Show/Tell us what you are haulin'

[zero]

Let's have this thread be for what we are hauling with our Ridgelines. The poster who put an unbelievable amount of drywall and other items in their Ridgeline inspired me to start this thread.

Pictures are of course welcomed and encouraged.

I haven't hauled anything major in the bed or trunk. Just put a cooler full of Gatorade to take to the range for the SWAT team. Then took the cooler out of the trunk and stuffed it full of medical equipment and entry vests while we went to dinner. I know there are folks out there with better stories than that.

So let's hear about it!

[Truckin']

It's only our second day with our Ridge and we used it as a truck today.

We flipped the seats up and the tow package in the box fit handily. We were on the way to the home repair store or we would have carried that in the open bed. We didn't buy much, but two eight foot long pieces of wood fit in the back and through the back window and a quarter piece of plywood in the back.

It wasn't much, but it was nice to have options of how to haul it.

We also got accosted in the parking lot by someone who loved seeing a Ridge in person.

[vertrkr]

The only items I've done is two 10' ladders and ten 2x4s in one shot. I left the tail gate closed and lashed them down. Drove 30 miles on the freeway with them and then backed up a really steep dirt road. My friend was nervous going up the hill, thought I should engage the VTM lock but I said nah, don't worry. Made it up no problem at all and the load was just fine the whole trip.

[shovelhd]

I took down two 40' maple trees, cut them up, and loaded them into the Ridgeline to take to the brush pile. It all fit in one trip with the gate up. Unfortunately, no pix. It looked like my Ridgeline had a hairball in the back.

[mayfielh]

My heaviest load was a little over 600 lbs going to the dump. I couldn't even tell there was anything in the bed.

My prettiest load was 5 Japanese Lace Leaf Maples in pots (each weighed about 100 lbs).

[zero]

My prettiest load was 5 Japanese Lace Leaf Maples in pots (each weighed about 100 lbs).

Are you a bonsai grower by chance?

[mayfielh]

No but there is a really nice nursery up here that is.

Here is a link to their site: http://www.tsugawanursery.com/

[Alvega007]

The only thing that I have hauled was 20 bags of mulch, about 700lbs total. It made no difference on the ride.

[delphi7x10]

I just brought home 10 sheets of drywall, and 10 sheets of insulation, that dryway is very heavy stuff, but I could not notice any change in the ride.

[pbear]

On a family mission to San Antonio, hauled a full-size dryer, door, roofing tiles, power tools, full complement rolling tool box, ice chest, 2 Westies, and clothing for a 3 day stay. Not only did we haul, but we hauled it! It rode even better with all of the stuff in it. Rock steady.