I have not carried great weight but in one trip of my Multivan I carried a
loveseat in the passenger area (jumpseats were taken out) and a full size
dryer in the back!

The Clark family
Santee, California

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Smith" <budgetzagato@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 1:02 PM
Subject: Vanagon carrying capacity impresses

> Hey listees, what's the most you've carried in your
> rig?
>
> I'm a carpenter and recently I helped a friend build
> some covered parking for his "project" cars, room for
> nine.
>
> I made several trips to the site, often ridiculously
> loaded, like with 960 lbs of concrete.
>
> The winner was the trip where I had 10 10' 4x6s, 10
> 10' 2x8s, and 48 10' 2x6s.  The lumber almost all fit
> with the passenger seat moved forward, but talk about
> slowing me down.
>
> For the trips with plywood I split the load into 2
> 700lb loads.  The Vanagon is great for this since the
> entire load of 4'x8' sheets can ride indoors.
>
> Again, very impressed.
>
> Gregory Smith
> '84 Vanagon
> Olympia, WA
>
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