The pile of things being tossed, out in the garage, had grown to a sizable amount. I didn't want to spread it out over several weeks for the garbage men to come haul it away so it was time to take out AV to the dump.
I called to find out how much it would be for a load and where the dump was located. They have a fairly extensive prices structure - what applied to us was the $25 for a small truck bed (car/minivan) or $35 for the full-size trucks.
I tried to pack everything into the bed with midgate up but it just wasn't going to fit. So with a slight mod (photos to follow with mod post once the photos are developed) and the midgate down, we packed it all in.
The pile filled the whole bed (extended) and stuck almost a foot above the top of the roof. This is where a tarp and several tiedowns came into use.
All tied in and down, it was off to the dump. We definately got some strange looks as we drove through town on the way to the dump. Trucks are for hauling stuff aren't they?
We waited in line, going single file up to the pay scale/window. The lady inside looked out and said; "Cute truck. Got any hazardous materials? Any food trash?". Nope. Nope. "OK that'll be 25 bucks."
Minivan pricing? I wasn't about to argue with her. So we paid what she asked for and proceeded on in.
We backed in mext to a nice fullsize new dodge truck. With the tailgate down, we drug most of the close stuff out of the AV. Already, our pile was nearing that of the dodges. Then we climbed on up to pull more stuff out and toss it onto the pile.
Even though his truck was now empty, the dodge guy remained there. Taking a breather? or just curious.
Tina had placed several nice large pieces of cardboard down first so that when the pile was light enough we could drag the cardboard and it load off. This worked very smoothly.
In no time, we had the whole pile out of the AV and stacked up on the ground. The guy came over and looked in to see where all the stuff had been packed in. We casually put the midgate up, window in, and panels back on. There were a couple suvs out there dumping loads, every one of them was using a trailer.
As we left you could not even tell that we had taken a trip to the dump.
This truely is the most versatile vehicle in the world.
I called to find out how much it would be for a load and where the dump was located. They have a fairly extensive prices structure - what applied to us was the $25 for a small truck bed (car/minivan) or $35 for the full-size trucks.
I tried to pack everything into the bed with midgate up but it just wasn't going to fit. So with a slight mod (photos to follow with mod post once the photos are developed) and the midgate down, we packed it all in.
The pile filled the whole bed (extended) and stuck almost a foot above the top of the roof. This is where a tarp and several tiedowns came into use.
All tied in and down, it was off to the dump. We definately got some strange looks as we drove through town on the way to the dump. Trucks are for hauling stuff aren't they?
We waited in line, going single file up to the pay scale/window. The lady inside looked out and said; "Cute truck. Got any hazardous materials? Any food trash?". Nope. Nope. "OK that'll be 25 bucks."
Minivan pricing? I wasn't about to argue with her. So we paid what she asked for and proceeded on in.
We backed in mext to a nice fullsize new dodge truck. With the tailgate down, we drug most of the close stuff out of the AV. Already, our pile was nearing that of the dodges. Then we climbed on up to pull more stuff out and toss it onto the pile.
Even though his truck was now empty, the dodge guy remained there. Taking a breather? or just curious.
Tina had placed several nice large pieces of cardboard down first so that when the pile was light enough we could drag the cardboard and it load off. This worked very smoothly.
In no time, we had the whole pile out of the AV and stacked up on the ground. The guy came over and looked in to see where all the stuff had been packed in. We casually put the midgate up, window in, and panels back on. There were a couple suvs out there dumping loads, every one of them was using a trailer.
As we left you could not even tell that we had taken a trip to the dump.
This truely is the most versatile vehicle in the world.
However at my dump it only costs me $8 
