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63 vwnotch
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Joined: December 31, 2002
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Location: Riverside,CA Econo Motors
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 Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 9:05 pm Post subject: Whats oddest, biggest, nastiest load you've carried w/ T3? |
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Just curious as to what is the most someone has carried in their square, fasty, or notch.. Whether it be by weight, bulk, awkward sized items etc, how did the public respond to your madness..?? (stay away from that dead head, surely hes on drugs))
Im curious cuz today in my bug i was toting abunch of buckets a 4'ladder, drills, more buckets,etc.. and was thinking man if i was in my notch a lot of the little nicknacks could fit in the decklid. whereas a bug it all traveled inside the car.. |
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the bad samaritan
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Joined: July 24, 2002
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Location: P-town, Washington
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Myself.
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carbine2
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Joined: June 03, 2004
Posts: 31
Location: Oregon City, Oregon
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I towed a car with my 72 auto fastback. It actualy didn't pull all that bad. But this proved to be a bad idea when I had to turn or stop. 
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littlebuggie
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Joined: March 23, 2004
Posts: 698
Location: California
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:03 am Post subject: |
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| The back of my squareback looks like a Mail truck. I have to send out several boxes (from selling things on ebay) every monday. The back of my car is packed...I need a bigger car...VW bus??Maybe.... |
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Mr. Bubblehead
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Joined: October 25, 2002
Posts: 2756
Location: 612 Wharf Avenue
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Yesterday I had to help my cousin clean up a rental property she owns. The last tenant was a real jerk and left junk everywhere. I had to borrow my neighbor's ratted-out trailer and tow it across town and load it full of old rusty bikes, lawnmowers, rotted lumber, car batteries, aluminum siding, etc. The trailer is still loaded in the driveway...my wife has already asked me three times this morning when I'm going to take it to the dump.
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63SunNotch
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Joined: October 27, 2003
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Location: Riverside CA
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| Weedzie you better get on it or else :2gunfire: |
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JeremySmith
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Joined: March 07, 2004
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Location: Michigan City, Indiana
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:45 am Post subject: |
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A couple of pieces of 3/4" oak plywood on the roof, and two window air conditioners in back. Just a note - plywood tied to the roof is almost as good as wings up there...................... especially going down the highway.
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karenw
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Joined: November 15, 2003
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Location: Mishawaka, IN
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My two boys. 
Actually, this wasn't hauled in my square, but when we moved into our new house a few weeks ago, my husband and his helper (one of our Boy Scout leaders!) brought over my homemade 7 foot demon standing up in the bed of a pickup (I do Halloween pretty big).
They got a lot of strange looks. I told them they should have rolled down the window at a light and asked, "which way to the ritual sacrifice?"
You can see the demon at my website: www.lagrotesquerie.4t.com.
Sorry, I'm not up to speed on inserting photos in a post. |
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R.Rabbit
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Joined: June 06, 2003
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Location: Texas
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nice Chucky?? 
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Erik G
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Location: Tejas!
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last saterday:
NorCalNicks Mig welder, the gas bottle, a ton of tools. Two of Yustrn's Split Window fenders I had been working on, welding helmet, gloves, etc
My notch was completely packed, we turned around, and loaded all of up in Yustrn's notch. He also had his lady and his puppy in the car. |
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williamM
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Location: southwest Arizona
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| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:06 pm Post subject: Towed a jeep (not with t-3 but whats your point?? |
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Ya- towed a jeep/ motorcycle on a rack /all worldly possessions (not that much really)
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W1K1
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Location: Southern AB
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I think this was 8 bags of concrete and a load of flowers last spring, thankfully the 1904 moved it along quite easily
I've had furniture boxes filling the rack sticking up 2.5 ft, not heavy but full and bulky. And of course any trip to costco can filler up.
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Nate M.
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Joined: August 11, 2003
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Location: Anacortes, WA U.S.A.
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No photos, but about 6 months ago I picked-up a pair of 7500watt Generac generators. The wheels had to come off in order to fit through the hatch opening, and even then they *just* made it. With my son, me and all the generators it floated like a Caddy all the way home.
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Tram
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Errrr, I plead the fifth.
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peaceful warrior
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| Tram wrote: |
| Errrr, I plead the fifth. |
Schnapps is heavy man, whether a fifth or a quart.
5 adult males, 5 longboards and all of our gear, from Elysian Heights, L.A. CA to Trestles, San Onofre, CA. roundtrip. 1985, 1967 Squareback. No photos, as some asshole stole my camera on the beach! FOC! LOL
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t3kg
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Aaron M265
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marchi
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Flamer drug my friends '67 bug on a 15 mile cruise one night, complete car just had problems. so we towed it for the cruise then to my house to fix to. Towed it alot as my car is the lowest we have with a tow ball. Of course camping gear on a trailer for weekend getaway.
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notchback
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Oddest, biggest and nastiest load? That would be me.
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BSQUARE
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Location: Feeling, Minnesota
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The biggest was an antique wood stove I picked up for free off CL.
The hatch wouldn't shut, but I only drove it a mile or so.
The heaviest load was a retaining wall I dug out of a lady's backyard.
I made several trips across town - about 10 miles - with the suspension bottomed out.
The 480kg cargo capacity is just a suggestion.
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