The hotshots want to to show you they can do it, though. I don't know
if I'd let anyone without confidence have at it. I've done it 4 or 5
times in the years since I've owned the car (never this much cargo,
though) but no operator ever even hesitated. The difficult part for the
operator is getting the forks out of the pallet, something about how
the clutch on the lift works. I don't drive them so I don't know what
the problem is. But they seem to manage without hurting the car.

Somebody has to be in the car to guide it, though. You have to clear
the way by hopping through the walkthrough when the time comes.

Jim

On Oct 27, 2005, at 11:10 PM, Karl Wolz wrote:

> BTW, forklift operators sure get nervous when you ask them to slide a
> pallet into your nice pretty camper.  I actually had one insist that I
> sign a hold-harmless agreement before he'd load me up.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
>> tabe johnson
>> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:53 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: How I spent my weekend...
>>
>> AAAAnd the winner is...  Tom Buese!
>>
>> Mind you, he actually measured the area in his van and
>> knows the density of gravel.  His guess, 1690 lbs, was
>> just 30lbs from the actual weight of 1720 lbs.
>>
>> For his efforts, Tom will be recieving a slightly crumpled
>> copy of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Budweiser"
>> as soon as I can find it under the gravel.
>>
>> Thanks for playing!
>>
>>
>>
>> tabe
>