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You should have no problem using a strip half that length with two of you
on board. Is your nosewheel/strut/firewall that delicate? That's not
Pipers reputation, that's Cessna's. Piper's rep is building planes that
are overweight, not fragile.


No. The Cherokees have MUCH more fragile landing gear. Not only that but
they are pushed through the wing so that repair is impractical. You'll NEVER
see a Cherokee SIX with 30,000 hours on it, like most Cessna 207s in Alaska.

Karl