No offense taken of course. More than once I carried a pony over the
rough hills of Giles County Tennessee in a 69 bus, that that is another
vehicle and another story and probably doesn't exceed the weight in
firewood and paving rocks I'd carried in it, either.

In the town where I lived there was a guy who hauled concrete blocks in
a 67 bug, using the space where he had removed the passenger seat. He
carried lots of plywood on the roof rack.

Now THAT's crazy.

Jim

On Oct 27, 2005, at 10:03 PM, Robert Cardo wrote:

> For some reason I just can't imagine that a passenger vehicle was
> designed to carry more than half it's own weight in books, bricks,
> cement, rocks, whatever.
>
> And it isn't classifeid as a half ton truck.
> (I do know that half ton trucks are speced heavier than a Vanagon in
> the
> frame rails and suspension alone, and I'm not even thinking about the
> engine yet)
>
> No negative vibes, just using some good ole fashioned common sense.
>