I had no problems, and it's the third time I've done it for this
hundred-mile distance between nashville and my home. I did bottom out
on the rough ramp in the parking lot leaving the printer's, but that's
it. I still have one load to go for this printing. I've gone shorter
distances with more books. It drove well, and I took it carefully and
stopped carefully.

I had about 30 boxes at about 70 lbs. and a couple of boxes in the
back. An iPod and some water bottles and me in the front.

Jim

On Oct 27, 2005, at 9:03 PM, ' ' wrote:

>
> <<Did you know that a fork lift could place a standard pallet in the
> belly of a Vanagon?
> Check out this 2500 lb load.>>
>
> Sure it will Jim.
> That std. pallet will fit right in there, no problem.
>
> However, allow me to indicate what the Vanagon's suspension rate is at
> right at this Kodak Moment.
>
> Bottomed out, zero.
>
> If you went more than a block with 2500 lbs. in the belly of that Van
> you were pushing the snubber's against the A-Arms.
>
>
> I bought a complete GM 6.2 diesel engine last year, and hauled it home
> on a pallet much like the one your using.
>
> The Van was beyond it's load limitations.
>
> It bottomed out on every expansion joint of the interstate for 200
> miles.
>
> And the Van by the way has all new suspension component's front and
> rear, including springs.
>
> I do know that a 6.2 doesn't weigh 2500 lbs.
>
> This is one thing I sure wouldn't be bragging about.
>
> It's plain insane, and wacky.
> Not the pallet fitting in the Van either.
>
> The weight that you had in it.
>
>