6000 lbs a pair?

Anyhow, no problem using the under the front end of a vanagon, kitchenized
or not.

Anyone giving you grief must have a father-in-law inthe hydraulic jack
business.

tim in san jose

>From: mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
>Reply-To: mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: GVW of Vanagon?
>Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:58:19 -0700
>
>In my experience the wheels of a full Westy each carry about 1000-1100
>pounds not including passengers. Naturally if you load more stuff in and
>on it those numbers increase. The kitchen does not add as much as you
>might think but it adds it to the left side wheels. Stuff inside the
>kitchen cabinets can add up quick too. The left front wheel was the
>heaviest of all on one of those that I weighed.
>
>Mark
>
>David Maurio wrote:
> >
> > What is the gross vehicle weight of an 85 Westy with no kitchen
>(Weekender,
> > Wolfsburg?)  The ramps I bought are 6000lb ramps, which I figured would
>be
> > good enough to hold up the front of the van, but I'm getting lots of
>warning
> > emails about using ramps under the Westy...
> >

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