Date:         Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:45:46 -0600
Reply-To:     Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Subject:      Vanagon Roof Weight?
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Here's a not so trivial question that I'd like an educated guess/answer to.

Does anyone on the list know approximately how much a Vanagon
roof(non Westy/non sunroof) would weigh if the roof were cut off at
the imaginary line right about at the door lock button level?  This
would be with doors/hatch/headliner/etc removed.  My wife has given
me pretty much permission to go ahead and cut the roof off this
Syncro and use it as a shelter for our firewood if I can make it look
fairly sanitary(don't G.A.S. what the neighbors think).  All the
glass is gone, so I'll need to improvise there.  I have a perfect
spot for it on the north side of the shop and I need to figure out
just how tall to make the storage facility.  I could build a shade
tree foundation and support it with your basic post hole dug posts
and concrete filled bell holes and then panel the sides as funding
and cosmetics allow..  Still deciding if I would use the rear hatch
access for adding and removing the wood supply or whether I'd use the
sliding door area for that.  The added plus would be that I could
mount some Quick and Easy brand roof rack brackets and wood bars and
get the canoes and kayaks off the back porch and my wife is WAY into that idea.

Thanks

DM&FS