On Apr 22, 2011, at 8:44 AM, Michael Sullivan wrote:

> Sounds SWEET.  Trying to see if a 46" Cub Cadet rding Mower is gonna fit in
> my van.

Ouch!  A pic is worth a "k" words.
Measure twice, load once?

Mr. BZ-put a 125 cc dirt bike in my 64 bug once

> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
> 
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> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Don't try this in your SUV or your motor home..
>> 
>> 6:30am...  40 degrees F, with the sun rise pink on Mt. Hood.  Clear as a
>> bell, for the first time in a long time.  Town-Trip.
>> 
>> I'll roll down my road to our gate, pull on my 'new-style' E-brake handle
>> and jump out to open it up....listening to the burble of my 2.0 liter Jetta
>> powered van.   About 70 miles west....Portland, Oregon.  Route: Through the
>> Columbia River Gorge National Scenic area, past all the spring-full water
>> falls with the sun in my mirrors.
>> 
>> First-stop...  Pick up 4 free wheels and tires from the S.E. part of the
>> city..Toss those in (after moving my bicycle to the rack on the outside of
>> the rear hatch) then off to the lumber store for 2 sheets of marine plywood
>> and a 14' White Oak plank, over across the river on the northwest side of
>> town.   Then back across one of the beautiful downtown Portland bridges to
>> Harbor Freight (north side of town) to get yet another inexpensive random
>> orbital air sander (and probably some other cool stuff that I don't need,
>> but I can't pass up)  Then east, along Marine drive alongside the Columbia
>> River again, past PDX airport to the  WEST Marine store.  From there,
>> continue on east, along Marine Dr. back to Troutdale,  at the west end of
>> the Gorge. I'll take  a bike ride up a 3000'+ forest road to the summit of
>> Larch Mountain.  Then east again, back upriver, crossing the toll bridge
>> (.75$ for cars) at Hood River.  Back through the gate to my shop...unload
>> the work materials and the bike, load up the sail boards, maybe and head
>> East in the Gorge for session on the water...Or maybe I may even do some
>> work, if I can fit it in and the wind isn't blowing.
>> 
>> Sound Ok?   Vanagon stuff, right?
>> Don Hanson
>>