What’s the most you’ve hauled in your wagen?

CheapBastard

CheapBastard

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I stuffed a 40 gallon water heater in there yesterday, just had to fold down the big half of the rear seat and it fit like a glove, I wasn’t expecting to be able to close the hatch but no problem, probably coulda fit a 50 gallon in there:eek:
 
alext91

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Impressive! These things really can swallow up a lot of cargo. My wife and I fit an IKEA Kivik sofa and a crib (still in boxes) in one go! We had to do some rearranging to make it work, but it all fit with the hatch closed and everything
Edit: not sure how to rotate the photo...

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calimustang

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Impressive! I loaded a 1980 ford 302 5.0 block plus ported 289 heads... very HEAVY. It was in my old 2011 JSW from Arkansas to Florida. She didn’t skip a beat.


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PRY4SNO

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Ten weaner pigs home to the farm.


Two year old lambs to the butcher.


A Jotul wood stove, which almost didn't fit.
 
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peterm

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Just over 560 lbs of laminate

At 18 boxes of just over 30 pounds each. The car was definitely a little low but it handled it like a charm! Wish I took a picture of the haul.
 
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Had a huge feral hog I shot while checking my traps on the way home from work once. Just happened to have a tarp and .22 stinger in the ear to keep the blood down.

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Ive hauled a 44k water softener home from Lowes in the back of mine.

Love my JSW.
 
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I hauled tile last week too, took 11 cases at 54 pounds a piece and I’m lowered on H&R sport springs, never bottomed out on the 3 mile trip home
 
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murphyslaw

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1500lbs plus me. had 30 bags of animal feed. folded down the rear seats. put 5 bags of feed on the passenger seat and floorboard and the rest in the back. stacked to the roof as far forward as I could. She sure felt heavy but never bottomed out and still got 41mpg on the 52-mile drive home. That's the heaviest. I have stuffed it full of other things thou. always to the amazement of my wife who teases me about driving a station wagon.
 
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kjclow

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I've loaded it to the gills before when moving the kids to college and back. It's amazing just how much stuff this little wagen can swallow.
 
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vincej

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Complete sbc 350 engine with TH400 transmission attached.

I think the 1500 lbs of animal feed takes the cake so far.
 
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PRY4SNO

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vincej said:
Complete sbc 350 engine with TH400 transmission attached.

I think the 1500 lbs of animal feed takes the cake so far.
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Totally agree!


My stove was ~500lbs, the pigs were ~600 lbs, and I regularly (1-3x/wk) haul 400-600 lbs of wet brewer's grain home for livestock -- but to haul >3x my average payload is stunning. And I thought I was hard on the car.



To be fair, I haven't really tested the suspension since I lifted the #farmenwagen. Probably won't have to, now that I have the Cummins in the fold. Thankfully.


These cars are incredible, underrated. I want it to last another 350k km or more.
 
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