In my note above where I said mentioned a luggage rack and bungees, I meant a rolling luggage CART (not the rack on top of a car), the bigger the wheels the better. We use one all the time at festivals. Can be bought at WalMart.

Whenever we buy a new vehicle, we test drive it to our house to see if the bass will fit before purchasing. One reason why we now own a mini-van and a pickup truck.

The bass can tear up your fingers even if you have the calluses. I know an experienced bass player with calluses who still keeps a supply of some kind of skin-like medical tape that he buys at CVS. When the fingers get bloody, he winds this stuff around them and continues to play for hours. 'course, he tears up the bass too!