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Date:         Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:27:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: weight of poptop?
Comments: To: Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <47CF0CA4.1060904@cox.net>
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On Mar 5, 2008, at 2:12 PM, Mark Drillock wrote:

> The main section weighs about 120 pounds I'd say. Come on over and we > can weigh one if you like.

I will be waiting for the full report!

Mr. BZ-is this a wiki related issue?

> > 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? >>> >>>


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