Behind the front seats is awful close to the middle --- and since the
vanagon's front to rear wieght distribution is 50/50 --- don't think you
have a huge issue.

Cheers,
Doug

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:12 PM, M'obeechi <obeechi@runbox.com> wrote:

> One thing that bothers me about the idea of putting three 75 lbs batteries
> behind the front seats, is thats a lot of weight. I saw the Platinum Group
> 31 today at Sears. Lifted it with its nice handle... thing was damn heavy...
> forgot how heavy 75 lbs can be... three of course are a 225 lbs... and since
> people put extra weight at the back end to help traction in the winter, I'm
> doing the reverse, on top of the larger gas tank... then again... I'm going
> to put my two Thules back on eventually.. and that should put some extra
> weight to the rear... still... this is going to be about the heaviest Carat
> out there... Solar panel is 28 lbs, and those Commerical Thule Van Racks,
> even though they're Aluminum, they're a bit weighty themselves...
>
> I had a chance to buy a SVX earlier this summer. Didn't do it, and can't
> afford it right now, but in some ways, as far as weight distribution goes,
> it might have made more sense since the batteries would have been counter
> balanced by the extra weight of the engine... plus its raw power... oh
> well...
>
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