What else can you do when you need to carry a load of stuff from the hardware store to your house, and your primary load-bearing vehicle is feeling a bit under the weather?
You improvise.
The Grand Am is not generally considered to be a heavy-lift vehicle. It is more suited to demonstrations of overactive accelerator pedal activity than to the mundane task of carrying a load of lumber from the store to the garage.
But in a pinch, due to the open passage between the trunk and the passenger space which appears when the back seats are lowered, it actually does a fair job of carrying a number of lengthy (but not too lengthy) objects.
Here's the list of things which were able to be carried on this trip:
3 - 4x4x8 treated posts. Kinda heavy.
3 - cement post supports, supposedly 50 pounds each.
9 - cement pavers, square, 12"x12"
9 - 2x3x8 studs
9 - 2x2x8 furring strips
I was impressed.
And worried.
And wondering how before the very-rusted frame suddenly snapped, leaving the car lying in two pieces in the middle of the road.
(Due to my most recent experience, I'm a little leery of cars right now...)
But it survived! We made it home! With our project parts!
Project 1: Under-deck Beautification
Project 3: Outdoor Fireplace Ground Support
I'll have some pictures up later to show what we end up doing with all that stuff!
You improvise.
The Grand Am is not generally considered to be a heavy-lift vehicle. It is more suited to demonstrations of overactive accelerator pedal activity than to the mundane task of carrying a load of lumber from the store to the garage.
But in a pinch, due to the open passage between the trunk and the passenger space which appears when the back seats are lowered, it actually does a fair job of carrying a number of lengthy (but not too lengthy) objects.
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| The passenger seat looks a bit FULL. |
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| And the passenger section looks a bit FULL, too! |
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| And the TRUNK is FULL, too!! |
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| Looking up towards the front from the trunk... |
Here's the list of things which were able to be carried on this trip:
3 - 4x4x8 treated posts. Kinda heavy.
3 - cement post supports, supposedly 50 pounds each.
9 - cement pavers, square, 12"x12"
9 - 2x3x8 studs
9 - 2x2x8 furring strips
I was impressed.
And worried.
And wondering how before the very-rusted frame suddenly snapped, leaving the car lying in two pieces in the middle of the road.
(Due to my most recent experience, I'm a little leery of cars right now...)
But it survived! We made it home! With our project parts!
Project 1: Under-deck Beautification
- 2x3 studs to form the support framing for the lattice work.
- 4x4s to support the framing structure.
- Cement post supports for the 4x4s.
Project 2: Front Porch Winter Moisture Protection
- 2x2x8 furring strips
Project 3: Outdoor Fireplace Ground Support
- Cement pavers, square
Total weight - somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 pounds. I think.
I'll have some pictures up later to show what we end up doing with all that stuff!
2 comments:
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do 😂
Who needs a pickup when you can haul all that cargo?
:-D
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