Why Baja > Outback

[Flowmastered87GL]

Can your outback haul this??

 

 

Its more than it looks like.... likely 1200-1300 pounds of river rock

[EVOthis]

nice!

[frag]

Can your outback haul this??

 

 

Its more than it looks like.... likely 1200-1300 pounds of river rock

 

I had close to a thousand pounds of sheep manure (bagged and composted...) in my Legacy once. The rear end was riding a little low though.

You sure the tailgate can take it?

[bulwnkl]

Tailgate alone is rated for 600+lbs.

 

Right on, 87GL!

[ShawnW]

Its not like an Outback couldnt have done that its how much your back would hurt loading and unloading it thru the cabin.

 

For me the Baja isn't working out as well as I had hoped. I like our Brat better. (We have both and a 97 Outback here)

 

The Brat bed is bigger even with the bed extender.

The Outback seats 5. The baja has a cupholder in the center of the back seat that I dont like or use.

The NASA plastic in the bed is kindof cool but I would rather have sheetmetal and a real truckbed with a spray in bedliner.

The Outback basically has the same cargo room as the Baja with a built in topper. A Baja topper MSRP is around 2000 dollars. Thats as much as a brat and a pretty decent one if you look hard enough. Add 100 bucks and the Brat will have a topper too.

A brat would haul what you have there. I put 5 transmissions a LSD rear diff and an engine in the back of mine one time. Thats at least 1000-1200 pounds. It drove weird but it was ok. I dont think it hurt my top speed a whole lot but thats not saying much for a Brat.

 

What really chaps it...is the Vanagon beats out almost every car I have at hauling stuff. It all fits inside the damn thing, and I only have to lift it about 10" off the ground into the sliding door on the side which is a lot more convenient many times...at spots where you can parallel park on a street and such that really pays off versus backing into a spot (when available). I just put a truck bed mat in it and I use it more like a Truck than any of my cars. I could probably put 25 wheels and tires in the damn thing if I protected the interior enough.

About the only thing its not good at is a 4x8 sheet of plywood. Its about 2" too short in width to the rear cabinet. But if I needed to haul a 14' long 2x6 I turn the front seat around and stick it in.

 

In the end I think we will end up with a Toyota Pickup, an Outback, and a Brat around here. Just cant beat the rear jumpseats an T-tops of the old school. Sorry.

[Flowmastered87GL]

I agree that an outback could haul the weight and the material... but would you WANT to haul that stuff in the back of it? Even with the tarp in the bed I still had lots of escapees that I had to sweep and shop vac out of the corners of the bed.