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Subject:Re: Biggest/Strangest loads carried in a Westy
From:David Marshall
Date:Wed, 28 Apr 1999 18:38:19 -0700

I had a friend who moved two goats from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Alma, New
Brunswick in the back of his VW Rabbit... no quite a Vanagon - but indeed a
strange load! :)

At 22:08 28/04/1999 -0230, Bob Norman wrote:
>The whole Carrying a Washer in a Westy thread, got me thinking.
>
>I have driven 25 syrofoam/wax cardboard boxes of moose and caribou meat
>across an airport ramp in mine.  I don't know the exact weight, but
>there were two guys with me (crammed into the front) and the van was
>absolutely chinced full. I remember the tires were sort of bulging at
>the sides.  Without doubt, the heaviest and strangest load I've ever
>carried.
>
>Anyone else?
>
>Bob Norman
>Gander, Newfoundland
>Canada
>
>

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