I had 23 1/2" sheets of 4x8' wafer board on my roof racks(set of 8
quickneasy brackets on aluminum rectangular crossbars) and the thing was a
little top heavy and had passengercar tires under foot, but it survived the
haul.  Also have had the middle filled w/ busted concrete chunks which
weighed god knows how much!

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> From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: One-Ton vans
> Date: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 6:08 PM
>
> I have loaded 26 computer systems into my Double Cab.  It would have
> carried more but my tie-down straps wern't long enough and if they did
fall
> my boss would have been really pissed!  The truck drove great albeit a
> little slower than it's usuall slow self!
>
>
>
> At 14:56 3/3/98 -0800, Malcolm Holser wrote:
> >I was always somewhat amused by the fact VW always called the
Transporters
> >"one-ton" vehicles.  There is not much correlation to US one-ton
vehicles --
> >my LandCruiser is a half-tonner, and is built much more massively (and
> >gets 10mpg...).
> >
> >I was reminded of the oddness of ratings like this when I opened up my
> >Sun computer to find out what is amiss with the power supply after many
> >power outages yesterday.  The Sun has the power-supply-from-hell, but it
is
> >only rated at 350 watts -- common enough rating in tower PC's.  The
thing
> >that reminded me of the VW was all the German writing inside the supply
--
> >it turns out to be an Austrian power supply.
> >
> >I guess that their computer parts are conservatively rated, and their
vans
> >rather optimistically rated.
> >
> >Malcolm
> >
> >
>
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