How many people actually haul stuff with their wagons?

People, dogs, groceries, and some lumber including plywood.
Can't wait to load her up with camping gear.

 

I hauled everything with my CP, as well as camped out in it. It's nice when you have an electric pump for your air mattress.

 

I forgot a few things: 2 complete twin bed sets, with box springs, inside, with the hatch shut.

Forgot about that too. Had to take off the legs and the score panel, but I had one of those in there also. It'll also hold 4x6 sheets of plywood with the hatch closed. 4x8 hangs out a little, but it didn't stop me from carrying a 4x8 lighted changeable message sign.

Interesting bit of trivia. It will also hold it's own hood inside.

 

LOL!!! What's a wagon for?!?!

I moved us up from Guadalajara, MX to Winnipeg, Canada in 1999, with 3,500 lbs of extra weight - the trailer was set up as a double decker, the roof rack was loaded, and the cargo bay was up to the rafters!

Since then, I've restored her once, back in 2007-2009, and the trailer, and I'm doing another resto on her.

She's hauled yards of gravel, topsoil, insulation, lumber, and of course groceries.

And maybe this summer or fall, we'll go down to Mexico to bring back another one, towing it behind this sweet machine.

 

If that happens, Norman, PICS!

 

Ill have to post a few links to different parts of the forum, because some pics are in as Attachments:





I had that Class II hitch welded in, when we lived in Mexico.


The trailer was new in 1999, when we bought it in Guadalajara, MX. Its built with a common kiosk-format box made by Nissan for the Mexican market. It came with the front and rear upper braces, so I had a welder build me a removal upper floor structure to fit in the side panels and end brace post tubes:



The trailer hauled all the materials used in this DIY Renos thread:

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11598

This is where I restored the trailer - those are 16" wheels:
http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5573&highlight=trailer

And even roof shingles and eaves troughing!
http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6375&highlight=Lumber&page=4

I've got some rolls that my wife never had developed of our loaded trailer in Mexico, Once the weather warms up, I'll get them digitized and post them.

 

Pretty cool. I love those 200 CID engines; they sure loved getting beaten on. I just wish that Ford hadn't been stuck in the mud with the integral intake heads and 1-bbl carbs. At the very least, a Holley 6200 2-stage 2-bbl would've helped.

 

I use my Subaru wagon to haul tools, parts, tires and wheels when I go racing.
Has been packed for me and the better half for weekend trips.
Also have used it on occasion to sleep in on some of my racing trips at some of the nicer
road courses I go to.

 

For the most part all I haul is dogs But sure I'll toss some tires in and some other misc stuff and yeah I've had the od couple pieces of 2x4 sticking out the back but if I need a sheet of plywood or have to do a dump run or large load someone all ways has a truck and if it's not convenient for me I'll stick my utility trailer on the honey's SUV..... No big bulky loads in the wagons, nor a trailer hitch on any.

 

If it is something that fits easily. I hauled 4' boxes of the wood flooring my dad put in his house but most things I just throw in back of my truck.

 

Kids, carpools, dogs, groceries, camping gear, kayak strapped to the roof, home repair materials, flats of plants from the garden center, multiple bags of soil, rugs to the cleaners. Etc. Etc. Etc. I don't know how people get by without a wagon. And don't say the dreaded mini van words to me!

 

You should see what folks do to their Falcon Sixes!

http://fordsix.com/forum/index.php

I'm rebuilding the donor six to get it up to about 150 HP, from 65 stock ponies, and up the mid rage torque to about 190 lbs/per ft.! Not a sleeper, but she'll move a with a bit more agility.

Since 1967, they've had 7 mains, right up to when they stopped making them in early 1983. They can take a beating and then some.

 

I had 3 sedans with it. All of them ran best when beaten on. I narrowly avoided getting rear-ended by a semi while merging onto the freeway because I had it at WOT and nearly slam-shifting the trans. The truck got within a car length by the time I hit the posted speed limit.

 

my 1993 buick roadmistress has.....
hauled many caskets many miles.

also hauled anywhere from 500-1200 pounds of batteries to the scrapper.

brought home 6 pieces of 8 ft 1/2" sheetrock and 10 10ft 2x4s from the home depot with the rear tailgate & glass totally closed.

cleaning out a storage unit after an electrician died along with the monthly rent payment, i loaded 36 milk crates full of electrician stuff in a single load to bring home.

my sister packed it to the headliner leaving only the front seat available to sit in and drove from KC to Pigeon Forge TN to vacation for a week. she averaged over 24mpg for the whole trip and did lots of draggin family members to the sites once the wagon was unloaded.
she said the trip took longer than she originally planned due to all the old men at bathroom stops & gas stations wanting to talk to her about station wagons.

 

When I built my 37 Chevy Panel and my 37 Chevy Window delivery, I designed them with fold down rear seats. These were great for the kids and allowed room for hauling stuff.
I one got 2 free steel beams at a construction site and hauled them hanging out the back of the 37 panel.
I also hauled 30 cases of cleaning fluid and bleach in the 37 Delivery from a company my Dad had a financial interest in.