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Date:         Thu, 5 Mar 1998 06:39:15 -0600
Reply-To:     Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Max/Joyce Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject:      Re: One-Ton vans
Comments: To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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I had 23 1/2" sheets of 4x8' wafer board on my roof racks(set of 8 quickneasy brackets on aluminum rectangular crossbars) and the thing was a little top heavy and had passengercar tires under foot, but it survived the haul. Also have had the middle filled w/ busted concrete chunks which weighed god knows how much!

---------- > From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG> > To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: One-Ton vans > Date: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 6:08 PM > > I have loaded 26 computer systems into my Double Cab. It would have > carried more but my tie-down straps wern't long enough and if they did fall > my boss would have been really pissed! The truck drove great albeit a > little slower than it's usuall slow self! > > > > At 14:56 3/3/98 -0800, Malcolm Holser wrote: > >I was always somewhat amused by the fact VW always called the Transporters > >"one-ton" vehicles. There is not much correlation to US one-ton vehicles -- > >my LandCruiser is a half-tonner, and is built much more massively (and > >gets 10mpg...). > > > >I was reminded of the oddness of ratings like this when I opened up my > >Sun computer to find out what is amiss with the power supply after many > >power outages yesterday. The Sun has the power-supply-from-hell, but it is > >only rated at 350 watts -- common enough rating in tower PC's. The thing > >that reminded me of the VW was all the German writing inside the supply -- > >it turns out to be an Austrian power supply. > > > >I guess that their computer parts are conservatively rated, and their vans > >rather optimistically rated. > > > >Malcolm > > > > > > -- David Marshall Email: david@volkswagen.org -- > -- 78 1.8L VW Rabbit, 80 2.0L VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KQ -- > -- 85 VW Cabrio, 88 VW Syncro Double Cab Transporter -- > -- Volkswagen Homepage http://www.volkswagen.org -- > -- VW Caddy Homepage http://www.volkswagen.org/caddy -- > -- USE DAVID@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG WHEN SENDIGN EMAIL --


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