Date:         Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:12:04 -0800
Reply-To:     Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
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From:         Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: weight of poptop?
Comments: To: mike elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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The main section weighs about 120 pounds I'd say. Come on over and we
can weigh one if you like.

Mark

mike elliott wrote:
> It's shipping weight. How much it would weigh if put on a scales. What a
> fish scales would say if you tied the poptop to it and lifted it, and then
> stood next to it, squinting in the sunlight, waiting to have your picture
> taken as if it was a really big fish or something.
>
> 250? that seems high for a bathtub made of fiberglass!
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>> 250 lbs roughly.
>> Depends on how you mean.
>> Do you mean what is the lift up weight at the front with it hinged at the
>> back ?
>> or total weight as in shipping cost weight ? ( I shipped the whole thing
>> to
>> Alaska for a guy - that was a packing job and a half.  Went by barge too.
>> )
>>
>> I'll tell you this- if one of the cables for counter springs in the bars
>> is
>> broken, it's like pressing 140 lbs over your head, far harder to do than
>> one
>> would expect. Or at least a hundred lbs.  it's hard to do.
>> The coil counter springs have a large affect.
>> Scott
>> www.turbovans.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>> Michael Elliott
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 12:16 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: weight of poptop?
>>
>> How much that thing weigh?
>>
>>