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Old 10-24-2009, 09:06 PM   #1
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Re: As close as I can figure...

my god man can you imagine how much all of that crap weighs!If i look at a stack of plywood im sore and thirsty fast!

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Old 10-24-2009, 10:09 PM   #2
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...Timbuk, Use the other excuse too. (Doesn't your finger hurt?) ^.^
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Old 10-25-2009, 12:26 PM   #3
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yep its amazing how much weight goes in and out of a bus,when i first got mine and stripped out the floor it had 1x8 cedar with 2 lasyers of underlay and a thick shag and some tar paper.Man did that pile of **** go up in flames!Then packing in the 4 boxes of laminate,i thought holy **** this is heavy! But it still was lighter than all the other crapmnicer looking and more hygenic Cant weight to see what my relic weighs! timbuk
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Old 11-21-2009, 09:14 PM   #4
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17,400 ish lbs here on a 1969 chevy chassis Bluebird bodied bus here with 1 almost full fuel tank and full tank of water.

I wish Dad would ave weighed it before he started working on it.
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