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posted by  Gregg Shadduck on  Mon Sep 26 02:39 CST 2005
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Robert Ludwick has it right: Harsh for 200,000 miles (I have overloads on a 745), or load thoughtfully for 2,000. Hmmm... that's a tough one. ;-)

Take your heavy stuff (cast iron skillets, books, tools, etc.) and load them in the forward passenger footwell. When full start adding similar to rear passenger footwells. Why? The FRONT springs are 2-3x the rate of the rear springs (look it up). Keep loading the front springs, and then the rear, and keep heavy stuff out of the trunk, where its leverage really afflicts the rear springs.

I have used this technique when moving thousands of pounds of cast iron sash weights, with Toyota and Volvo wagons. Um, not all at once, though. ;-)

This is tougher, obviously, if you have passengers.
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Gregg Shadduck, Mpls, MN -- 2x '87 745; '92 245; '67 Amazon






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New overload springs [700]
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