bucket to sit on.. ;) ok almost friday

peace,

Joe  really thinking of going to burning man this year.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
>Sent: Jun 14, 2006 6:26 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Sears Tools
>
>Right. Take your tools, your tow strap and your block and tackle and stick
>'em in the bucket.
>I'm not sure what your point is here since the idea behind having the bucket
>was for its muti-functionality anyway- one thing that does ten things, or
>more. Seems like that saves weight and space.
>To each their own,  I suppose.
>
>Cya,
>Robert
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Felder" <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 3:53 PM
>Subject: Re: Sears Tools
>
>
>>I agree with this philosophy fully. Five or ten pounds of tools,
>> that's it. Put the spare parts on in the garage and forget about
>> them. Tow strap instead of chain. Five dollar block and tackle
>> instead of a winch. Save weight everywhere and get better mileage,
>> less wear on your drive train, better performance and more room for
>> the stuff you will need. Think like a backpacker is right. Everything
>> that goes aboard either of my vanagons must get the performance-to-
>> weight benefit examination from the two backpackers who travel in
>> them. I'm not a guy who cuts the borders off of topo maps to save
>> weight (but I know some who do), but when a one-pound tow strap does
>> the work of a 20 pound chain, I know which one I'm taking.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Jun 14, 2006, at 5:29 PM, bueses wrote:
>>
>>> The trouble w/ a 5 gal bucket is storing it?  I have a collapsible
>>> bucket
>>> that folds flat that we use to wash our dishes, then rinse in the
>>> westy
>>> sink, collect grey water, etc. However, it does not work well to
>>> sit on, or
>>> use as a step!
>>>
>>> It seems that a lot of vanagons would go faster/more places, get
>>> better gas
>>> mileage if they traveled lighter?  Vacuums, big tool boxes, yachts,
>>> motorbikes,  exterior AC, extra chairs, tables,  on a vanagon all
>>> seem to
>>> defeat the purpose of a small, light camper???  I pack a lot of
>>> that stuff &
>>> come home sometimes w/o using all of it. Gotta think like a
>>> backpacker,
>>> light & quick?
>>>
>>> Grin,
>>>
>>> Tom-less is more or more is better?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> on 6/14/06 3:45 PM, Robert Fisher at refisher@MCHSI.COM wrote:
>>>
>>>> All of the above, absolutely. Ok, I don't have an upper bunk, but
>>>> if I did
>>>> buddy, you bet.
>>>> I do a lot of restaurant work... restaurants get great 5 gallon
>>>> buckets,
>>>> with all different kinds of lids (locking, pouring, etc.) They got
>>>> 'em
>>>> stacked to the ceiling, they throw 'em away... they should give
>>>> 'em away to
>>>> customers on their birthdays, it'd help their business.
>>>> People are paying $5 a pop for 'em at Home Despot!
>>>> Make a friend of a restaurant owner, you can never have too many 5
>>>> gallon
>>>> buckets.
>>>>
>>>> Cya,
>>>> Robert
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "bueses" <bueses@EARTHLINK.NET>
>>>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 2:21 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Sears Tools
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> on 6/14/06 2:54 PM, Roger Sisler at rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dont forget the 5 gallon bucket.
>>>>>
>>>>> Uh oh?  I have never used a 5 gal. bucket.  Do you use it to sit on?
>>>>> Drain
>>>>> your oil or gas into? Porta potty?  Step for the upper bunk?
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom-inquiring mind needs to know
>>>