How many 25 kg bags of cement can I transport in the boot of my hatchback Focus? It will be a short journey on 30 mph roads so I'm not concerned about any detrimental effect on the car's handling. What I'm concerned about is avoiding damage to the car. The handbook doesn't seem to cover this topic.
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L\'escargot.
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Just as a random calculation, if we assume that a fully loaded car is designed to take 3 adults in the back followed by 3-4 suitcases in the boot.
I am assuming that a man is 65 kg and three men can sit in the back of the focus then thats 195kg, then thats approximately 8 bags. Then assume that a boot full of luggage is about 4 moderately heavy suitcases worth i.e. 100 kg, then i would say that around 12-15 bags would be the max number of bags i would put in with the seats down with no massively detrimental effect.
This is just a guestimate, but was same sort of calculation i used when transporting tiles in the back of my Ka.
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A full tank is probably 60kg so do it on an empty tank.
I watched my enormous mother-in-law (think Hattie Jakes) and her even fatter sister squeeze into the back of a Nissan Micra driven by their equally fat friend and my gorgeous wife in the passenger seat. I would guess in excess of 400kg of lard trundling around Epping Forest. And the picnic hamper. I?ve never seen a car look so sorry for itself, it seemed to be mouthing "help" as they drove off, but it didn?t suffer any long term damage.
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Smoke is on the right track though it is not only overall weight that needs to be considered it is also localised loading and the ability to secure the load so it does not cause dameg in the event of an emergency stop etc. I would evenly spread a max of 8 bags (200k or approx 440lb / four hundred-weight) and do a few trips if required.
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You can also put a bag or two on the front seat, if you put an old sheet on first.
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Do I put the sheet on top of my coat, or underneath it?
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Do I put the sheet on top of my coat>>
Spooky!
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You know what you want Snaily...
....yep. Exactly.
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You know what you want Snaily... ....yep. Exactly.
An estate car, which will have beefed-up rear springs.
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Used to put 10 x 25-30 kg bags in the Uno, the Cavalier and now the Tipo no probs.
Evenly spread, back seats down. Airlines reckon on an average passenger weighing 80kg, and raise that by 5kg in the USA, and 10 kg in Fiji!
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Thanks guys. I was thinking that more than 2 (i.e. 50 kg) would bend the boot floor. Seems like I was wrong ~ as usual!
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A saloon? Wash your mouth out Adamski.
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A quick look on the website at the basic version says that the net weight is 1229kg and gross vehicle mass is 1690kg. Suggests a fair size margin for boot load.
It's not every day I find out I weigh the same as a typical Fijian airline passenger.
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