Cargo to Go

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Bill,
 
This is fasten-ating....(sorry!).  
 
I have everything so crammed in my trunk, there is little possibility of movement no matter how hard I hit the brakes (or anything else).  Which brings me to my question:  Is the PT Cruiser of adequate size to tote a grand action fairly comfortably?  I'll probably be car hunting in the next couple of years.  I'm looking for tech input on what works and what doesn't about various possibilities.
 
Thanks,
 
Dave Stahl
 
-----Original Message-----
From: william ballard <yardbird at vermontel.net>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 20:44:15 -0400
Subject: Cargo to Go


I just now got around to arranging the cargo area of my PT Cruiser so that tool boxes and other containers would be held in place instead of flying forward on slick carpet every time I stepped on the brakes. The goal was that the solution 1.) be flexible for different configurations of containers, 2.) be quickly removable come time to put one or both rear seats back in, and 3.) be anchored to the car bed with minimal fastening (ie., no unnecessary holes drilled). 
 
The strips of 3/4" plywood have interlocking slots, the median strip has a second slot (closer to the camera but out of view, the two laterals have a second slot for moving the median to the left (when the larger of the two rear seats is installed). The median hooks into one of the welded handles which anchor the seats, using a j-bolt in its bottom edge, and the rear (closest to camera) lateral slips into slots in the car's molded interior side panels. 
 
I turned the larger toolbox on the right 90º, the direction it would be most prone to tipping with the car brakes. (The box is ~10" high, with a try at they top, and the lateral is 4-1/2" tall. At 30mph, I jammed on the brakes, the car screeched stop, but the box didn't tumble over the "retaining wall" (half it's size). Admittedly, that deceleration is mild compared to that in an accident (DAMHIK). But I'm satisfied that normal driving won't be dumping my tool boxes over. 
 
Mr. Bill 
 
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