Date:         Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:01:41 -0600
Reply-To:     Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
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From:         Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Subject:      Re: Loose stuff inside vans.
Comments: To: T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
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On 12/18/2014 10:28 AM, T Collins wrote:
> Either way, it is of concern when said object reaches rapid deceleration,
> especially if that happens against a soft bio-chemical life form.
> I have my fire extinguisher bolted down and most other items under the
> folding bench, but I do worry about the "trunk" organizer not being secured
> down. It holds my extra fluids and such for the van.
>
> IIRC I remember seeing a pull out cover option once upon a time for the 7
> passenger tin tops like mine. I often though some sort of cargo netting for
> the trunk area could be in order.
>
> T.
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> Inertia can be a problem in vanagon land, but I think you are talking
>> about momentum.
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Dec 18, 2014, at 8:03 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> With the inverter/crock pot cooking under way conversation going
>> elsewhere
>>> here, it's probably a good time to bring up the Subject.
>>>     Anything you have, unsecured, in your van as you're going somewhere,
>> it
>>> will become a potentially lethal projectile in the event of crash.  The
>>> whole van and all it's  contents are full of kinetic energy at
>> speed...stop
>>> the van against something and all the loose  contents will keep going
>> until
>>> THEY get stopped, too.  If that crock pot, that set of golf clubs, that
>>> portopotty, that table saw hits YOU or anyone else during a crash, it is
>>> likely to damage or kill.
>>>    One of the cardinal rules in auto racing and for club tracktime events
>>> is absolutely no loose objects inside any car when on track.
>>>    Yes, it's really not something we often consider as we VANAGON around,
>>> but inertia exists.  Something to be aware of.
I wanna see that cargo netting stop a table saw.......lol


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