We have 1999 odyssey along with a Bolt and Volt. The odyssey is the work truck- sees just a few thousand miles a year. At the moment only the drivers seat is in as I used it to haul 16’ boards for my deck (hard to do with a pickup). The ‘bed’ happens to be the height of the Lowe’s lumber cart so I just slide them in. 4x8 sheets fit in flat with back closed if I move the drivers seat forward. 12’ boards fit with back closed too. As I recall, i have put my elec trak inside it also with back closed.
-Steve > On Apr 4, 2020, at 2:17 PM, Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Peri Hartman via EV wrote: >> I agree, using a pickup truck for hauling around supplies and tools >> doesn't make sense in many cases. Exposed to the weather, theft, and >> higher to lift things in and out. >> >> I have a 20 year old minivan which I use for hauling. I can get 10' >> lumber in it and close the back. 16' is fine except on the freeway. >> Garbage, tools, everything else, usually is easy to get in and out. > > I used to drive minivans, too. Great for hauling stuff that didn't fit in my > EVs. I've had a 1960 Corvair van a 1972 Chevy, a 1987 and 1994 Dodge > Caravans, and finally a 2001 Toyota Sienna. > > The Sienna was the last straw. By that time, minivans (like pickups) had > turned into people-movers; not thing-movers. I couldn't get a 4x8' sheet of > plywood, or my garden tractor, or my bicycles inside in any reasonable way > (all the previous ones did). I got rid of it after just one year, and got a > VW Eurovan. That *could* haul a lot of stuff, while being relatively small > and easy to maneuver. But it was still bigger and heavier than all the > previous vans. Reliability and service was also a problem. > > Now, I have a 2010 Chevy Colorado pickup for hauling. Not a fancy new > people-hauler; but a real pickup truck, and the smallest I could find any > more. 30 mpg, full length bed, no extended cab, no power windows, no power > seats, no NAV, no fancy radio; just a basic work truck. It's perfect for when > I need to tow or haul stuff. I can reach the center of the bed standing > beside it. There's a tonneau cover to keep stuff dry. But when it wears out, > there is *nothing* on the US market today that can replace it. > > Lee Hart > -- > Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all > our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, > and a sterner sense of justice than we do. -- Wendell Berry > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
