80 Series tail gate test

[Citizen Brown]

480kg of plasterboard and 40kg lintol tailgate weight test passed

Apologies for image orientation...

 

[clivehorridge]

Ha, I like this, although my 80 has barn doors, so I don't have the benefit of the extended load bearing platform.

I did once fill the back with rockery white granite (if there is such a thing) at a quarry. It was free to me, so I couldn't resist. I completely filled the rear floor area (with the second and third row seats folded) up to the ceiling and thought at the time that there must be close to a ton on board.

It drove beautifully all the way home (which was about 450 kms) albeit a tad slow on the hills (there's no turbo on mine). Cornering stability was amazingly good and it only dropped about 3" on the ride height.

They're a great workhorse these 80s, considering the level of comfort they provide.

 

[moggy1968]

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480kg of plasterboard and 40kg lintol tailgate weight test passed

Apologies for image orientation...

picture posting test failed

 

[Chas]

Sorted!

 

[Citizen Brown]

Thanks Chas - how do you do the orientation of picture thingy?

 

[clivehorridge]

I've just taken your originally posted picture, right mouse, "save picture as" to my harddrive, right mouse on the picture file, select rotate clockwise, then I uploaded the rotated file. Took me all of 30 seconds.

 

[Chas]

Thanks Chas - how do you do the orientation of picture thingy?

I saved the picture to my PC then rotated it and reposted.