What Are You Hauling (or Hauled) in your Rivian? 🦾

[SwampNut]

Guess I forgot to put this one in this thread. Less than exciting Tuesday afternoon so I'll contribute something instead of just complaining.

Drove like this from Louisville, KY to Buffalo, NY. No appreciable change to efficiency, but didn't ride great. Became very "floaty" at speed.

Bizarre. This had a huge range impact but improved ride quality for me.

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[2kwik4u]

Bizarre. This had a huge range impact but improved ride quality for me.

Looks like yours was sticking up quite a bit more than mine. The Monster was just under the roof line, so I'm guessing it slipped under the airflow. Look how low mine is; almost the entire bike is below the roofline. Your fender is even with the roofline.

The ride was noticeably "plusher", that is to say it was generally smoother over bumps.; however it had a pretty decent amount of added "top heavy sway". I bet my Ducati is a solid 100lbs heavier than your Honda. I'm guessing 450lbs or so for mine. Things like freeway exit ramps had noticeable lean to the body that I wasn't used to. I had the suspension in "soft" the whole trip, so it might have gotten better with a different setting.

Just adds to the list of "Weird shit that is different for individual owners" on these trucks. Roughly the same truck and very different experiences.

 

[SwampNut]

Looks like yours was sticking up quite a bit more than mine.

I’m sure that was a factor, as this bike is probably the tallest and largest dirt bike ever made. It is absolutely huge.

 

[mkhuffman]

I hauled my bike to the Colonial Beach Triathlon. Yes, a road bike will fit in the truck bed - if you remove the front wheel. I wanted to keep the aerodynamics good since it was a two hour drive to the race. And no, I didn't swim with the jellies. I wimped out.

 

[DeanB1452]

Loaded the frunk with water balloons to haul to the park. Kids had to test out a few before getting there.

 

[mkhuffman]

Disposing of old mattresses...

And no noticeable efficiency hit!

 

[shamoo]

Trailer + dual sport occasionally.

I also recently purchased a hitch mounted motorcycle carrier (Harbor Freight 600lb steel carrier) but I haven't put it together yet.

 

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Today's haul:

About 400# of scrap steel, appliances, aluminum cans, old computers, and batteries:

And 142# of old hard drives:

Got $50 bucks at the local scrapyard for all this garbage. That's about enough for one case of cat food in today's economy.

 

[DuoRivians]

Bale of straw. Using it as mulch for my plant beds.

 

[Administrator]

Keep those haulin' pics coming

 

[Mellowyellow]

Today's haul:

About 400# of scrap steel, appliances, aluminum cans, old computers, and batteries:

And 142# of old hard drives:

Got $50 bucks at the local scrapyard for all this garbage. That's about enough for one case of cat food in today's economy.

I thought you got the bed extender

 

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I thought you got the bed extender

I did. These pictures were just before that. Looking forward to seeing how much I can haul, now that I've got it.

 

[Mellowyellow]

I did. These pictures were just before that. Looking forward to seeing how much I can haul, now that I've got it.

Crazy that much stuff is only $50. How much extra are you going to have to haul to make back what you spent on the extender?!

 

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Crazy that much stuff is only $50. How much extra are you going to have to haul to make back what you spent on the extender?!

I mean, you're not wrong. I am by no means an expert. Just a guy who volunteers with my local community clean up group. So I get a lot of stuff like this.

Thaf said, there is a value to everything. Scrap steel might only be worth $0.06-$0.10 cents per pound. So you need hundreds of pounds of it to be worth anything. But copper wire is around $50 for a single plastic tote full. That's why I cut off the cords to everything. Even old computer mice or keyboard cords get put in a separate pile.

It's kind of a fun hobby, and helps the community as well. So there is that.

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