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Hi! I see that this is about a month old, but just in case you’re still looking for answers… I have a Chevy Venture and have been loading harps in it on the column since 2002. It is really easy to load two harps into the van at once–one on either side of the middle seat. Just make sure you put some padding (I use old couch pillows) between the harp and the seat and between the harp and the side of the van, up near the neck.
One thing to be mindful of in the Venture specifically–once you remove the extra seats, there will be plastic on the floor of the van where the seats were attached. Be sure not to run the crown up onto this plastic piece, as it can crack the crown, even through the harp covers. (I know this from experience.) I put a thick blanket down to protect the crown on the way in.
This way of loading the harp is, imho, much safer and easier than loading the harp on its side. Once I’ve loaded the harp in that way, it doesn’t move at all–the middle seat holds the harp securely in place. I have taken one or both of my harps cross-country five times this way, and it has always worked great 🙂 Just picture my van packed with 2 harps, 2 cats, a dog, me and my husband, and whatever stuff I needed for the week until the moving van caught up with me! It was pretty jam packed.
