I have not carried great weight but in one trip of my Multivan I carried a loveseat in the passenger area (jumpseats were taken out) and a full size dryer in the back! The Clark family Santee, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Smith" <budgetzagato@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 1:02 PM Subject: Vanagon carrying capacity impresses
> Hey listees, what's the most you've carried in your > rig? > > I'm a carpenter and recently I helped a friend build > some covered parking for his "project" cars, room for > nine. > > I made several trips to the site, often ridiculously > loaded, like with 960 lbs of concrete. > > The winner was the trip where I had 10 10' 4x6s, 10 > 10' 2x8s, and 48 10' 2x6s. The lumber almost all fit > with the passenger seat moved forward, but talk about > slowing me down. > > For the trips with plywood I split the load into 2 > 700lb loads. The Vanagon is great for this since the > entire load of 4'x8' sheets can ride indoors. > > Again, very impressed. > > Gregory Smith > '84 Vanagon > Olympia, WA > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > |
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