When I had my 1984td wagon and i had a coal stove I would haul a load home now
and then with that. I had to go across the scales so I know what it weighed, the
most I hauled was just over half a ton, car rode great, not quite as peppy maybe
but it didn't seem to mind the load. I lined the back with heavy plastic to keep
from getting it dirty. When I did some renovatoins on my shop I had to bring
home some drywall and insulation. I pulled a trailer loaded with drywall with
that same car. I think I figured the weight of the drywall alone was morethan
the weight of the car, around 4,000 pounds. It seemed to stop well enough. At
the time i had that car I didn't have a pickup but it served me as well as one
and got considerably better mileage than any pickup I have known.
Douglas C
Senen Racki wrote:
> I hauled my sisters upright piano (layed down of course) in my 504 wagon
> once. The music store was absolutely amazed that I'd even consider trying.
>
> Also, when we were renovating the kitchen we found a place that had
> everything we needed - all of the different tile types, the cement, wire,
> etc. After paying for it the salesperson told me to pull up my truck at
> loading bay #1. I pulled up my 504 and waited for them to open the door.
> When they opened the doors they started laughing. I asked them why and they
> said it would take 5 trips with "that thing". They went on to say that they
> wouldn't even load up their Ford van with all the stuff I just bought. I
> folded the seat down and began loading, carefully placing the tiles in the
> car's centre and working my way to the rear axle where most of the weight
> ended up. I managed to fit everything and went happily on my way. Shortly
> after I arrived home I got a call from the tile store. They wanted to know
> if I made it and "what kind of car was that again"? I don't know for sure,
> but the salesperson guesses that I must've hauled about 1200lbs that night.
>
> A friend of mine filled his 504 wagon FULL of shingles. He had so much
> faith in his wagon that he considered the limiting factor to be volume, not
> weight. Still, I think that he was taking a bit of a risk with that haul,
> but he made it just fine. Again, the store that sold him the material could
> not believe their eyes.
>
> In none of the above examples did the suspension "bottom out". There was
> always at least a little travel to absorb the bumps. It takes some careful
> driving, but those old 504 wagons could really haul!
>
> Senen.
>
>
> From: "Anup Pahari" <apahari@erols.com>
> To: "Jerry Bauer" <jrbauer@nidlink.com>
> Cc: <peugeot-l@egroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 4:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Peugeot] Peugeot tuff!
>
> > last week i took my 505 TD wagon to pick up some gravel for a fence i am
> > building. The quarry said 15 bucks for as much as you can carry in a
> wagon
> > or mid-sized pick up. All I had were about 13 10gal buckets I got from
> a
> > chinese restaurant (soy sauce). I hauled them home without even folding
> > down the rear seat.
> > Wagon, with a recently replaced transmission, ran like the work horse it
> > is. Once home I weighed the buckets out of curiosity -- each one was
> about
> > 65-70 lbs. So looks like I got nearly 850 lbs in the wagon. I think i
> > could have hauled over 1000 lbs if i had more gallons and had spread the
> > weight in the back more evenly. Hey, but i was happy with getting 850 lbs
> > for 15 bucks.
> >
> > Anup Pahari
> >
> >
> > > It's spring out here in North Idaho and time to fertilize the field.
> > > I took the 504 TD wagon to the feed mill to pick up the fertilizer
> > > with their spreader trailer. My friend had just brought the spreader
> > > back from his field using his Chevy pickup. The attendant said to
> > > me: "You gonna use that car? This stuff weighs down pickups" I
> > > said: "no problem, I did it several years ago also". My friend
> > > said: "He uses it for EVERYTHING"! So I dragged 1000 lbs of it back
> > > home and had fun spreading it on the field. The right of way area
> > > was pretty rough with big hummocks and almost got high centered
> > > once. I had to do some four wheelin there.
> > > I enjoy hearing about peoples adventures with there pugs and how
> > > tough they are. Let's here some more Tuff stories.
> > > Jerry
>
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