[rescue] Re: geek vehicles

joshua d boyd rescue at sunhelp.org
Fri Aug 24 10:02:51 CDT 2001


On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 09:55:42AM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 09:06:34AM -0500, Stuart E. Johnson wrote:
> > Chrysler minivans. I've got two; when both are fully loaded the contents
> > fill about 3 standard nerdfest tables. I've also hauled machines in 8-foot
> > racks in my Grand Voyager with the seats out. And they're much more
> > comfortable than a pickup truck.
> 
> Kia Sportage (my second one) here.  I can haul an incredible amount of stuff
> with the back seats folded up - in fact I carried three RS/6000 5xx-series
> machines (the big deskside ones), four IBM 3151 terminals, and a couple boxes
> of tapes and cables in one load, once.  Had no room for a passenger, though.
> 
> I've got pictures of the full vehicle around here somewhere.

What does that do to the suspension on those things?  I put a nearly full
load of books into a caravan (well, still with room for 3 passengers), and
the thing was seriously sagging.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd



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