a shelf board and I have to reach out and hold both ends of the board to cart it around. I'm really not the graceful and am just waiting for the day that I trip and destroy one.
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>>>I'm trying to think of a way where I would use something strong (it can't bend at all as it could crack the design work on the cake) that uses a handle or something. I wonder if a piece of 5/8" plywood with canvas straps thread through slots at either end, meeting in the middle at a handle, kind of like a carry-on bag, would work. The straps could not touch the cake though. My newest creation will be delivered this weekend, so I don't have time to try out a bunch of ideas, so I came here thinking some of the engineering types might have some thoughts on what might work best. Oh, I don't want to buy something; as a resourceful dude, I would rather try to make it myself.