Parents used to haul full sized couches home with the ole 504 diesel wagon.
I always liked these half ton haulers, maybe one day, I'll have room for
one.
Joe
- Original Message -----
From: "Francois Dion" <francois@hyperreal.org>
To: <peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 2:14 PM
Subject: [Peugeot-L] Wagon annecdote
> Forgot to post this. Last week I went to Northern Tools to buy some
> stuff. One box was pretty large and almost 300lbs. You should have seen
> the guy's face when I pulled my 505 wagon in the back. He was expecting
> a big pickup. I back up the car and park it. The guy is shaking his head
> thinking he pulled the box out of the warehouse for nothing.
>
> I tell him: "Dont worry, there's plenty of space"
>
> I open the gate and the first thing out of his mouth:
>
> "Hot dang! This thing is like a truck!"
>
> Put the box against the bumper and slid it in the back with no problems.
> I think he was truely impressed.
>
> Then, a few days later, I go and pick up a computer rack. Same question
> mark in the eyes of the people helping me to load the rack. One of those
> very high unit (44U) that maximise space in a datacenter. I hadn't even
> removed the middle section seats, just folded them the standard way.
> Went in easily with the bottom part of the gate fitting against the
> rack. Could possibly have closed the gate if I had removed the middle
> section, but it would have been resting against the window, at best, so
> I decided against, of course. Tied with a few ratchet straps (I added
> anchor points to my wagon) and off I went (with windows open of course
> since the back wasn't closed.
>
> For whatever reason, the 505 wagon looks small from the outside...
>
> Francois
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