Did any of the current running down the rope recharge the battery at the
same time!!! That would surely be a bonus!

Hope those lines were just cable and phone, as it sure is risky to mess with
the electricity.  You could have ended up with a Volts-wagon!

Jack R.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jeff Lincoln
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 1:21 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: New Use for a Vanagon

Ok, I know it's not Friday and this is probably borderline but - I used my
bus for a new thing yesterday. Make a long story short we had about a 40'
tree that had split and was resting on the power line from the pole to our
house. We tied a heavy duty rope to the tree and threw it over a very large
nearby tree and then tied the other end to tow loop on the back of my bus -
I then used the bus to stand the tree up off the lines so it could be cut
down properly.

I know it that could have been accomplished with many other vehicles - but
the bus was all we had and now I can add another experience to my rapidly
increasing bus stories!

Yay for useful Vanagons.

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Thanks,

Jeff
'90 Carat (Grover)
'86 (We call this one Parts)
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus