My 99 odyssey will just barely take a sheet of plywood flat. If I pull the front seats forward I can close the tailgate, but it’s cramped for my 6’2” frame in the drivers seat.
-Steve > On Jun 16, 2020, at 5:25 PM, Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Willie via EV wrote: >>> On 6/16/20 3:12 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: >>> Is it too late to change your design a bit ? If you can get one of the >>> dimensions 48" or more, then it is more useful in construction, for >>> hauling plywood, drywall, and other sheet items. > >> Perhaps they've made provision for loading 4'x8' sheets >> tilted/diagonally? Or, hanging over the edge. > > This touches on a pet peeve of mine as well. I've had trucks or vans for my > whole adult life, and have frequently hauled heavy or dirty stuff and 4'x8' > sheets of material in them. That's what "trucks" are for! It was pretty much > a "given" that you had to be able to get a 4'x8' sheet in them. > > But over the years, the "trucks" have become cars with bodies that only look > like trucks. The size and weight of the vehicle keeps getting bigger, but its > usefulness as a truck gets worse and worse. > > None of the minivans have a 48" wide floor, nor a 48" high ceiling. None of > the small pickups can carry a 4'x8' sheet without both the length *and* width > hanging out. Try to haul a sheet of drywall propped up on a wheel well and it > will break on the first pothole. Yet the vehicles are huge, and weigh 5000 > lbs. > > Gary, maybe you can design it with a flat floor *above* the wheels? With > small tires, the floor would still be much lower than the floor of any > current pickup truck. You don't need the fashionable monster wheels that are > so popular today. > > Lee Hart > > -- > If happiness is on your mind, here's a daily list to find: > - something to do > - something to look forward to > - someone to love > - someone to take good care of > - and misbehave, just a little > -- > 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)
