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currently I have my EDC bag that I lift in and out every day full of useful farmer things. It works well. However I also have many things like boxes of emergency nails and screws and stuff and also the wheel change equipment wedged all over but out of the way of the main load area. Thing is all of it could easily be 30 kg which is essentially dead weight most of the time but it's always there. I'm trying to decide if I would be better with all of it in a crate in the load area that is easy to remove but takes up real estate or do I carry on and forfeit the weight saving available?
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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I'm just collecting parts
Going to put some cable tray across the rear load space
connected where the grab handles fit above rear windows
Just for my straps/strops,first aid kit,spare belts ect
I've tried roof storage and it's not for me, with 4 bales of hay in the back I need the head room. Really it's more about having the weight easily removable as opposed to the lack of volume when the weight isn't a priority. I guess it would be prudent to take everything out and get an accurate weight of it all and decide with that in mind.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
I removed the back seats and fitted a home made box for basic walking essentials and maps. The top of the box is flat so could easily accommodate another box. The sides of the main box have tie down points for straps.
For clarification my Jimny with the stereo, towbar and roof system weights 1140 kg or leaves a usable payload of 280kg. I use half of that. My EDC is another 20 and all the other stuff which I need to weigh is probably another 30 to 40 kg. Add a passenger and a few job specific tools or some sheep food and I'm at capacity. Taking the edc out is easy but the other stuff is stored in a manner that preserves as much of the rear load area as possible which is important as much of what I carry is bulky but not very heavy. However getting the things out of their little nooks and such is tedious. So I am trying to decide if being able to easily remove weight is more important than preservation of load area volume. At the minute everything has a space but that comes at the cost of overall payload being used for things I might not need more than once a month.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
I'm a fan of supermarket totes, those heavy duty plastic trays supermarkets use to store and display produce. They are rugged and stackable, with built in carrying handles. You can get them fairly cheap second hand off eBay and other sites.
On the down side they are fairly large so you can use up a lot of floor space if you don't stack them.
So I filled a box and weighed it and the edc bag and it came to 43kg. Having gone through it all I have got it down to 33kg. This is an improvement definitely. Also the box is only 400x300x200 ish so isn't taking up too much space and is easy to remove. Will see how I get on with it.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
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