Crates in Ovations - Pilots n Paws

[Max Clark]

There's a few threads on the forum, let's just say for multiple reasons I'm only transporting dogs in crates.

So now the question - how many (and what size) will fit in the back of an Ovation with the rear seat backs removed?

Petmate provides the crates, just need to figure how which and how many:

19" L x 12.5" W x 10" H (up to 10lbs)
24.6" L x 16.9" W x 15" H (10-20 lbs)
26" L x 18.5" W x 16" H (20-25 lbs)
28" L x 20" W x 19.2" H (25-30 lbs)
32" L x 22.5" W x 24" H (30-50 lbs)

I'm sure with a few hours at the hangar I can figure out the crate Tetris, hoping someone here has already figured this out and can let me know.

[theplanesalon]

I think I'm the right guy for this one...

In my personal hangar I probably have around 20-25 crates from nearly every manufacturer there is - I could probably buy an airplane if I sold them all.  I used to train in french ring, mondio ring, and a long time ago, in Schutzhund.  My K model traveled to many a trial with two dogs in the bank with two humans in the front...

We did the petmates and a ton of others.  The best solution believe it or not was a bit pricier...once there was a company called "Airborne" that built aluminum crates.  Kalispell and many others built them afterwards also. 

IMPACT makes folding aluminum crates, both "collapsible" and  "high anxiety."  Reduces the chance of a mess with strange dogs, takes up less space in your cabin if you want the dog to roam free until you take it where you need to, or they're easy to bring into the airplane and unfold when inside. 

Impact Dog Crates | Explore Crates

Hope that helps.  

[Max Clark]

Cool crates - not sure I want to spend $600-800/ea though...

[exM20K]

the hard part for us was loading.  we wound up with an amazon collapsible crate like this. I believe it was 21" wide, but they've changed it a bit since.  that type of crate is nice because you can load it through the baggage door and expand it to full size in the plane.  However, this took up the entire right rear seat area (seat removed), and we had to load the 40# dog through the front door, which has the potential for lots of upholstery damage.

-dan