Last week I bought 14 buckets of driveway sealer and loaded them into
the back of my 2003 Baja (good thing I got the extender for it). It
was a 10 mile drive to my home and I noticed right away the back was
way lower than I had ever seen it. My headlights were lighting up the
trees! When I got home, even my wife noticed how lopsided the vehicle
was. So, my question is does anyone know what the carrying weight of
the Baja is? I have misplaced the manual and cannot see if it is
listed.

Jay M
Virginia, USA
2003 Subaru Baja

Googler (AT) JayMontero (DOT) com wrote:
A little to be asking that, isn't it?

As for weights, look inside the drivers door panel. There should be a
little tag there telling you such things.

Googler (AT) JayMontero (DOT) com wrote:
Check this thread: http://www.scoobytruck.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=370

Jist is: some people have loaded the heck out of their Bajas! (1300 lbs!)

e

<Googler (AT) JayMontero (DOT) com> wrote

higher rear tire pressure when fully loaded.
Maybe that was part of problem.

On 8 Jul 2005 08:13:19 -0700, Googler (AT) JayMontero (DOT) com wrote:

Part of the problem may have been your extender. Figure 5 gal buckets
at ~50 lbs ea (maybe more) so at least 700 lbs. Doesn't seem high but
almost all that weight was behind the rear axle. The rear axle is the
fulcrum of the lever. The car body is the beam. You were balancing
the weight on the rear against the everything forward of the rear
axle. The leverage of the extender increased the lever arm. If you
loaded it with the same weight in the cab area you would not have had
the problem. If yu had a regular pickup you would have had less of a
problem because more of the bed is forward of the rear axle. If it
was me I would have at least double stacked the buckets at the rear of
the cab and forgot the extender. (Actually I would have put buckets
in the seats.)

Yes, but wouldn't that defeat the purpose of having bought the Baja?
You may as well have bought an OBW. Clearly a personal pref. issue.
Anyhow, if you're shocks weren't bottomed out, BFD, if you'd been
bringing the load home during the day, would you have noticed? Maybe.
The Baja's bed capacity is 1050 lbs, bed extender or no. I've hauled a
couple of fridge's, a recliner, and routinely haul mowing equipment in
my Baja. I'm always interested to see what others are accomplishing
with in theirs', as it reinforces how good I feel about buying mine.

I put a washer in my OBW and got a locking gas cover and didnt have to
spend $1k to have secure secure area. Loaded the wagon quite heavily
during my move and after a few trips to the feed store.

jabario (AT) backpacker (DOT) com wrote:
Again...personal prefs. The argument is not whether ot not the Baja
can out-carry the OBW, but, why load cans of driveway sealant in the
cab when you have a bed?

What do you mean "spend 1k to have secure secure area"? My open bed
isn't secure? Oh crap, I have to go check on the Christmas presents I
left in the back of my Baja. Gotta go.......

A cap or hard tonneau is quite expensive. That's why I picked the wagon.

On 8 Jul 2005 22:10:20 -0700, "j" <jasonpnelson (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Because you are distributing the load more evenly. Part of the reason
he had the front end so high was he had so much weight out past the
rear axle. You have to figure the position of a load as well as the
weight. It's basic physics.