At 8:09 AM -0700 9/13/00, Matthew Pollard wrote:
>We heat our house with fire (we have no other means!) and need to
>haul about 4 cords of wood a year...

At 11:29 AM -0400 9/13/00, Doug Alcock wrote:
>Hey Matthew ---- a vanagon in the hand is worth two in the future. How
>much firewood can you get in the vanagon???

I too would be loathe to give up the truck, and besides, you won't
get much money for it so it's probably not worth it to sell.

FWIW, I too heat with wood (about 2 cords a year in our milder
climate), and routinely fit a half cord or more in our westy.  If the
wood is not too green, I can carry closer to 3/4 of a cord (maybe
even a bit more!), although it gets pretty packed inside!  I wouldn't
recommend screaming down hills or flying around corners loaded like
that!

T.
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'82 Westfalia 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
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