Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:35:48 -0500
Reply-To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: How do you carry your cargo?
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A very classy way to stash a nalgene is with a caribeener. You can use one
of those cheep quick links, but a good climbing grade caribeener should come
with every nalgene bottle. Then, you do one of two things. If you have an
automatic Transmission, just clip it to the big shift selector shaft and
your good to go. You can fit quite a few nalgenes on these usually, and i've
done this in many different vehicles (its the primary drinking method used
in our '85 Volvo 240 wagon!). If you've got a manual which it seems you do
as its a syncro, i do not recommend this. In that case, you can go to the
home depot and get creative with I bolts or similar devices, i've even
messed around with those very strong 3M wall hooks for this purpose. Attach
them either in front of the shifter, or on the sides of the bases of the
seats, and thats where the nalgene goes.
I had a little DC refrigerator lying around that holds a few cans of soda
and has a built in pair of cup holders that resides between my two front
seats. It is secured with bungee chords front and back which are hooked into
the seat bases/rails. Nalgene bottles can then be attached to these chords.
Everyone knows a keg of beer is your primary passenger. That baby goes up
front with you, seatbelt on. They need a good view of the road to mature and
age properly.
I'm also a big fan of those little "Gear Hammocks" that are sold for
sailboats. I'm going to be installing one in the bus soon, but from my
experience with sailboats they prove extremely useful.
-Craig
'85gl
> I was thinking about how I secure my cargo this morning. Because our vans
> have such large flat areas, unsecured items tend to roll around while
> driving. I wonder how everyone else deals with it? I have no problem
> packing for a trip, everything has it's place when I go camping. It's
> those
> daily errands I'm talking about.
>
> Small items that don't roll can go between my front seats
>
> If I have something smaller than a shoe box but with a shape that will
> roll
> I like to wedge it in my jumpseat with the seat folded up.
>
> If I have something larger than that but smaller than a 5 gal bucket I'll
> put it on the jumpseat and secure it with the seatbelt.
>
> I like to stash items between the front seats and jumpseats but they
> usually
> dont stay there very well. I don't have the trays.
>
> For something the size of a Keg of beer (or a keg of beer!) I'll remove
> the
> jumpseat and secure the item with the seatbelt.
>
> Large loads of groceries usually go behind the rear seat, loaded via the
> rear hatch.
>
> Very large items go in the passenger area. I have used ratchet straps to
> secure them to the jumpseat brackets.
>
> If I am alone and lazy I will use the passenger seat and passenger side
> floor. Items tend to slide off the passenger seat onto the floor so I try
> not to use it.
>
>
>
> Sometimes I think it would be usefull to have a bungee net attached to the
> rear of the back seat to secure smaller items. The area behind the rear
> seat it large and flat so I find that unsecured items tend to roll or
> slide
> around. Maybe a bungee net attached to the bulkhead below the passenger
> seat would be usefull as well. My girlfriend has a habit of losing track
> of
> her nalgene water bottle. I usually find it rolling around by my feet
> after
> a corner. It drives me crazy! I have visions of it jamming under my
> brake
> pedal (break petal), causing an accident.
>
>
> For the record I have a Syncro GL with a Carat/Wolfy interior transplanted
> in to it.
>
> How about you guys? Where do you carry your stuff?
>
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